All Things Chill

Larger view here. I walked over to the local market and picked up some Washington-grown organic chicken thighs, an organic lemon, romaine lettuce (that was totally on sale!) a few vine-ripened tomatoes and a big batch of Yanni’s pita bread (made locally here in Seattle).

I cut up 1/2 of the lemon with a handful of oregano, a long stream of olive oil and the chicken and marinated it in the fridge for about 30 minutes (or until your girlfriend, in my case Liana, calls to say that she’s coming home). Turn on the broiler to low and throw those puppies in the oven for about 15 minutes. Blast the broiler to high for the next 3 minutes and check for doneness. Let meat rest for a few minutes. The rest is easy peasy!

Chop up the chicken in bite-sized pieces, pan fry the pita bread in a little oil, cut up the lettuce, tomatoes and red onions (if you got ‘em) and assemble. Add some of that sexy cucumber sauce and eat! Don’t forget the potato chips / french fries!

Ooh ooh! I wanted something refreshing to drink, so I made a simple syrup (2 cups water + 1 cup sugar) and steeped 3 bags of tea in about 3 cups of boiling water with the other half of the lemon. I then mixed in some of the simple syrup and 1/2 a bag of frozen blackberries with enough water to fill a pitcher to ice down the drink. I stirred everything up vigorously and ran it through a strainer to make sure no seeds got in the way of quenching my thirst and served it in mason jars. Classy huh? Hee hee.

I kinda rushed through the drink directions, so I’ll prolly make a quick video blog to show how it’s done. Also, that’s Liana’s new phone (the blackberry) with the blackberry tea. CLEVER HUH?!?! LOL.

YAY quick dinners!

~Spec

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