I made the best Dijon Chicken last night! I used a recipe I had tried before, but just tweaked it a bit. This would ordinarily serve the four of us (2 adults, 2 kids) easily with leftovers, but there were no leftovers to be had. So you may want to make more. I kind of eyeball my measurements, but these are rough estimates:
In a large saute pan, melt 3T butter or 2-3T of olive oil (I used butter last night). When that has melted, put either 2 large boneless skinless chicken breats, or 7-8 boneless skinless tenders into pan. Make sure to coat both sides with oil/butter, and season with salt and pepper. Cover, and simmer/cook on low for 15-20 minutes. Remove chicken from pan, check for doneness, shred/cut and set aside. Keeping the heat low, add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Dijon mustard, 1/2 c of sour cream, 1T soysauce, and 3/4 c of milk. Whisk together in pan until thickened, add chicken back in to pan, and allow to heat up again. Serve over noodles or rice.
We had a rough night again last night with my little guy. As I was rocking him outside last night, I remembered something I had read about chocolate being an effective cough supressant, especially in persistent, lingering coughs. Crazy, right? Evidently there is a chemical in chocolate, Theobromine, that acts on the nerves that induce coughing much like codeine does, but without the side effects. The darker the chocolate, the more of this chemical there is. We didn’t have any dark chocolate, but we had some rich chocolate hot cocoa…couldn’t hurt, right? The little dood certianly didn’t complain-it went down a lot better than the robitussin does! And you know what? Not a peep out of him all night! Whaddayaknow? Yet another reason to enjoy chocolate! I will be getting some dark chocolate kisses for tonight!
That recipe sound yummy, if I ever cook again I’ll try it, LOL! I need to work on my domestic skillz.
Hey, I just heard that about chocolate, too! Now it’s going to bug me until I remember WHERE I heard it …
That recipe looks yummy!
That’s just further proof that chocolate is perfect!
The chocolate thing! That is great!!
That dijon chicken sounds awesome, and wow – your chocolate cough remedy is coming to me at the perfect time. MY little guy has been coughing like crazy too. I’m totally going to try that tonight!!
That chicken sounds great!
I’m gonna try it!
….and yet another reason to love chocolate.
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Love it! Thanks some-girl, you’re the best!!
Blogger was so depressing without these little guys.
Ooh, I love your new digs!
Thanks for the tip about the chocolate. I’ll have to try that with my little ones when they get the coughs and are resisting that nasty tasting syrup.
Bring on the chocolate!
Lisa
Love you new digs, congrats!!!:mrgreen:
I LOVE the new digs and that chicken sounds SO GOOD. I might have to add some honey to get my boyfriend to eat it because he’s not a fan of mustard without the HONEY before it- ah my picky picky man.
As if I needed another reason to love chocolate!
I really like the new place. And I think the chicken sounds delicious! I may even try it (or maybe I should ask the hub to do the honors).:roll:
I am all over that chicken recipe. Thanks for sharing. And about the chocolate – wow. I had no idea. Now I have a good reason for having bought an extra large bag of dark chocolate M&Ms at Sam’s Club the other day.:grin:
Lovin’ the new digs!!
that chicken sounds DELISH!
I loooooooove your new digs…
And Chocolate fo colds…My daughter is going to luv her medicine and you for suggesting it…
now *that’s* a tip I can use.
HOLY COW!!
Medicinal chocolate??? I LOVE IT!!
Definitely worth a try the next time my little one gets a cough…..oh wait… with the amount of chocolate she consumes daily already ( emee yems pweese mommy?) she should never get a cough to begin with!!
No doubt the warmth of the hot chocolate helped more than the chocolate itself, but if it gives us another reason to consume chocolate: WHO CARES!
hahaha
Cheers!