Friend of QCC, Max Chaiken, shares his yummy meal with us!

My close friend and avid reader of QCC, Max Chaiken, provides today's delicious looking guest post:

Here is a simple, easy meal that I made last week:

1. Baked potatoes - easy and delicious

2. Baked chicken breast - lightly seasoned with salt, pepper, a bit of red chili powder and garlic

3. Israeli Salad - this is one of my signature dishes :) Chopped cucumber, tomato, onion, and green pepper with some fresh basil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

A great meal!

I have to say, I'm very very impressed! I want to go to Max's house for dinner sometime. Max's signature Israeli salad looks fantastic--I'll definitly be trying that out soon. I also think the seasoning for the chicken breast sounds very yummy. I welcome all QCC readers to email me the meals you are making, so I can feature them!

Thanks, Mix!

up close and personal with my buff chicken wrap

This picture is really magnified so if you can't tell: tonight I made Buffalo Chicken wraps. I started out with chicken breasts, and cut them in half. Then I dredged the chicken in whole wheat flour, dipped them into egg whites and then dredged the chicken into bread crumbs (Panko). Over medium high heat, I cooked the chicken in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil so they got fried and crispy= homemade chicken tenders!!

After that I dredged the cooked chicken tenders into the buffalo sauce (2 tbsp texas pete, 2 tbsp white vinegar and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper whisked together). Then I put some blue cheese dressing on a whole wheat tortilla, some chopped lettuce and tomato and added the chicken. Voila!

french toast

I made a tray of french toast with the leftover challah from Rosh Hashanah. Talk about a delicious and easy breakfast!

rosh hashanah dinner

Here are pictures from my rosh hashanah dinner party I threw last night. Everything got so crazy that I totally forgot to take pictures of the food! I am so sad because I cooked so many awesome dishes (2 roast chicken, green beans, a salad, sesame noodles, roasted potatoes) and ari made an awesome brisket (an amazing recipe courtesy of my mom's friend--a buffalo native herself). I am so disappointed there are no pictures, but trust me when I say that the food was good--damn good.

happy bday adg!

I surprised Adam last night with a homemade bday cake. This was the most delicious, chocolate-y, moist cake ever. the chocolate cake is a depression-era recipe that my mom gave me. The recipe doesn't call for eggs, so it was a popular recipe then because of food shortages. Then I made a homemade oreo cream cheese icing, amazing! Check out the recipe for the cake below:

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups cold water

DIRECTIONS

1. Sift flour, sugar, salt, soda, and cocoa together into a 9 x 13 inch ungreased cake pan. Make three wells. Pour oil into one well, vinegar into second, and vanilla into third well. Pour cold water over all, and stir well with fork.
2. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes,

!!שנה טובה ומתוקה

pretty veggies

not so kosher....

cheeseburgers! delicioussss

check out the blog tomorrow to see pictures from my first ever rosh hashanah dinner party!

!!שנה טובה ומתוקה

chicken caesar salad for two

I used the barefoot contessa chicken for salads recipe and whipped up some low fat ceasar dressing, (light mayo, parm cheese, anchovy paste, small amt of EVOO, lemon & black pepper). Voila!

a quote for you:

"We dance round in a ring and suppose,/but the Secret sits in the middle and knows."-Robert Frost

our weekly fav

This meal has appeared here before. What can I say? We love our salmon and homemade pesto. I emailed Hannah Klausner the directions to make the salmon the next day, hopefully she and hola jewey enjoyed it as much as we do.