Jamaican Jerk Chicken. YUM!

New Recipe tonight: Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Found it somewhere online, can't remember where. Next time I will be altering it a little, but overall it was quite tasty!

Jamaican Chicken

Combine in large bowl (or 8 qt. glass thing):

2 TBL garlic powder

1 TBL sugar (I might do a little more next time)

1 TBL allspice

1 TBL thyme

1 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I did 3/4 teaspoon and it was pretty spicy!)

1 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1 1/2 teaspoon sage

3/4 teaspoon nutmeg

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Whisk in slowly: (I don't know the definition of slow, I whisked consistently :-))

1/4 C. olive oil (I put a little more than an 1/8 C.)

1/4 C. soy sauce (I might put a little more next time)

3/4 C. white vinegar (TOO MUCH! I thought it was way too vinegary. I will half it next time)

1/2 C. orange juice

juice of one lime

Add in:

1 habenero pepper (No way, I did a jalapeno. Might have altered the flavor.) SEEDED and chopped

3 green onions, chopped

1 C. onion, chopped

4-6 chicken breast halves

Let marinate for about an hour. Grill and baste with the marinade til done. Boil the remaining for extra sauce.

Looks like this:

Tastes like this: YUMMY! and spicy!

Cop out dinner

When all else fails, I'm SO happy we have a Little Ceaser's 2 minutes away.

After Sloppy Joe's for dinner, then lunch, we didn't want them again for dinner.

And FYI, taking a Pilates class and a power pump weight lighting class back to back is pretty tiring. Would you feel like cooking? I sure didn't.

That's why I love Little Ceasers :-)

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

I did it.

I finally made a blog totally dedicated to my adventures in the kitchen.

That is the place I feel most comfortable mixing, matching, stirring, experimenting, singing and dancing.

I follow LOTS of recipes to cook, but gradually I start making up my own stuff. Eventually I want to make up lots of stuff. We'll see. Maybe I'll even get in the habit of taking pictures of everything. :-)

To kick off this first post, here is what we had for dinner last night. YUM!!!!

Sloppy Joe's

Brown 2 lbs of hamburger
Add:
2 cups of ketchup
1-14 1/2 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 TBL of A-1 sauce
1/2 TBL worchestire sauce
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
salt and pepper to taste

Let simmer for 1-3 hours. The longer the better, but I usually can't wait more than about 30 minutes. It's more crisp the less time you let it cook, and starts to get more mushy the longer you cook. I have NEVER cooked it 3 hours. Enjoy on buns!

This is the easiest, most delicious sloppy joe recipe I've tried. YUM!