Nectarine and Fig Tart
Ingredients:
2 Nectarines
Jar of Fig Jelly
Egg
Pie Crust
Cinnamon
Sugar
All credit must go to Sunny Anderson. I watched her make a version of this on Food Network one afternoon and promptly fell in love with her.
Leave pie crust at room temperature so it softens a little. Roll out some pie crust. Slice the nectarines. Spread a decent layer of fig jelly onto the pie crust. Layer with the nectarines. I was too lazy to arrange the fruit nicely. Who cares, it'll all look the same in our stomachs. Leave some room to fold the pie crust up on the edges so it looks like above picture. Egg wash the crust and then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes, you're just going to have it watch it. It tastes AMAZING. I love figs and got the jelly/preserve at Publix. It all fit into a brownie pan so I put it all together and baked it in a brownie pan. It tastes so amazing. I only make it for special occasions or if I really like someone because I don't like spending $5 on a tiny jar of preserve. I'm cheap, so what?
See that sugar like substance toward the bottom of the picture. Holy cow...it's like...caramelized fruit sugar substance thing...It was divine.
Corn Casserole
Ingredients:
Creamed Corn
Kernel Corn
Shredded Cheese
Cornbread Mix
Sour Cream
I made these for the first time for Valentine's dinner. It was a big risk and a fail. I picked up two cans of kernel instead of one can of creamed. I was so upset and had a meltdown in the kitchen. I hate when the food doesn't come out right! Nevertheless, I tried to improvise and this is what I got.
Chimichurri Chicken
Ingredients:
Garlic
CIlantro
Lemon
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil
This was actually my pride and joy because I marinated this overnight. I rarely cook meat because I don't like touching raw meat. Marinated the chicken in cilantro and lemon. I cooked the chicken on a skillet then finally dumped the chimichurri in at the end to cook in the flavor and made a little sauce with the stuff stuck on the pan. Well, I loved it. It took a lot of effort. Needed some more browning to give it some color.
Red Onions
Nothing special here. Just cut it up and cooked it down with a pinch of sugar.
Chimichurri
Ingredients:
Garlic cloves
Cilantro
Vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Blend it all together. I refrigerated overnight to let the flavors marinade. Warning: Extremely strong breath from garlic and from the onions possibly. No kissing involved, hahaha!
