November 18, 2017 Chicken Breasts with Poblanos, Mushrooms and Cream and sautéed zucchini, onion, avocado, and tomato Dinner – Music at Glen and Beverly’s house

November 18, 2017 Chicken Breasts with Poblanos, Mushrooms and Cream and sautéed zucchini, onion, avocado, and tomato   Dinner – Music at Glen and Beverly’s house

I drank a cup of hot chocolate coffee for breakfast.

Then at 11:00 we began preparing lunch, Suzette has brought home Six Padilla (poblano) chiles, so she found a recipe for Chicken Breasts with Poblanos, Mushrooms, and Cream (p. 324) in Rick Bayless’ Mexican Kitchen Cookbook. Here is the recipe:

We halved the recipe.

Suzette grilled the Poblanos to scorch their skin and I removed the skins.  A sharp knife worked the best to peel back the skin so I could grab it and remove it.   Then cut slits in the skin and removed the seeds and then Suzette ran the chilis under the faucet to wash out the rest of the seeds.

I then sliced three chilis and ½ onion into ¼ inch wide strips and then three cloves of garlic and 1 ½ cups of portobello mushrooms.  Then Suzette took over and sautéed the chicken and the mushrooms and made the sauce and sauced the chicken and put it into the oven to bake for twenty minutes.

I then started creating a vegetable dish to go with the chicken.  I quartered and sliced two zucchini squashes into slices.  Then I sliced and minced 1/3 of a medium onion and four cloves of garlic.  While I sautéed the onion and zucchini in 1 T. of olive oil, I diced an avocado and a tomato and added them to the skillet with the minced garlic and about 2 tsp. of oregano and the juice of one sweet lime.  I reduced the heat and covered the skillet to steam the ingredients and prevent scorching.

When the chicken was ready I went the garage and grabbed two Marble double white beers and I scooped a pile of vegetables onto each plate and then slid a chicken breast onto the vegetables and scooped some sauce onto the chicken breasts.

We enjoyed our lunch and watched the end of the TCU v. Texas Tech football game while we made a list of items we needed for next week..  Then we drove to Costco and bought turkeys, cream, half and half, Yukon Gold potatoes, beer, a frozen tray of napoleons, cream puffs filled with mocha cream and éclairs for the music party we were going to this evening and a boneless leg of lamb.  We then drove to Sprouts and bought green beans, Brussels sprouts, an Eggplant and parsnips for lamb stew, and green beans and Brussels Sprouts for Thanksgiving dinner.

We then drove home and watched the news and then I took a nap until 6:30, when we drove to Beverly and Glen’s house for one of their musical evenings.  We put the desserts on a tray and uncorked the Sheehan Winery 2015 Merlot.  Soon Cynthia and Ricardo arrived and then a couple dozen more folks. The appetizers were not very creative but the desserts were nice.  Besides our store bought pastries, there was a chocolate cake and a platter of chocolate chip cookies.

Two young ladies played songs they had written.  Their voices were lovely and they harmonized beautifully, but their instrumental ability was limited.

We shared several desserts for dinner and were happy we had eaten such a large lunch.

We went home at around 10:00 and watched some of Saturday Night Live and then went to bed.  I lasted longer than a Suzette because I had a nap.

Bon Appetit