Today was a particular LONG day starting out with the internet not working really well! My hunny and I planned on having company tonight so I thought I would plan something nice and quick. Mid week dinner for company gets hard, especially if one has a day job, so it was ideal for me not to make a big deal about it. I tend to obsess about the fact whether my meal is gourmet or not. I mean it always needs to be, at least for me. It is not a pressure for me but it is something I guess I have made it a goal for myself.
Along with these thoughts, I added and spoke to the Lord that I needed to do a seasonal “whole body” cleanse, getting rid of toxins and well, 1 year married-bad-eating-habit errors! I will be doing this for 2 weeks so i have set a goal to makes healthier, but gourmet meals, that do not involve so much “bad” foods or at least too much of it. White rice, butter, too many carbs, etc. I am really, through God’s strength, going to need more balance in te meal planning this school year. This saying, even though my hunny got the stomach virus, I decided O would still make the meal I had planned. It was a brand new recipe and since we rescheduled with our company, I thought I might as well try it out.
I made
Panko-crusted Dijon Chicken with wild rice and home-grown cherry tomato salad with red onions and yellow peppers with a balsamic vinagrette. Unfortunately I do not have a picture for that!My company was going to bring dessert so I did not worry about that, but since we cancelled due to my hunny’s stomach virus, I decided to try a NEW recipe. I had some bananas that I needed to use. In the past I would make a banana bread or banana chocolate chip cookies, but I felt inspired to make something TOTALLY different.
The recipe comes from “Visions of Sugar plums” blog. It is the Peanut butter-chocolate chip banana bread. It came out so well and look forward to trying it tonight with an espresso con panna!
