Take 5 Chicken Marinade

Marinade. Throw ingredients in a baggy and let sit overnight. Cook it. Eat it. Savor it. I literally threw 5 ingredients in a bag in 5 minutes. There's enough sauce left over once the cooking is done to drizzle over the meat and whatever side you choose to serve. This will become a frequent flyer in my kitchen - I bet it would be perfect for a slowcooker kind of day too!


Take 5 Chicken Marinade
Adapted from http://bakedbree.com/kellys-overnight-chicken


Ingredients:
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1 TBSP curry powder
4 TBSP soy sauce
4 chicken breasts


Directions:
1. In a medium sized bowl stir in honey, mustard, soy sauce, and curry powder. Pour into a large ziplock baggy.
2. Place chicken breasts in plastic bag and slosh around to coat evenly. Look at your watch and say - Yes, it really did take 5 minutes! Then place in fridge for overnight.
3. After your busy day at work, open the fridge to find your supper waiting. Place in an oven safe dish and pour any remaining sauce into the dish. Cover with tinfoil and bake at 350 for 50 minutes. For the last 10 minutes, remove foil.
4. Remove from oven and serve with remaining sauce and side of choice.

Roasted Grape, Blue Cheese, & Honey Crostini

I love wine and cheese nights! This week a few friends shared in some delicious cheese, olives, and finger foods. The fireplace and conversation were sizzling.  I baked an especially good appetizer - roasted grape, blue cheese, and honey crostini. I have to thank my new obsession with Pinterest for introducing me to a link for this recipe. It was easy and super classy looking.  

Roasted Grapes, Blue Cheese, & Honey Crostini

Adapted from http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/roasted-grape-blue-cheese-honey-crostini/

Ingredients:

Approximately 1 pound of red grapes, removed from stem

1 TBSP olive oil

1 French baguette, thinly sliced and toasted

2-3 TBSP Blue cheese for sprinkling

Honey for drizzling finish

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss grapes in a bowl with olive oil. Spread grapes on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

2. Bake sliced baguette for 5 minutes at 400. Remove from oven.

3. Dress baguette slices with grapes, crumbled blue cheese, and drizzle with honey. Return to oven at 400 for another 5 minutes.

Serve! Super yummy and has great contrasting flavors that go with any wine of your choice!