Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Hillary's Test Kitchen

What to make for dinner is a constant battle for me and this week I've been fighting the good fight and winning.  Last night, I made Rachael Ray's Pretzel-Crusted Chicken.  Yummo is right!  I always have honey whole wheat pretzel sticks on hand (because my kids and I love them) and I substituted some dried thyme for the fresh, so this recipe didn't require any advance planning on my part.  I'll definitely keep this recipe in my meal-time playbook.  Maybe next time I'll pretzel up some zucchini as well and make the dipping sauce.

Tonight's dinner was a combined effort.  I prepped some salmon steaks (with some great tips from my friend Kirsten) and Nick grilled them up.  I marinated the steaks in low-sodium soy sauce for about five minutes on each side.  I then sprinkled each side with some pepper, paprika and chili powder and placed each on a lightly oiled (or sprayed) square of tin foil with its edges crimped up.  All Nick had to do was grill them for a few minutes on each side.  Thank you America's Test Kitchen for the foil tip that prevented sticking on the grill and made clean up super easy.  With a little brown rice and a side of fresh strawberries, it was a great meal.  The extra salmon will make an encore in a big dinner salad in a couple of days which will be a big time saver.

3 comments:

Julie said...

Wow! Both recipes sound great. Could you post the recipe for the pretzel chicken? Yum!

Julie said...

Ok, I didn't see there was an actual link to the recipe until my comment posted! Ha ha! Thanks Hil!

Krissy said...

That looks sooo yummy, definitely going to have to try it!