We Won't Be Getting Any Mail Today

Everybody is kind of sick and tired of the snow by now and it's only January, for crying out loud!  I know it's beautiful and peaceful and clean and quiet but if you want to get out of your driveway, it's not so peaceful anymore.......

So the husband did some snow blowing.....

A nice cozy healthy meal we had last week was called Tuscan Baked Chicken and Beans.  We won't be having it tonight because I don't have all the ingredients.......but you might!  I found this in the October 2010 Cooking Light.

Tuscan Baked Chicken and Beans


4 chicken breasts with bone
1/4 tspn ppr
1/4 tspn kosher salt
3 slices of bacon
1 cup chopped onion
1/8 tspn kosher salt
2 cups packed torn spinach
1/2 tspn chopped fresh rosemary
2 16oz cans cannellini or other white beans, rinsed and drained
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained

Preheat oven to 350'
Season chicken with 1/4 t salt/ppr.  Cook bacon in a 12 inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.  Remove from pan; chop and set aside, reserve drippings in pan.  Add chicken breasts to pan; cook for 2 minutes on each side until browned.  Remove from pan, set aside.
Add onion and 1/8 tspn salt to pan; reduce heat to medium, and cook 5 minutes until onion begins to brown.  Stir in bacon, spinach, rosemary, beans and tomatoes; remove from heat.  Arrange chicken on top; bake uncovered, at 350' for 40 minutes.

This recipe turned out to be a really hardy meal - fit for a winter night.  I also served some brown rice with it because son, Johnny is a rice man and it makes it that much more heartier for the newly minted 26 year old and his Dad.