Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 6th January 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 6th January 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon (Vintage Soul Cover) ft. Rogelio Douglas Jr.

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

The Outsiders - Time Won´t Let Me

The Shadows - The Savage

Ray Conniff: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Kim Wilde - Chequered Love 

All about that bass Post Modern Jazz Versión Shirley Ortiz Polini

Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night

The Moody Blues - Gemini Dream

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Grilled Ginger Lime Chicken Breasts

Grilled Ginger Lime Chicken Breasts

By Dave Beaulieu, May 22nd, 2016

https://www.noreciperequired.com/recipe/grilled-ginger-lime-chicken-breasts

Since boneless skinless chicken breasts are both insanely popular and insanely boring on their own, I’m always looking for ways to spice them up with interesting flavor combinations. Here I use two techniques. First, a simple marinade with lime juice and ginger, that gives the chicken a spicy, tangy, umami, flavor. Second, I cook the chicken breasts on the grill, with gives the breasts a nice char on the outside, and helps to caramelize the sugars in the marinade. Rather than a plain jane piece of chicken, you’ll get something exciting enough to serve anytime from special occasions & backyard BBQs!

Prep Time 25 minutes, Cook Time 20 minutes, Total Time 45 minutes

Key Steps For Cooking Grilled Ginger Lime Chicken Breasts

1. The biggest mistake with cooking chicken breasts is over cooking them, as they dry out quickly. Until you’re practiced at telling them they are cooked through, get an instant read meat thermometer, and cook until they just reach 160 degrees.
2. I nearly always advocate cooking at very high heat; the exception is when I’m using marinades as, the sugars can burn easily. Start these chicken breasts out over medium high heat
3. Let the chicken marinate for at least 3 hours…up to 8 is even better

Ingredients

• 2 -3 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 knob Ginger
• 1 - 2 Limes
• Olive oil
• Soy sauce
• Sesame Oil
• Garlic
• Honey

Recipe for Grilled Ginger Lime Chicken Breasts

• Make the marinade by combining (measures are approximate and don’t matter too much)
• Two cloves of minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon of grated fresh ginger
• Zest of one lime
• Juice of one lime
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Mix all the above ingredient together and pour into a large zip lock bag
• Add 2 – 3 chicken breasts and gently shake to distribute the marinade
• Allow the chicken to marinate up to 8 hours
• Remove the chicken from the marinate about 30 minutes before cooking, and season both sides with salt and pepper
• Heat your grill over medium heat
• Lightly coat the chicken breasts with olive oil, and lay down on the grill grates
• Don’t touch or move the chicken, instead close the grill lid and let them cook for about 3 minutes
• Return the the grill and gently lift and flip the chicken breasts (the cooked side should be browned with grill marks)
• Close the lid again, and cook for another 3-4 minutes
• Thinner chicken breasts will be cooked through by now, once cooked you should see no pink on the side, and the breast should be firm to the touch
• If you’re unsure the chicken is cooked through use a meat thermometer; you want the thickest part to be 160 degrees
• Remove the chicken from the grill, and allow it to rest for 2 – 3 minutes and then serve it up
• For more directions watch the video
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Ring in 2023 Open Thread: A New Beginning

 

 

Happy New Year!  Leaving all the stuff behind and may it be a great New Year.

 

           Did you make any resolutions?  Perhaps sleeping in  before the new week and usual routine.  THinking about it makes me even more unmotivated.

  Maybe be more healthy, try something new,  learn a new language or work on that project that's been simmering for years. Get a new degree or certificate for self enrichment or for a career change for the better.   Be more creative.  Lots of us don't realize we are being creative.  Not everyone specializes in just art or writing, or poetry and so forth. 

 Finish that project in progress and remember finish that piece strong whether a story, a book, an artwork or anything else that suits your creative fancy.  We might be moved in by now at our new home, and I am looking at learning how to make pasta, maybe take a cooking class how to make sushi as I would prefer a chef I can ask questions and not just watch an online class.   

Try Tai Chi, lots of great benefits with body, mind, and spirit. 

 

As winter settles in, many days just seem like the same day with the greyness and the snow, and the cold sky with barren tree branches reaching the sky.

                Remember, this is a new year and everyone on W&B and beyond wishes you the very best year and it's a new beginning for everyone to start afresh.  Kick some old habits. 

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 30th December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 30th December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

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Note: Songs for the years end and the new year especially welcome!

A Song to Say "Thank You", Year End Video 2022, Thomann

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Rayvon Owen & Olivia Kuper Harris

ABBA - Happy New Year

Dionne Warwick I Say A Little Prayer 

Moon River - Andy Williams

Norah Jones - Will you still love me tomorrow

Les Misérables Cast - Do You Hear The People Sing? 

Take Me Home, Country Roads - The Petersens

Memory (Reprise), Cats the Musical

Auld Lang Syne - New Year's Eve song - cover by Emily Linge

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Chicken Chili

 

Chicken Chili

By Dave Beaulieu, August 11th, 2018

https://www.noreciperequired.com/recipe/chicken-chili

Seem like everywhere I dip a spoon these days, I’m scooping up turkey chili. It’s everywhere. And I’m not complaining about that. It’s also tasty.  BUT…the other day I wondered “Why not chicken chili?” The noble chicken deservers it’s spot on the chili mantle. And Chicken Chili has such wonder alliteration. As soon as I said it to my kids, they went running around the house screaming “chicken chili”. So, I made some. It was very yummy. And so I share with you.

Prep Time  60 minutes, Cook Time  300 minutes, Total Time  360 minutes

Recipe Overview and Keys to Success

To make the best chicken chili, just make sure to do the following

1. You’ve got to get a rich layering of flavors to make a good chili. That doesn’t take too much work, but it does take a fair number of ingredients and a lot of time. I like to set aside 6 – 8 hours to allow it to simmer.
2. With all the ingredients, don’t forget the humble salt and pepper. Both are needed to make everything else shine.
3. Toast the spices and the tomato paste a bit before adding the tomato sauce
4. Be creative.  It’s hard to go wrong with chili.  If you have an idea…go for it! I’ll often add things like maple syrup, coffee, beer…to change up the flavors a bit. Below is a “base” recipe.

Ingredients for Chicken Chili

 

• 2 lbs ground chicken
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 2 16 ounce cans of crushed tomato
• 1 16 ounce cans white beans
• 1 16 ounce can black beans
• 1 16 ounce can of pinto beans
• 2 - 3 tablespoons cumin
• 2 - 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 12 ounce beer
• 2 large diced onion
• 2 diced red bell pepper
• 2 cups-ish diced celery
• 3 – 5 grated carrots
• 1 – 2 green chili peppers like poblano 
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 8 finely chopped garlic cloves
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Directions for Chicken Chili

 

• Heat a large pot over med-high heat and coat the bottom in olive oil
• Add the ground chicken, and season with salt and pepper
• Toss the chicken, stirring until fully cooked through
• Chicken will tend to clump up into large pieces. Really try to break up the meat using a wooden spoon.
• Remove the cooked chicken from the pot, and hold in a bowl
• There is probably not a lot of fat in the pot, if there is, drain all but a few tablespoons that you’ll need for cooking the vegetables.  If needed, add oil to coat the bottom of the pan.
• Add the onion, peppers, celery, carrot, and garlic, and season with salt and pepper
• Cook over medium heat for about 15 – 20 minutes, string occasionally, until the onion is translucent
• Add the spices, and toast for about 1 minute; stirring to ensure they don’t burn
• Add the tomato paste, and cook for 3 - 4 minutes, until the tomato paste turns a rusty color
• Add the chicken meat back to the pot, along with the crushed tomatoes
• Add enough chicken stock & beer to make the chili fairly loose, and stir-able, like a thin stew
• Bring the chili to a simmer, cover and cook for 3 - 4 hours (at least).
• Open the cans of beans and rinse off the packing liquid, leaving the cleaned beans
• Add the beans to the chili, and continue to cook for at least another hour – 2 is better
• Taste the chili, and adjust the salt and pepper as needed
• If the chili is too thick, add some additional chicken stock to thin it; or alternatively, if too thin, continue to simmer until the chili reaches the desired thickness.
• Serve and enjoy!

For more Directions watch the video:

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