JOANNE'S BIRTHDAY & MIDDLE EASTERN CHICKEN, CANJINHA DE GALINHA(a portuguese chicken soup) & CHAYA'S TAG AWARD....

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Ok.....HOLA EVERYBODY AND ALL U HAPPY PALS AND JOANNES PALS.......

today is JOANNE"S BIRTHDAY and u all are invited and since this post is for her regional fest , as muc as her Birhtday ,so am  dedicating it to her wonderful birthday.......


Coz birthdays are wonderful arent they?


So here's to the little Party am having jus for u JOANNE,all my sweet darling frens are here begining Winnie the Pooh and He even took a little holiday break in the middle ,jus so to collect Honey for u- Knowing him he ate ur sweet gift on the way....LOL....


And please bring along ur frens too,so that we all can wish u right here together and have some sweet fun....


Thanx to ur direct and little hints dropped along the way()enjoyed em with a grin as do all ur posts) ....got to do a little event mangement  here and so love the suprise element ....


Hope u do too....


I have cakes for everybody...blow a candle ...make a wish....and let us all gorge...


Also as much as some delicious eastern chicken and some fantastic of goodies everbodys bringing along ....SO wish could add a linky here so that everybody could add their goodies for u....


And i have taken care of the take aways too ...ballons for all and Winnie will jus be back in a bit with cute little jars of honey too....


And yeah we have party caps too n loads of lemonade and chocolate delights.....

Come one .....come All......TO EXPIRIENCE A FEST OF LOVE AND.....

AND WE ARE SOON GOING TO CUT THE BIRTHDAY CAKE TOO.....

Middle eastern festival,fest and carnival......FULL OF MIDDLE EAST LOVE.........AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND EVERYBODY HERE SINGING ...."LETS ALL SING THE BIRTHDAY SONG....."


LETS ALL SING ALONG....LETS ALL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U......

With music ,dance and song.......
and belling dancing too....
And delicious fingerlicking food.........


AND LOADS OF DELICIOUS CAKE & BALLONS TOO........

Is that how Joanne's ad would go like if she were having a festival in reality....ofcourse she is having a festival in reality in the virtual world.....

And that too she negotiated very well with a super recipe,that if not for her would never find online for sure,but she has the best books yeah......

AND MAKES ME LOVE MY POOH BOTTLE OF HONEY ALL THE MORE.

 
So here's my chicken which we all so lovedddddddddddddd coz it simply , deliciously satisfied our sweety palate .....

Can a combi of honey and pepper go wrong????

Add caramalised onion and baby u have an way excelled perfecto combo.......

Its middle eastern so all i could think of was mashed potato with loads of tahini & cilantro......in a thumbs print scoop of mashed potato.....

Can it get any better ....yeah it sure can ....if u skip to ur kitchen right now...ofcourz u'll have all the ingredients in the pantry and hop by to EATS WELL WITH OTHERS and join in the fun too.....

And with Joanne around....it'll sure be fun fun fun......

For now am going to feast on the leftovers and maybe fix my self a pita sandwhich with hummous....sounds goooddddd.........
it sure is......

Chicken with Caramelized Baby Onions and Honey

Serves 4, adapted from Claudia Roden's Arabesque (an AMAZING cookbook)
FOR MIDDLE EASTERN REGIONAL FLAVOURS

ADAPTED FROM JOANNES @ EATS WELL WITH OTHERS BLOG...

1 lb pearl onions/shallots/babyonions
1 onion

(I CHOPPED NORMAL PINK ONIONS IN SLICE N CUBES FOR BOTH)

2 tbsp olive oil
a pinch of saffron
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 lb chicken (I used breasts FILLETS)
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 tbsp honey
1 bell pepper


NOTES-

*HAD MARINATED FILLETS(BREAST) PRICKED ALL OVER, WITH THE SAME FLAVOURS-

 SALT(or stock powder) ,

*Freshly crushed  ginger,

*white , black & pink pepper crushed ,

 *lime juice ,honey & sesame oil.

 *A little bit of it all an hour or so before cooking.....

 HERE'S WHAT THE MARINATED FILLETS LOOK LIKE.....

AND HERE TOO.....

Peel the pearl onions. Chop the onion and the bell pepper.


Saute the chopped onion and pepper until softened in the oil over a medium heat in a pan or casserole large enough to hold the chicken in one layer. Stir in the saffron, ginger and cinnamon, then put in the chicken pieces. Season with salt and pepper and turn to brown them lightly all over.

A PINCH OF SUGAR N SALT DOES HELP IN CARAMALIZING THE ONIONS REAL GOOD.......


Add about 1 cup water(added the juices of the chicken marinade) and cook, covered, over a low heat, turning the pieces over, for 15 minutes, or until the chicken breasts are done. Lift out the breasts and put them to one side in a glass bowl and cover with foil...

 Add the shallots or baby onions.


Stir the honey into the pan. Check the seasoning. You need quite a bit of pepper to mitigate the sweetness. 

 Cook, uncovered, until all the water has evaporated and the onions are brown, caramelized.

Return the chicken to the pan. Spoon the onions on top of them and heat through. Serve.

ABSOLUTELLY DELICIOUS FLAVOURS....THE SWEETNESS OF THE HONEY HEIGHTENED BY THE DEPTH OF THE CARAMALIZED ONIONS....AND BITE OF THE CRUSHED PEPPER AND WARMTH OF THE GINGER.....

A DEFINATELY MAKE AGAIN...SO QUICK TO PUT BY TOO....IE IF JOANNE DOESNT COME UP WITH ANOTHER ELICIOUS RECIPE TO NEGOTIATE NEXT MONT...:-))))))))))

CANJINHA DE GALINHA....

THought i'll add this to this post ,not only coz we had it the same day as the middle eastern chicken but also coz its kinda regional....portuguese is regional aint it?.....

Which is simply basically a delicious chicken soup , with rice added , where  all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and serve it wit PORTUGUESE OILVE OIL (extra virgin) and PORTUGUESE OLIVES......




Am sure there are as many variaitons as households who simmer this one and i think this is so good for a slow cooker too.....


We have a few variations oursleves and this is one.....




1) a few pieces of chicken(any cut or boneless as desired)
2) some basmati rice
3) a few cloves pierced to halved onions
4)some crushed garlic
5)salt to taste


~~~Place all of the above in the pot ur cooking in and ur done......

SERVE WIT EXTRA VIRGIN PORTUGUESE OLIVE OIL or ANY OF UR FAV AND LOADS OF PORTUGUESE OILVES....


Healthy, hearty and filling too.......

MY TAG AWARD

CHAYA OF SWEET AND SAVOURY.....my dear sweet happy sweety pal gave me this sweet award.....(and another which i saved to post with special cookies) passed this on to me and was very happy with this kinda award......coz i love posting pics.....

CHAYA SAID ....that would probably be food and we share those photos, all the time. 
The recipients of this award, please post a photo or photos that you particularly like......

sO ME TOO DECIDED TO share THESE SUNSET PICS OF THE SECOND DAY OF LOVE @365
IE 15TH FEB.......

A sunset that saw mom and me sitting on our sit out sipping chazinhos(chai) and black coffee and out cookies......and what a breezy evening it was........

Love ...oh love.....the magic of love in SUNSETS I so love........and the lovely soft winds heighten the romantic part of it......specially if u allow it to blow thru ur loose left hair.......

Now, I am going to pass this on and tO THE first 7 blogging sweet pals who are fascinating ..........

And so here's my list of bloggers who arent only fascinating but who also i think will enjoy this award.......

1)JOANNE OF EATS WELL WITH OTHERS 

well cant miss this sweety missy out can i...and this post too happenned coz of her.......am sure she'll love posting a pic for this tag award...as much as she loves doing so muc that she's ace at....AND ADDING THIS TO MY LITTLE BASKET OF BIRTHDAY PRESENTS FOR YOU JOANNE.....


2)ISABEL of O SITIO DAS DELICIAS
IF u knew an angel in blogosphere ,this is one....an adorable angel i so muc love and who loves me too...
Her gentle and amazingly love filled words enrobe u with warmth that only ur heart can tell...
Love tops her list for family and frens and her actions ,words and messages scream that out aloud......
Makes my day and delights me and love to read her portuguese -its so so adorably sweet and darling .....makes me feel like am in disney land ...cute
A treasure so precious..like a pearl in the ocean....




3)GERI OF HEART N SOUL COOKING

A sweetheart who enjoys awards as muc as i do.....am sure she'll love posting her fav pic too...always does...
And pals she is having a GIVE AWAY AT THE MOMENT....hop rite by and try for the fantastic give away (she always has amzing give aways)
her super recipes make me wanna rush to bake right away and her words are always so sweet n touchin ...this one's for u too sweet Geri....

4)KRISTY OF MY LITTLE SPACE

Oh she has the most delicious recipes and i think have bookmarked almost every recipe from her fascinating blog and yeah has reall good pics too so am sure she'll love this one too....

5)JAGRUTI OF JOY OF COOKING.... 

In a mood for some fantastic indian food....hop right here and u wont be dissapointed .......am sure she'll love this award too....
hOPE u do ...adding to ur big booty of wonderful awards dear.....

6)MARY OF ONE PERFECT BITE

Cant forget Mary...she fascinates me too and if u hop by to her blog her recent pasta pic totally convinced me that she deserved this tag award.....

7)KRISTEN OF CREATIVE MIND....

A creative mind like hers would love to be fascinating and post her fav pic...her recent pizza pics were sure delicious......

Now all u need to do guys ,is post ur fav pic or pics as i did above (go rite ahead and copy ur fav love sunset above too....) and pass it on to 7 bloggers who fascinate u....

Thank the blogger passing on this to u and inform ur happy pals u pass on this award to.....

LEAVING U WITH SOME MICKEY MOUSE LOVE....(POOH'S ON A HOLIDAY ON HONEY......COLLECTING HONEY IE) TILL NEXT TIME......

XOXOXO.....