Dry Rub Chicken

          Hey, it’s your favourite blogger here. As you can see, I have renovated my blog. Looks neat right? I’m glad you like it. Anyways, I’ve been doing some serious thinking lately. What I’ve realized is that I haven’t posted in 2 months. One of the best ways that I think I can solve this problem is by making a promise to post a new thing every week. This way I can become more professional and maybe get more followers. I might or might not start this right away because it is the summer and it is difficult to find the time, but this is guaranteed for next year. Anyways, onto the post.

          This will be quite a short post but at least I’m coming back to the world of the living. Last week I was planning for my birthday party. I was had chicken for dinner. The thing is, I didn’t want it to be boring, and I wanted to impress my friend. So, I started improvising a dry rub. I don’t have exact measurements but what I remember is that I put salt (obviously), lemon pepper (this could be pepper and lemon zest but I had no lemon zest at the moment), a little cumin (not too much because it actually makes the chicken sweeter; not spicier), chives (fresh; no one likes dried chives, these could also be green onions but they don’t work as well), chilli powder (don’t be afraid because it isn’t as spicy as you think), and crushed garlic (you could also use garlic powder if you don’t have garlic). If you don’t use garlic, or if you just want a more tangy chicken, you can add just a little lemon juice (only 1 or 2 drops).

          Take the dry rub you made, and rub it onto each of the pieces of chicken you made. Since im letting you make it how you feel this doesn’t make a specific portion, but you would want to have a teaspoon for each piece of chicken, two for chicken breast. You can barbeque this of you can roast it in the oven. Make sure that you rub it on and then leave a little on the chicken as well. If you have extra use it for something else. This can work for turkey as well. Have fun cooking students or food :)

Thanksgiving Dinner

          Sorry I have missed the last few entries, I have not been within internet signal. As you all know, for those of you who are in Canada, it is Thanksgiving on Monday and most of you are probably getting your turkeys ready and making Yorkshire pudding. I got a couple of ideas for you that could make your turkey dinner even more delicious.

         When I make turkey dinner, I usually make turkey, Cesar salad, Yorkshire pudding, carrot casserole, roast potatoes, stuffing, and gravy. My mom is a vegetarian so I usually have to make a whole different menu for her. I can’t tell you how to make my carrot casserole because it is a family recipe and I don’t have permission, but I can tell you a great recipe for some of these Thanksgiving dishes.

          Cesar salad is an easy recipe that most people don’t care to use because they just buy the dressing, but what most people don’t know is that it is a five minute recipe that, overall, cost only half of what it costs to get in the grocery store.
          All you need is: 1 cup Mayo, 1tbsp lemon juice, ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce, Garlic powder/garlic, and pepper (Plus any herbs you want to add. I like to add Italian seasoning).

          If you want to change this to be less thick and low fat by changing the mayo to 1/2 cup and adding water to make it more spreadable to the salad. I prefer this method.

          On the turkey, I like to put pepper and rosemary on it before I put it is the oven. The cooking time depends on how big the turkey is. The wrapping will tell you.

          For the roast potatoes, I cut them into cubes but not too small because they shrink. Then I put them into a bowl with oil, Italian seasoning, pepper, and high salt (this is seasoning salt). I toss it around until all the pieces are covered and then I put them onto a baking sheet and cook for 1 hour on 350 or you can put them into the turkey pan and cook them with the turkey until tender.

          For the stuffing, I like to get the stuff from the box because when it comes to a big dinner like this, you want to keep it simple. You can either cook it in the turkey or on the stove. Don't forget that even though it is Thanksgiving, you don't have to make a turkey, there are lots of other options. Chicken, Roast Beef, Pork, Sheppard’s pie, Lasagnes, Fish, or any vegetarian dish you can think of. Make your Thanksgiving a specialty in your house with your trademarks. People can tell the way you are by the way you cook.