One Pan Honey Balsamic Chicken

What could be simpler than cooking the whole meal in one pan?  One parchment lined sheet pan (think easy clean-up!) serves up a delicious dinner of balsamic glazed chicken breasts along with roasted potatoes and green beans.

• 4 chicken breasts
• 4 medium potatoes, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 2 cups fresh green beans, ends snipped *
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic, minced 
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 400° F.
2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
3. In small bowl, whisk olive oil, honey, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, garlic and seasoning.
4. Place chicken breasts in bowl; add half of the olive oil mixture and toss to coat. 
5. Layer potatoes on baking sheet; drizzle with remaining olive oil glaze. Place marinated chicken breasts on top.
6. Bake in pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes.
7. Remove from oven, and add green beans, stirring to coat with glaze.  Cook for another 10 minutes, or until chicken breasts are cooked through (internal temperature 165 degrees) and potatoes are tender. 

*These beans are on the crispy side. If you prefer your beans more tender, blanch them for several minutes before adding them to the pan.

Serves 4.

Flashback Friday / Cottage Cheese Rolls

As part of Flashback Friday I have used this pastry recipe and baked up some savory appetizers instead of this sweet version. Anyway you make it, sweet or savory, this is a great recipe. Scroll all the way down to see what I have added. Baking directions remain the same. 

I have been making these tasty rolls for almost 30 years now. My cousin Anne has shared the recipe with many of us. It can served on a tray of dainties glazed with a thin layer of icing, or with out the glaze and serve them alongside a bowl of soup and salad. Whether you choose to serve them sweet or savory, they are delicious! A very quick and easy to make recipe that is very popular among our circles and in our churches, but perhaps for some of you it is a new recipe. This recipe can be made ahead and frozen before you bake it guaranteeing  freshly baked warm rolls.



Dough

• 2 cups of unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 cups of creamed cottage cheese (1% works fine too)
• 1 cup butter or hard margarine
• pinch of salt optional

1. With a pastry blender cut the butter into the flour and salt if using.
2. Add the cottage cheese and knead into a ball of dough just comes together like you would for biscuits.
3. Divide dough into 4 equal parts.
4. Chill the dough for a few hours as this dough is very soft and sticky if you don't
5. Roll each ball into a 10-12" circle. Cut into 12 equal pieces.
6. Starting at the wide end roll towards the narrow.
7. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet and freeze.
8. Take them out of the freezer. Preheat the oven to 350 and bake for 20-30 minutes (no need to thaw them first). When they get golden brown flecks they are done. So watch your oven carefully. Each oven bakes slightly different hence the time difference.
9. Serve them plain or glazed.

Glaze

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 3-4 tablespoons milk 

1. Mix these ingredients together and lightly brush over warm rolls.

Try making the dough and roll little sausages in the pastry for a tasty treat. 

Or how about using the pastry for making some Turnovers with your choice of filling. These are Tuna turnovers.....very tasty. 

Check out Julie's Gluten Free version here.