May 25, 2010

Stuffed Chicken, Mashed Purple Potatoes and Wilted Spinach


I finally had a Sunday where I did a whole lot of nothing. Nothing = relaxing at the pool with a good book and going to Target for unecesssary fun goodies. I had plenty of time in my day to make a real meal. I recently came to the conclusion that Whole Foods' chicken breast are 45,000 times better than Publix's. I swear they are plumper and juicier - kind of like the difference between these two ladies:
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Jennifer/Publix -- you're satisfying enough, but Whole Foods/Angelina really has what I want.

Now that I sound like the lesbian that I am not, let's discuss my meal choices and not Brad's. I thought about stuffing chicken with goat cheese, but let's face it: I've been there, done that. My cooking partner suggested we use Fontina. Fontina is a cow's milk Italian cheese that is usually semi-soft and melts well. The WF cheese lady suggested we also stuff the chicken with some of their marinated roasted tomatoes. We also picked up a bag of spinach (I was desperate to get my veggie on), some goat cheese, and a few purple potatoes.

To make the chicken, I pounded each breast until it was thin enough to stuff and roll. I discovered that a full wine bottle works as an excellent meat pounder if you don't have one. Seriously. Here we have the chicken with fontina, roasted tomatoes, and spinach leaves:
I folded one end over the other, sprinkled fresh ground pepper on top, and baked for 30 minutes at 350*. While that was being prepped, my sous chef cut up the purple potatoes for boiling:
 
Aren't they pretty? Throw in some sweet potatoes and we could have a Clemson party! After these boiled, they were mashed with skim milk and goat cheese! The consistency of the purple potatoes was just like regular potatoes - soft enough to mash with the back of a fork, but even more fun to eat. 
I also cured my green craving by throwing the remaining spinach into a pan with leftover olive oil from the roasted tomatoes, plus some garlic. I sauteed the spinach long enough to wilt -- it only takes a couple minutes. 
Everything plated and ready to be devoured by yours truly:
Everything was so good, but the potatoes were my favorite. I think I just had fun eating them because they were purple. If only lime green potatoes existed...

And here's a shot of the chicken from the inside:
Yummy mummy!! Later this week I'll be featuring another meal with chicken, potatoes, and veggies...but with a very special video on how to carve a chicken. Trust me, it is special.
 



34 comments:

  1. Nice! This meal turned out super fancy looking. And I love purple potatoes too. The ones I picked up from the DI farmers market rocked. Hope you're having a lovely week

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  2. Oh man. I would do anything for this chicken....seriously. It looks amazing you little chef!!!

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  3. I hope my customers don't notice the pool of drool on my desk...cause THAT LOOKS HEAVENLY!!! Nice work X!

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  4. pretty meal!! but um, xtina, jennifer > angelina. :)

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  5. I have never seen purple potatos! Looks good! and dang, jen looks gorgeous in that pic!

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  6. I've never had a purple potato but let me know if you ever find a lime green one. That would be potato perfection! :)

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  7. those are pretty plump! and anything plumper than angie's lips is sure to be posted about. YUM! and purple mashed yams with cooked greens <3 looks lovely girl!!!

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  8. thats a fabulously colorful dish! i had purple taters once. fun to eat but not much difference in flavor. i hear there are SWEET purple potatoes out there though! need to try those asap!

    i personally like me some j.aniston better. i dont respect jolie for being a husband stealer - not that i dont still watch her movies and how badass she is in them :)

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  9. Looks amazing. Keep the pollo recipes coming, it's my staple!

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  10. Looks amazing!! I love the idea of stuffing with the tomatoes, too :) And I was staring at that first potato picture for the longest time, trying to figure out if there was a filter on it or not. So pretty! Do they have a distinct taste to them?

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  11. I'm on team Jennifer. ;)

    I think I can agree with you on the chicken though. It looks amazing!

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  12. That dinner looks amazing! I must try purple potatoes. And I love a day of reading and a random Target run! I can always find stuff there.

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  13. Purple potatoes? Holy Cow that sounds great! The chicken looks awesome too! Such great eats girl!

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  14. I just bought purple sweet potatoes for the first time!! I have yet to try them but they do look like so much fun to eat!

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  15. I love purple sweet potatoes! I actually only tried them in Hawaii - havent seen them around here!

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  16. Holy cow!!!!!!!!! This is not your average dinner:))) Looks fantastic sweetie!

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  17. Wow girl you are such a great cook!!!! Loving the stuffed chix!!! U will make some man very happy one day with your cooking skillz!!!!!!!!!! xoxo

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  18. I LOVE Your new web design!!!!!! Did you get it done by someone?? I Want want!

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  19. That meal looks delicious! I am going to have to try that :)

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  20. What a FANTASTIC meal! I love the chicken breast "stuffing" and purple is my favourite colour so the potatoes really grabbed my attention. Great job!

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  21. Purple potatoes....awesome!!! I am going to look for those!

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  22. If you mashed some avocado into plain potatoes it would be lime(ish) green! It would also be damn tasty! :D

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  23. That chicken looks perfect! And I love the purple potatoes. I'm going to have to keep my eye out for those suckers.

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  24. That chicken looks AWESOME! I've never had purple potatoes but love the idea of using at a tailgate!! (for a school that has purple of course.... duh!)

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  25. Sigh, I miss Publix so much. Is it sad that I'm thinking about driving 2 hrs to go there and WF? The chx looks AMAZING! I've never used fontina before but am always looking for a new cheese to put in my belly.

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  26. OH yummy that chicken looks beyond TASTY!

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  27. PURPLE potatoes! Ive never seen them before! how awesome is that!
    props to you for really "eating the colors of the rainbow!" (altho technically it's violet, isn't it? :P )

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  28. Hi Love!!!

    How about how I finally decided to get the mail yesterday for the first time since i've been back from AZ, and YOUR package was in it. It got sent back to me!! Apparently I wrote something on your address wrong lol oops.. I'll have to resend it monday when I get back to stoon. Ugh, only I would do that. Also, I'll take pictures in my gown and POST them ASAP! Hope you're having a great day pretty girl!!

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  29. PS LOVE the J Aniston/Angelina comparison hahaha SO what team are you batting for? Team Jenn or Team Angelina? and YES we will talk Bachelorette on a weekly basis. Can't wait! It'll be like we're watching it together haha

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  30. hellooo? are we going to talk about the beautiful new design? no mention? and you changed the domain name, something i really want to do with my own blog. good for you girl.

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  31. Love the comparison! That was too funny! I love purple potatoes! I always think it is fun to play around with different foods like that. We saw some purple sweet potatoes at WF not too long ago. Your meal looks delicious and colorful!

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  32. duuuude. that looks awesome.

    ^That sounded stoner-ish, I realize, but it's what I said in my head when I looked at your meal.

    YUM!

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  33. Looks so yummy!!!!

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