Easter is over… When will Spring be here? This rain is killing me!

The past few days have been busy cooking days! On Friday night, I cooked a delicious and simple Salmon recipe:

Baked Salmon

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Heat a dry oven-proof sauté pan over high heat for 4 minutes.

Meanwhile, rub both sides of the salmon fillets with olive oil and season the tops very liberally with salt and pepper.

When the pan is very hot, place the salmon fillets seasoning-sides down in the pan and cook over medium heat without moving them for 2 minutes, until very browned.

Turn the fillets and place the pan in the oven for 7 minutes.

Enjoy!

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On Saturday, we had the McLarens and Biasotti’s over for an afternoon get together. I fixed mini sandwiches, a big antipasto platter and deviled eggs... and we ended up getting a pizza from Mountain Mikes. I think everyone had a good time eating, drinking, watching basketball, and just hanging out. Little Rocco went down a slide for the first time!

On Sunday, we went to Easter at the Whiteman’s in Lafayette. I brought deviled eggs and coleslaw for 20 people. Both were a big hit. I’ve shared my coleslaw recipe before on an earlier post; here is the recipe for my eggs. I don’t show quantities as I make these by eyeball/tasting my way through…

Deviled Eggs
~ Eggs
~ Light Best Foods Mayo
~ Dijon Mustard
~ Paprika

Place the eggs in a pan and cover with hot water. Bring to a boil, add a fair amount of salt to the water and boil for 12 minutes. Remove the eggs from the boiling water and let sit until you’re able to handle – about 20 minutes.

Peel the eggs and slice in half, putting the yolks into a bowl and placing the sliced whites on a plate.

Once all of the yolks are in the bowl, mash with a fork. Add light mayo until creamy. Add Dijon until the taste is right! Spoon a good amount of the yolk mixture to fill each white and sprinkle with paprika.

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Tonight is the final NCAA basketball game – we are rooting for Butler in hopes that Mike wins his bracket. Currently, it is a tie game – Go Butler! I fixed a delicious new recipe, definitely worth sharing:

Chicken Rollatini
~ Cooking spray
~ 1 tablespoon olive oil
~ Salt and freshly ground black pepper
~ 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, pounded to 1/4-inch thickness
~ 2 slices Virginia ham from the deli counter
~ 1/2 cup chopped baby spinach leaves
~ 2 ounces goat cheese
~ 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
~ 1 cup parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

Arrange chicken breasts on a flat surface. Top each piece of chicken with ham. Mix together spinach and goat cheese and spread over ham. Starting from the shorter end, roll up chicken and secure with wooden toothpicks. Brush mustard all over chicken rolls and then roll in parmesan cheese.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken rolls and cook until golden brown on both sides. (3 mins per side). Transfer chicken to oven and bake 20 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.

I served this with my favorite fake mashed potatoes – YUMMY!

Go Butler Go!