What's for Dinner?

Being unemployed has given me all of this free time to cook. I have some family recipes but I also wanted to find some of my own that I could share. My search for quick and fabulous recipes led me to the one and only Martha Stewart.

At her website I found Chicken with Artichokes and Angel Hair. My husband and I were in love at first bite. (Sorry that sounded like some vampire quote. LAME.) Anyway not only was it delic but it was super easy to make.

Ingredients
Coarse salt and ground pepper

    8 thin chicken cutlets (about 1 1/2 pounds total)

    2 tablespoons olive oil

    1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

    1 can (14 ounces) artichoke hearts packed in water, rinsed, drained, and quartered

    2 tablespoons rinsed and drained capers

     8 ounces angel-hair pasta

    1/2 cup parsley leaves

     1/4 cup all-purpose flour

    2 tablespoons butter

Directions

(I copy and pasted these from Martha. The link is up top if you are not impressed.)

Set a large pot of salted water to boil. Place flour in a shallow dish, and season with salt and pepper. Dredge cutlets, shaking off excess. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Cook chicken in batches, adding remaining oil as needed, until light golden, 1 to 3 minutes per side; transfer to a dish.

Add broth to skillet, and bring to a boil; cook until reduced by half. Add artichokes, capers, and the chicken with any juices. Gently swirl to combine, and bring just to a boil. Remove skillet from heat. Swirl in butter, and cover to keep warm.

( I also added some shallots because why not)

Add pasta to boiling water. Cook until al dente; drain. Serve chicken and sauce over pasta, topped with parsley.

And TADAA!

Martha's

Ali's

 Instead of that glass of water in Martha's photo we has some vino and I recommend it. Lance likes to drink after a long day at work and I never let anyone drink alone.

Let me know if you like it!

My Mother Always Told Me White Is Right!

Spring is right around the corner and I cannot wait! I also cannot wait until my birthday. Not only because it's my birthday, but it is also the last day of winter and that means I can start wearing bright colors and whites without getting the stink eye. Anyway after some online window shopping I noticed a trend... White! Lots and lots of white!

 Lilly Pulitzer seems to think to think white is right. Just check out their new arrivals.

Need more white? How about some Shoshanna:

  

Even Carrie is into white.

What is the best part about wearing white?

 All of the bold accessories that you can wear with it.

Like these from Saks

 Piperlime

and Banana Republic

Yummy! So dearest Spring, please hurry!

Lovey Dovey

Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day!

I made some delicious cookies...

I promise they tasted better than they looked.

On Sunday I woke up to pink pancakes :)

My silver five :) Yes, I am a dipper.

The most ridiculous box of chocolates EVER with my fav chocolates.

And we made a pizza! I didn't get a picture. We ate it too quickly.

How did you celebrate?

Dear Barbie, I hate you! xoxo, Ali

Can we talk about the Christian Louboutin Barbie?

Leave it to Barbie to show little girls what they can't have.

Firstly, the body... those long spidery legs... totally not fair. I am fine with not having boobs, but having long legs would allow me to be at eye level with others and I think that would be nice.

The clothes! It is not socially acceptable to wear princess dresses all the time. Thank you for allowing me to believe so. I have tried and it is not. Just ask my husband...

Welcome home honey! No I did not clean... I watched tele and searched for jobs all while wearing my wedding dress.

Then the dream house and the sweet car. If I could have an all pink house and car and my husband would be okay with it then believe me I would. Has anyone ever wondered what Ken thinks?

And now custom Christian Louboutins! WTF?

Now I don't mean to sound bitter... I will always love Barbie. (Except that fact that she has 10 million professions and I can't even get a job.) But why does she have to keep popping up (net-a-porter and Perez Hilton) and showing us grown ups that she is just that much cooler.

All photos are from Toys R Us minus the Christian Louboutin one.