Raspberry Balsamic Glazed Chicken

This is a delicious recipe that is super fast! I think it goes well with rice, but it is good enough to be eaten on its own.

Raspberry Balsamic Glazed Chicken

Ingredients

1 tsp. vegetable oil
Cooking Spray
1/2 cup chopped red onion (I used regular and it still turned out good)
1 1/2 tsp. minced fresh or 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
4 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves (I used chicken tenders instead)
1/3 cup seedless raspberry preserves (Or use raspberry jam if you don't mind seeds)
2 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp. pepper

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion; sauté 5 minutes. Combine thyme and 1/4 teaspoon salt; sprinkle over chicken. Add chicken to skillet; sauté 6 minutes on each side or until done. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt, preserves, vinegar, and pepper, stirring constantly until the preserves melt. Spoon raspberry sauce over chicken.

*Serves 4

Sheldon and I tried Corned Beef for the first time yesterday to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It was interesting and I don't think I would make it again, but now I can at least say I have tried corned beef. I decided against making cabbage, even though that is also a traditional St. Patty's dish. Maybe next year I will be more adventurous.

Swimmer Baby

So I have been seriously slacking on my posting and whatever happened to the Recipe of the Week? I don't know, I guess I just ran out of recipes ;) No actually, the recipe of the week column will be resumed next week, I'm sure to your great excitement! The biggest news for Sheldon and I is only 2 1/2 more weeks until we find out whether our baby is a boy or girl. The appt is on Sheldon is betting on a girl, due to some divine inspiration. I guess we'll find out how in tune with the spirit he is ;) j/k. I am trying not to think about it too much so I won't be disappointed. I had a doctor's appt. last week that went very well. I got to hear the heartbeat again and it was so cool, because they would listen to the heartbeat for a few seconds, but then it would disappear because the baby had moved. So the doctor would have to find the heartbeat again all the way on the other side of my stomach. I think we have a very active baby and I'm not looking forward to when the baby starts elbowing and kicking me. I have a feeling that this baby is going to be a lot like Sheldon and have super amounts of energy all the time. What have I gotten myself into! In other news, Sheldon is completely in love with our new car. He has probably read the car manual twice and examined every nook and cranny. I really don't mind because now he knows how to take care of our car. An early birthday present for him was to have our car windows tinted, which is definitely very cool, but I have trouble finding our car at night. I end up wandering around the parking lot looking like a crazy lady.

Our New Car!!

I'm sure many of you have heard already, but Sheldon and I bought a new car. We decided it was time to cut our losses and ditch our lemon of a dodge for something more reliable and with better gas mileage. We bought a Toyota Yaris and are loving it! We already initiated our car by celebrating and driving it up to Heber. It's super quiet and very comfortable. I'm also looking forward to air conditioning, since our dodge did not have AC. This car is definitely our baby for right now and getting royal treatment. We had a big piece of red carpet in our storage, so we pulled it out and stuck it under our car so we can wipe our feet before we get inside. If I can just learn how to stop backing into things then I think this car will last us a long time!