The other day, Miss M had her first encounter with a fly. Yup, a fly. At seven months old, she had never seen one until that day. And of course, this particular fly landed on her nose. What does a 7-month-old do when a fly lands on her nose, you ask? She wrinkles said nose, flutters her eyelashes, and opens her mouth to eat the fly. That’s right. My daughter is a Venus fly trap wannabe. She tilted her head back with mouth wide open, trying to get it into her mouth. It truly was an adorable sight to see. One of those why-do-I-not-keep-my-camera-up-my-ass moments. One day I’ll learn.
I am now an official member of Etsymom! Yay!
I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to display my Etsy Mini on this blog. So… I created another blog at Blogger. I will be making that my Etsy-only blog. To get to it, just click the ‘Butterfly Bows N More on Blogger’ link in my Blogroll.
Speaking of new links added to my Blogroll, there is one for Mommy Matter’s MySpace page as well. Kudos for member Rain on setting it up, and member Stina for providing the awesome background.
I promised the Dijon Chicken recipe to whomever reads this blog. We had it for dinner last night, served with rice. Deeee-lish! I love the stuff.
Dijon Chicken
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tbsp. Dijon mustard, divided
1/2 c. flour
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 c. heavy cream
Pound the chicken between two sheets of waxed paper to a 1/4 inch thickness. Season with salt and pepper. Spread 2 Tbsp. of the mustard over both sides of the breasts. Put flour in shallow dish and coat both sides of chicken with flour. Melt butter in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken breasts in butter for about 3 minutes per side. Remove. Pour cream into skillet and boil rapidly for 2 minutes, scraping up any bits stuck to the skillet. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1 Tbsp. of mustard. Add more mustard and seasonings to taste.
You may also need to add more flour to the sauce to thicken it up. Sometimes I’ll have to, and sometimes I won’t. Serve the sauce over chicken. I also love the sauce over white rice. This recipe is super easy and oh-so delicious. If you try it out, please tell me what you think of it.
