Project Eat Out Less

As a break from wedding-related posts, I thought I'd post tonight about my Project "Eat Out Less" initiative. As some might know, this project is sort of a slow-moving, not always heeded project of mine, but nonetheless, it has it's highpoints, one of which I'd like to showcase here. And, since I'll be "getting hitched" soon, how apropos to show my wonderful culinary talents here in my blog, and give you readers some ideas for quick, healthy meals.

This delicious feast comes from the one and only George Foreman "The Next Grilleration: Great Grilling Recipes" cookbook. Clever title I know.

In an effort to increase fruit in my diet, I grabbed some fresh pineapple at wholefoods yesterday, and wanted a way to incorporate it into my meal. Then a recipe popped into my head, one for Pineapple Honey Chicken Breasts. I had most of the ingredients already...so just had to make a pitstop for some chicken at Giant, and I was on my way.

Here are the tasty ingredients:

1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 medium garlic clove, minced
2 tbsp honey
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, chicken breast halves
4 piece Pineapple, slices, 3" x 3/4", fresh, 1/2-inch thick (4 canned pineapple slices may be substituted)
1 cooking spray or vegetable oil for coating grill

Directions:
1. Coat your Foreman grill with cooking spray or vegetable oil and preheat to 375 degrees for 5 minutes.
2. Blend the soy sauce, ginger, oil, garlic and honey in a small bowl.
3. Place the chicken in the grill and spoon the soy honey sauce over each piece and Grill for 3 minutes.
4. Place 1 slice of pineapple on each piece of chicken and grill for 3-5 additional minutes.
5. Enjoy!

For dessert: Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon on a plate, coat slices of pineapple with cinnamon, then put on Foreman grill for about 2-3 minutes and you have a yummy treat!

Check out these pics below. Don't be scared by the chargrilled appearance of the chicken and pineapple...I may have just kept them on a little too long. It all depends on your taste! They tasted delish to me :P

One thing to check off the list

We booked the church!! Mark your calendars now! Yay! :)

We have booked St. Joseph's Monastery in Baltimore for the wonderful day of June 18, 2010! Our ceremony will begin at 5pm, and please note: this is a Friday night, so guests will have to plan accordingly so that they can join us at the ceremony and boogie down with us afterwards at the reception! :) We debated over having a day versus evening wedding (most Catholic churches have evening mass on Saturdays making it hard to have evening ceremonies on Saturday) so we made the decision to do a Friday evening one. Here are some pretty pics of the monastery:





Now that we have the church set, we are still mulling over reception locales...among them the Radisson in downtown Baltimore. I will keep you updated when this gets set in stone.