Friday, December 10, 2010

Boursin Cheese - Chicken in a Creamy, Garlic-Mushroom Sauce Recipe

I LOVE Boursin Gournay cheese. Tip: Always have some in your fridge. It is perfect for dips, company, Friday night dinner (ahem).  I don't know what they put it in to make it so crack-like, but it's hard for me to open a silver medallion of awesomeness and not finish it.

Wednesday night I was stuck in a situation where I was thrown 2 chicken breasts and was told to "make a quick dinner." After scoping out some Boursin in the fridge, I made this up on the spot and it was super delicious.

Chicken in a Creamy, Garlic-Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients:
2-4 boneless chicken breasts
salt, pepper, paprika
can of cream of mushroom soup
a few cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup of white wine
Boursin cheese (garlic and fine herbs variety) at room temperature
1/2 c sour cream
sliced mushrooms

Preheat oven to 350
Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and paprika to taste.
In a large bowl, mix together soup, boursin and wine until creamy (a little liquid-y is ok).
Add sliced mushrooms and garlic to the sauce.

In a casserole dish cover (both sides) each breast with sauce.
Pop in the oven at 350 for 40-90 minutes until cooked through (depending on thickness, etc).
Serve with rice and broccoli.

It was so good y'all!
Now, off to watch some trashy TV with a round of Boursin, a baguette, and some wine! Perfect Friday night!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Honey Chevre Dreams

My ultimate goal in life as stated in my The Queso Queen Facebook page:
"I'm not sure how it'll work yet, but my dream is to live in a big city with goats and an apiary and make chevre and honey and honey chevre and write about it."
It's true! When I wrote that many moons ago, I didn't even know that a thing called "honey chevre" existed. I hadn't really researched it, but I knew that people made recipes with honey and goat cheese, but not that they were ever made together.

However, in September, I was walking through Byerly's in Minneapolis with my friend Suzanne, looking for some cheese to sample and came across Stickney Hill Dairy's Honey Chevre.  I was so happy, I cried right there in the store!
"If something in the deli aisle makes you cry
you know I’ll put my arm around you
and I’ll walk you outside, 
through the sliding doors, 
why would I mind?" ~ "Parentheses" by The Blow
 Here's me eating it for the first time. It's delicious. I want to make some.