Monday, February 15, 2010

Chocolate Mint Silk Pie

We tried this for Valentines and oh my gosh was this good. If you like mint chocolate, than you will love this!

Needed for Crust:
1 1/2c crushed chocolate sandwich cookies

1/4c butter or margarine, melted

Needed for Filling:
1c. sugar

3/4c. butter or margarine, softened

3sq semi-sweet chocolate, melted, cooled

1/2tsp. peppermint extract

3 eggs

sweetened whip cream

Preperation:

In a medium bowl stir together crust ingredients.
Press firmly on bottom and sides of a 9" pie pan.
Refridgerate 10 min.
In a small mixer bowl combine sugar and 3/4c. butter.
Beat at medium speed scraping the bowl often, until well mixed (2 to 3 min).
Add chocolate and peppermint extract; continue beating until well mixed (1 to 2 min). Add eggs; continue beating, scraping bowl often, until the mixture becomes light and fluffy (5 min).
Spoon into prepared crust. Refridgerate for at least 3 hours. or until set. if desired garnish with sweetened whip cream.

Enjoy... but not too much, it's 460 calories a slice!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Honey Baked Chicken

1/2 c butter (you can half this for a lighter version)
1 c. Honey (you CAN NOT half this, it's what makes it so good :)
1/2 c. prepared mustard (dijon style)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder
4-6 chicken breasts

Heat oven to 375. Melt butter in sauce pan over med heat. Stir in rest of spices and honey. Pour enough of the sauce to generously coat the chicken in a pan (save some to pour over rice) Bake for 40-45 min or until fork tender.
Serve over rice.