My first new recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by the one and old Julia Child. I love Julia. If fact, I am pretty sure that I was born in the wrong country. I should have been French. My inspiration for this meal came because I am currently reading Julie Powell's Julie/Julia Project Book about cooking her way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Julie Powell and I have a lot in common. For one, we both love Julia Child, we both have PCOS and we both were stuck in a rut of life. So, here's to Julie and Julia.
I made Chicken Diable or something like that. It was great except the only problem was that I made chicken breasts, not a whole broiled chicken. I didn't adjust my recipe timing exactly right. Obviously, I didn't bake it for like an hour, but I cooked the chicken through so that by the time I needed to baste it with the mustard and breadcrumbs and re-broil it, it got too dry. Ugh! I hate dry chicken. I am so much better than that. The chicken was ok, it needed more mustard. I'll remember next time to half the fat and double the dijon mustard.
The cauliflower was good. It needed some salt, but my Dad said that he actually liked it. He also went back for seconds. That's saying something because my Dad can't stand cauliflower.
The rice, well I cheated. It was from a box mix, but pretty good.
All in all, not a bad tribute to my role models.
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