CeramicChef Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Howdy KKers! Well, the Ladies, soon to be granddaughters come over last night and wanted me to cook some Mac-N-Cheese to go with the feta and spinach stuffed chicken breasts I told them I was cooking. I said let's go the the store and get the fixin's for the MNC. So we dash to the store, I'm buying cheese like a madman, and we head to checkout. They ask me about the MNC. I don't get it. Then it dawns on me that they have never had scratch MNC and that the only thing they know if from a blue box! LOL!! So I say "Trust Me" and I get The Look! Evidently it runs in the family ... I get the same look from their grandmother, SWMBOI! Here is a pic of the ingredients right before the cook ... mies en plas. Again, The Look. What, Am I speaking a foreign language here? So I have to teach them how to make a roux, the basis for just about every sauce and all they can say is "This better be good!" They are skeptical especially when I added rosemary, thyme, cayenne, Dijon mustard, and nutmeg to the roux! Here is a pic of the MNC just on the grill. "ON THE GRILL?" they asked even more skeptically! Yes my dears, on the grill. And another. As I mentioned, we had chicken breast stuffed with sautéed spinach and garlic, and feta cheese. The Ladies have never heard of feta! I slit the breasts, put in the stuffing mixture, sealed with toothpicks, did a quick egg wash and then rolled in breadcrumbs seasoned with a package of spicy Hidden Valley Ranch dressing. Simple, easy, and delicious! Here's a pic of the breasts on the grill next to the MNC. Cooked at 375F until the breasts were at 155F internal. And here is the finished product. Sorry, no money shot, but every morsel of chicken was gone, plates licked, and the leftover MNC packed off to their home for lunch today! The girls loved the MNC, but to my mind next time I will use much more sharp cheddar and no mozzarella and no jack cheese. They are just too mild and added nothing to the flavor profile for me. The Ladies raved about the MNC, but I've done much better. Also, I had forgotten how much baby spinach reduces. I only used a 6 ounce bag and that was much too little an amount. Use a full pound of spinach. I used fresh baby spinach this time and frankly, it was a waste of money. Use a box of frozen spinach ... it works out just as well and costs much less! So all in all, an okay cook. The Ladies LOVE really MNC and discovered that feta cheese is really tasty! Tally one up in the Win Column for CC and Score one for The Team! Thanks for looking in. Y'all have a great weekend with the Family and your friends! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 CC, you are spoiling those soon to be grandkids and isn't that just what you are supposed to do. Everything looks verrrrry tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Great looking MNC - nobody can believe all the "oven" dishes that gets cooked on the grill. Good job for sure. And the chicken breasts aren't to shabby either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoFrogs91 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Nice one. Keep on with the education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 CC, you are spoiling those soon to be grandkids and isn't that just what you are supposed to do. Everything looks verrrrry tasty I'm having the time of my life! The Ladies are a hoot and they love learning to control TheBeast! MacKenzie, thanks for the kind words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Great looking MNC - nobody can believe all the "oven" dishes that gets cooked on the grill. Good job for sure. And the chicken breasts aren't to shabby either. ckreef - thanks for the kind words. That's high praise coming from you. I didn't plan too well on the chicken breasts ... I should have double coated them. But, that's the next cook! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nice one. Keep on with the education! Frogs - thanks so much. I'm getting a late start with the Ladies, but if I can teach Calculus as a crash course, cooking on a kamado is a snap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyfish Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Well done CC the girls will never eat store bought MNC again. That black pebble finish on the beast is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Well done CC the girls will never eat store bought MNC again. That black pebble finish on the beast is awesome. Tiny - The Ladies don't have discriminating palates, yet, but they will! And they think TheBeast is IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm just assuming that the bourbon was for the cook and not the MNC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 tony - you know me by now ... I am NOT putting great bourbon into MNC! Granted, I have put bourbon into MNC, but it was the like of Woodford or Makers 46! BTW - bourbon does add a nice little background flavor to MNC. Guinness and Harp are also pretty tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I put booze into a lot of my cooking, especially fond of "drunken" beans, but have never put it into MNC - sounds good, though! Like the old saying goes, "I cook with wine, some actually ends up in the food!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
