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This is the place that I love to be. I like to be creative and cooking is what is doing it for me these days. It's kind of a necessity and it makes me feel accomplished. I like knowing what we are eating and where it comes from. I go out of my way to make sure this happens.
I like that I don't buy several household staples from a grocery store. I enjoy making applesauce, jams and jellies, apple butter, spaghetti sauce, spicy mustard, pickles and anything else I can.
I like getting dirty, getting my hands into things, feeling and experiencing my food from the beginning to the end. I like making things, growing things and bringing those two together to create a healthy meal. I like nourishing others and knowing that I did my best to give them the best.











Thursday, March 10, 2011

Cornish Hens with Apricot Sauce for Dinner Tonight!

This was from the WW New Complete Cookbook.   

You will need:
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup + 2 TBSP coffee liquer (I might not use this)
1/4 cup apricot preserves
2 TBSP balsamic vinegar
2 TBSP Dijon mustard
2 (1 1/2 pound) Cornish hens, quartered

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2. In a small saucepan, combine the orange juice and preserves.  Bring to a boil.  Cook, stirring, until the preserves melt, 1-2 minutes.  Reduce the heat and simmer until syrupy, about 4 minutes.  Remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar and mustard.  Transfer 1/4 of the sauce to a small bowl,  Set aside the remaining sauce in the pan.
3. Gently lift the skin from the meat on each hen; brush 1 TBSP of sauce from the bowl under the skin of each.  Place the hens in a single layer in the roasting pan.  Roast until cooked through, about 25 minutes.
4. Just before serving, bring the sauce in the pan to a boil.  Place 2 pieces of hen on each of 4 plates; spoon sauce over each.

Nutritionals:
Serving size is 1/2 hen with about 3 TBSP sauce.
296 calories, 5g fat, 30g carbs, 0 fiber, 24g protein
This works out to 6.5 WW points. 
Pictures and Review will follow later.

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