Tuesday, March 19, 2013

FOOD: An Amazing Parmesan Chicken Recipe


AN AMAZING AND EASY PARMESAN CHICKEN RECIPE






I was rifling through all of the chicken recipes I saved on Pinterest and found this picture...





...which looked amazing, but it had no link attached and the short description of "OMG Chicken! Simply mix sour cream and parmesan cheese. Spread over chicken breast in a baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes."


Um, thanks, useless description!  You do not help me at all.  


So I attempted to take a crack at making this work.  I guess the measurements completely, as well as the cooking temperature.  I also added a few ingredients based on what I had in my cabinet. 



Here is what mine looked like pre-baking....



.....and after baking.....



...it was DELICIOUS!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!





AMAZING AND EASY PARMESAN CHICKEN


Ingredients                                                                     


2 packages of Chicken Tenderloins (we get ours at Costco)

1/2 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
10 Italian Style Croutons - smashed to bits (you can also use bread crumbs...but I was out)
Italian Seasoning to taste

Directions                                                                          


1.  Preheat that oven to 350°.  


2.  Lightly coat a large baking dish with oil or spray with cooking spray (otherwise you'll be peeling your chicken off the bottom of the dish).


3.  Rinse and pat your chicken tenderloins dry.  ("tenderloin" is an awkward word, isn't it?!)


4.  Place your chicken into the baking dish, spreading it all out evenly.


5.  Mix the sour cream and parmesan cheese together in a small bowl.  


6.  Plop the sour cream mixture onto the chicken and spread with a fork or spoon (or a knife, you smartass) to evenly coat the chicken.


7.  Take your croutons (or bread crumbs if you're lazy) and smash them to crumbs.  Sprinkle this crumby mess over the sour creamy chicken.


8.  Sprinkle Italian Seasonings over the entire thing, to taste. (I hate it when recipes say "to taste."  Like I'm actually going to taste the uncooked chicken to make sure I have enough seasoning.)


9.  Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes.


10.  Increase the heat to 450° and continue to bake for another 10 minutes.  This will crisp the top a bit.


11.  Remove from oven (with pot holders, you idiot) and serve immediately with some nice steamed veggies or a cool salad.  


12.  That's it.  We're done here.  Clean it all up.




IRON MAN 3 Exclusive IMAX 3D Poster Released

And talk about dramatic posing.  Pepper might as well be on the ground clutching his leg as Tony raises a sword to the heavens.  Cheeseball to me.


ANT-MAN "Test Footage" Leaked



Okay, this is being hailed as "test footage" but it looks pretty complete to me.  I wouldn't doubt if this is released with the Super-Mega-Deluxe-Avengers-Phase1-Blu-Ray-Box-Set-From-Awesomeland!  Pretty sure that's what the box set is called.  Anyway, here's hoping this is Hank Pym.  Check it out.



To all of you Edgar Wright haters who said Ant-Man could not be done, this look like a....




Sunday, March 10, 2013

All 20 Mondo GAME OF THRONES Posters

All twenty GAME OF THRONES Mondo posters were revealed at the SXSW festival this weekend.  

“Game of Thrones is a favorite of ours at Mondo,” said Mondo CEO Justin Ishmael. “The gallery event is intended to honor the show’s attention to visual detail and the beautiful world that George R.R. Martin has imagined … we hope the fans feel our work has done justice to the show.”

These stunning pieces of art come from twenty different artists and cover a range of styles.  The originals are selling fast and can be purchased by e-mailing gallery@mondotees.com.

Game of Thrones season 3 premieres with the episode “Valar Dohaeris” on Sunday, March 31 at 9/8c on HBO.
"Barathian Black Knight" by Thomas Hooper
Ink on paper
$5,000

"Bran Stark" by Richey Beckett
Ink on paper
$1,500

"Mother of Dragons" by Jason Edmiston
Acrylic on Wood Panel
$3,500

"Heart & Will" by Jacob Bannon
Mixed media on Plywood.
$3,000

"Jon Snow" by Jock
Ink on Paper
$1,800
"In the House of the Undying" by Daniel Danger
Higgins Ink on Clayboard
$6,000

"Daenerys Targaryen" by Craig Drake
Gouache on Paper
$1,500

"The Night's Watch" by Tim Bradstreet
Crowquill, Brush, and Ink on 500 series 3-ply Strathmore.
$5,000
"Margaery" by Audrey Kawasaki
Oil & Graphite on Wood
$9,500

"Game of Thrones" by Sanjulian
Oil on Canvas
$15,000

"Samwell" by Esao Andrews
Oil on Wood
$2,200

"The Hound" by Warwick Johnson Cadwell
Ink on Bristol Board
$600

"Prophecy" by Tom Bagshaw
One-off Digital Painting, printed on cotton rag stock, mounted on board, embellished with acrylic and varnished.
$2,000

"Porcelain, Ivory, Steel" by Mia Araujo
Acrylic on Wood
$3,000

"White Walker" by Chet Zar
Oil on Canvas Board
$1,750

"Tyrion Lannister" by Bruce White
Acrylic on Velvet
$600

"Little Lion" by N.C. Winters
Acrylic and Liquid Acrylic Ink on Paper, Mounted to Wood Panel with Resin finish.
$1,500

"Jaqen H'ghar" by Joao Ruas
Graphite, Watercolor, and Acrylic on Paper and Acetate
$1,800

"Map" by Jock
Ink on Paper
$1,200

"Ambush" by Rich Kelly
Acrylic on Strathmore Board
$1,100



Saturday, March 9, 2013

New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Trailer (with screen grabs)

This year is just chockabox full of movies I want to see!  This is in my top 3 must sees!









Friday, March 8, 2013

2 Mondo GAME OF THRONES Posters Unveiled

EW.com unveiled the first two posters from Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Two new posters will be revealed every week until the HBO series season premier on March 31st.

The first poster is of Jon Snow and is by the phenomenal Jock.

Artist Credit: Jock
The second is by artist Kilian Eng.

Artist Credit: Kilian Eng


Skottie Young THANOS RISING Variant Cover

Only Skottie Young could turn a mass murdering demigod into this bundle of cuteness!


THANOS RISING hits store shelves and digital readers on April 3rd.


UPDATED: Capitol Couture Character Portraits Collected



For your ease, I will be collecting all of the release Capitol Couture HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE character posters in this one blog post.  Check it daily for a new poster!

First we were teased with an empty chair...


Then beginning on march 4th, 2013...came the portraits....


EFFIE TRINKET
CAESAR FLICKERMAN
CINNA
HAYMITCH ABERNATHY
KATNISS EVERDEEN
BEETEE DOBBS
JOHANNA MASON
PEETA MELLARK
GALE HAWTHORNE
FINNICK ODAIR

PRESIDENT CORILANUS SNOW


A couple of notes:

Loooove Katniss in what appears to be the wedding dress.  The silver wiring on her dress is in the shape of a mackingjay.

I like that Cinna is the only one in profile.

Love Peeta in his white wedding attire also.

I like that Haymitch and Gale are dressed down.

Finnick definitely has an Irish fisherman thing going on.

What is with the white roses in some photos?  I thought it might be a tribute thing...but Gale has one.  Then I thought it might symbolize who the Capitol is keeping tabs on.  But then Cinna and Haymitch would have one.  Any ideas?