I have been thinking of how other half and I can celebrate Valentine's this year, since both of us are working in different states. Finally, I decided to take a day off from work so that we both could spent time together. What other more meaningful way than to cook together?
Chicken Saganaki
The 1st time I had Saganaki was at Roka, where we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. You can read it
here. I've always thought that 'Saganaki' is a Japanese word (e.g. Nagasaki, Kawasaki, get the drill?). In actual fact, 'Saganaki' refers to various Greek dishes prepared in a small frying pan called 'saganaki'.
From my research online, most recipes published were for Shrimp Saganaki. I wanted to substitute shrimp for chicken. Thankfully there was a recipe online for Chicken Saganaki. I tweaked it a little and added some olives and British parsley.
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| Feta cheese from Emborg |
May I present to you...Chicken Saganaki!
The ingredients are: Chicken breast, Onions, Garlic, Red Wine, Oregano,Crushed tomatoes, Feta and Parsley (Olives are optional).
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| Chicken Saganaki |
Spaghetti Aglio Olio
This humble spaghetti needs no introduction. The key ingredients are relatively simple (garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil). There were many versions of Aglio Olio recipe online. We wanted to attempt the one by Rachael Ray but we did not know where to get canned anchovies.
Anyway we still went ahead with the basic recipe. This was made by hubby.
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| Spaghetti Aglio Olio |
Home-made Salad
What? Meat and carbs but no veggies? Hubby made a simple salad which consists of red and green bell peppers, Romaine salad and tomatoes, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar as dressing. Lastly, he threw in some bread (I told him we should use bread crumbs, but he said to save time we have to make do with what we have).
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| Salad |
Overall, we were very satisfied and happy with the outcome of our 1st attempt at the Chicken Saganaki and the Spaghetti Aglio Olio.
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| Belated Valentine Lunch |
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