Anderson’s Chicken Pesto
Ingredients
1 package pesto sauce mix
8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 slices provolone cheese, cut in half
1 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms
Breadcrumbs
1 package pesto sauce mix
8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 slices provolone cheese, cut in half
1 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms
Breadcrumbs
Heat
oven to 350 degrees. Prepare pesto sauce following the package
directions. Spray 9 X 12 inch rectangular dish with no-stick
cooking spray. Moisten chicken with water, shake off excess, and completely
coat with bread crumbs. Place chicken in baking dish. Spread pesto sauce evenly
over chicken breasts. Cover each piece with ½ slice of provolone cheese. Spread
mushrooms over cheese. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes. Serve with pasta. Enjoy with
friends and family.
I am more of a cook of books than an authority on
cookbooks. Even that’s a stretch. I rarely cook at all except for
the occasional grilled steak or piece of fish and a pop of a leftover into the
microwave. In fact, my biggest meal of the day is typically lunch at the
hospital where I work as an ob/gyn (my “day job”). Our two children are
grown and live away, so my wife and I rarely have big meals around our house.
But this is one or my favorite dishes. Daughter Anderson has made
it popular around Jackson, Mississippi, when she has been home. It’s a
quick and easy, but delicious meal, without being too heavy.
----- Darden North
Author of Mysteries and Thrillers
Author of Mysteries and Thrillers
Wiggle Room - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
Mississippi surgeon Brad Cummins,
serving on temporary duty at Balad Air Base Theatre Hospital in Iraq, has just
been informed that an incoming Black Hawk will be bringing in wounded from an
IED which hit a Humvee on patrol. Of the six transported to Balad, five are
American Troops. The sixth person injured appears to be an Iraqi student walking down the road and tossed under the Humvee,
breaking bones and receiving burns to much of his body. One of Brad’s patients,
Lance Corporal Giles, is treated and seems to be doing OK until a CODE is
called on the dying Giles. Team surgeon John Haynes takes over after
Brad attends the Iraqi student. Unfortunately, Giles dies for no apparent
reason causing an investigation into his treatment and death. Brad is cleared
by his peers but not by himself. He questions his own actions, and his
uncertainty mounts.
Brad returns to his fiancee Leslie
and to the surgical practice in Mississippi with his twin brother Brian.
His real troubles start when Brad and Leslie find Brian shot to death in the
parking lot elevator of their medical building. Brad believes that someone meant
to kill him, not his twin brother. Other
attempts are made on his life, and the only connection seems to be with the
death of Giles. And how does the Iraqi student fit in?
Author Darden North
really out-did himself this time. I’ve read several of his books and they have
always kept me on the edge but this book became one I didn’t want to stop
reading until I reached the end. He kept me guessing as to who the killer would
turn out to be and when I decided I knew the answer to that question, he threw
in a wrench at the end which had me second guessing my choice. This was a very
enjoyable book and I really hope we’ll see more of Brad Cummins in future
books.