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Gourmet Chicken Salad

This really is a delicious salad: my mother and father said it was one of the best they had ever had. My mom loves salad, and my father devoured it so quickly! I made this off the top of my head, the best way for me to cook and invent recipes. Here is this healthy, easy Chicken Salad!

Ingridients:

• 3 chicken breast tenderloins
• 1/4 cup of finely grated parmesan
• 1/2 cup Italian Breadcrums
• 1 whole egg
• 1/2 cup of flour
• two shallots, minced
• 1/2 cup of white onion, chopped into thin slices
• 4 inch long cut of french bread
• Lots of salad
• Sesame Spray ( 1 calarie per spray, only use if needed)

Directions

• Pound chicken untill 1 centimeter thin. Arrange flour in one bowl, egg in another, and breadcrumbs and parmesan in another bowl. In a nonstick sautee pan heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. While heating, make the chicken by lightly drenching in flour, then coating in egg, and then coating in breadcrumb mixture. Put in pan and cook for two minutes per side untill very browned.
• Let cool, and add onions, shallots and the bread cut as big croutons into the smae pan you cooked the chicken in. Cook for four minutes untill onions are carmelized and bread is flavor filled. The bread is not going to be crisp! Put salad in seperate bowls and add onion-bread mixture on top. Cut the cooled chicken on a diagnal line and even out beetween the three servings. Serves three. Enjoy!

I am not a salad person at all, but this recipe is phenomenal!!! Mmmm...

French Cafe

I seem to notice in the movies/pictures I have seen of Paris, or quaint towns across France that the table scape is generally the same. All tables are close together and usually round. My proof is that if you have ever been to or seen pictures of Paris in particular you will notice that the small bright, rustic wood tables are close together, and right on the street. I find this factor of life in Paris very interesting and cozy. Also, in the eight o' clock to four o'clock range you notice all the coffee being drunk, do you? I think this is why French people SEEM so relaxed.

But anyways, lets talk about cafes. In the United States a cafe generally consists of commercial brand baked goods. Some coffee that is fine, and some potato chips. The seating is casual with napkin dispensers thrown around places.

Compare that to a cafe in Paris (Not one in the Art Museum!) They are much nicer in France because they have cute tables, that are fancy at the same time. Also, they have fresh baked goods like warm croissants, rich brownies, etc. They give you glass silverware and glass cups. You want to go to a Parisian cafe more than you would want to go to Starbucks. Us being from the United States, we love Starbucks.

Julia Child would have hated to see McDonald's in general and she would despise even more that they were offering a "gourmet" snack of coffee and bakery treats. And we don't want to make her mad!

An American, Not in France

Hello. Welcome to my new blog. I hope you all like it. This blog is supposed to be for you to see how I would love to live in Paris, France. From food, to life, to travel, I will give you a tour of my France. I love cooking food, and I only eat fine food so if you enjoy that, you will love this blog. I would also like to share with you my stories, for I like to write also! I have many interests but mainly in the arts. Enjoy!