Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast with Grape Tomatoe Pasta

This recipe for two.

Ingrediants:
2 med. chicken breasts
Pecorino Ramano grated cheese
Flour
1 egg
1 cup shell (pasta) or your favorite short pasta
2 cloves chopped garlic
white wine
1/2 bunch chopped fresh basil
1 package grape tomatoes
1 bunch brocolli rab
Extra virgin olive oil
Half of a lemon

This is a quick and easy meal, you can possibly make the pasta dish while the chicken is in the oven just have your pasta cooked and ready to go.
Preheat oven to 350. Season flour with salt and pepper, coat chicken into flour mixture. Coat with egg, then the cheese. Heat extra virgin olive oil in saute pan on med. heat, saute until golden brown on both sides; 2-3 minutes on each side. Place in oven for 8-9 minutes.
Cut stems of brocolli rab 1 inch long on bias, leave tops whole.
In a saute pan heat extra virgin olive oil on med. heat, lightly brown garlic, add brocolli rab. Cook 2-3 minutes. Add grape tomatoes and cook for 2 additonal minutes. Add half cup of white wine reduce by 3/4. Add T butter, S+P, fresh basil and squeeze lemon to finish. Add in cooked pasta and toss with T pecorino ramano.

Add one bottle Reizling wine and ENJOY!

Rib Eye w/asparagus&white mushrooms&dark roast rub

Ingredients this recipe for 2
1 rib eye 11/4"thick
3T dark roast coffe(whole bean is best)
3T dried rosemary
1T kosher salt
1T black peppercorns
3-4 medium sized red potatoes
6-8 white mushrooms
1/2 bunch asparagus
1/2 lemon
I like using this rub for different cuts of meat.pork loin,tenderloin,chops but I think my favorite is a nice rib eye.
for rub I have an old coffe grinder I use for gtinding spices for me its a must have.Place coffe,dried rosemary,s&p in grinder grind until fine.rub both sides of steak let stand at room temp. until ready to cook
dice potatoes toss in olive oil,ground rosemary&s+p place in oven at 375 for 1 hour.
heat saute pan w/olive on med-high heat until it just starts to smoke seare both sides of steak 11/2-2minutes each side place in 350 degree oven(just turn down if potatoes are still cooking)for 6-7min. for medium rare,7-8 for medium let stand on cutting board 5 min.
while steak is in the oven steam mushrooms(quartered)&asparagus(1" pieces) until tender toss in fresh lemon s+p& 1t butter

Tuna w/broccoli rab & tomatoe toponata

I made this dinner for 2.

ingredients.

1 tuna steak 1"-11/4" thick 1-11/2lbs a hearty steak

1 bunch broccoli rab

3/4c white wine

1lg.clove garlic chopped

3/4c brown rice (if you feel ljke you need a starch I dont w/this dish)

3/4c julienned sundried tomatoes in olive oil recommended(if dried rehydrate in boiling water 5 min.drain)

1/2c quartered colossal green olives

21/2T capers

2 vine ripe tomatoes diced

2lg.cloves garlic minced

1 bunch of fresh basil

1/3cextra virgin olive oil





Combine diced tomatoes,sdt,olives,capers,garlic chopped basil(or chiffonade a little nicer)ExtraVirginOlive oil S+P to taste(its a little salty to start with so easy on salt).Mix store a room temp.

Cut stalky end of broccoli rab on bias 1/2"-3/4" leave tops whole saute over med-med high heat in EVOand chopped garlic 4-6 min add white wine reduce heat to medium let wine cook away by 3/4 add s+p remove from pan.store at room temp.

For tuna 11/4"thick&med.rare preheat oven 350(make sure your saute pan can go in the oven)Season tuna both sides S+P heat EVO until just starts to smoke seare tuna 1 1/2-2 min a side place directly in oven 3 min for mid-rare, longer for more doneness .Let rest at least 5 min.

I like to let cool.All very nice at room temp.ENJOY!