for the days i am off.

tuesdays are my day off from being a nanny. this is my day to catch up on tv, sleep in, and do pretty much whatever i want.

lately however, i have had been experiencing the itch to cook. a few weeks ago, i made a lime mesquite chicken with caesar salad. holy moly--it was delicious. since then i've been making simple dinners for usually my father and me.

yesterday while exploring stumble upon, i found a recipe for chicken and black bean salsa. i am not the expert cook in the family but this recipe was simple enough that even i could do it. i think it is absolutely phenomenal. of course, it's a weeknight so my mother is at a meeting and my father is still working in the city. i had a lovely dinner date with myself and kramer, the oldest dog in the world.

i highly recommend this dish--it is super easy and great for a summer night.

chicken and black bean salsa: 


ingredients:
salsa:
1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained.
1/2 cup fresh corn kernals
2 tablespoons chopped red onion
2 teaspoons lime juice
2 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander (optional)
6 grape or cherry tomatoes, quartered.

chicken:
2 teaspoons butter
cooking spray
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
dash of salt
dash of freshly ground black pepper
lime slices (optional)

to make the salsa, put all the ingredients from the salsa recipe in a bowl. combine.

for the chicken, heat the butter in a nonstick skillet pan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. sprinkle the salt and black pepper on both sides of the chicken. each side took about 7 minutes to be done. but obviously, cook yours as long as it takes.

the original recipe suggested to eat the chicken just with the salsa. however, i also got some tortillas, sour cream, and lettuce. this made a taco/fajita/burrito thing. whatever you want to call it. also, i can't even believe i am about to say something like this, but i noticed that it really made all the difference in the salsa using fresh lime juice over the bottled. dashing the lime juice over the chicken was excellent as well.

i hope you like it as much as kramer and i did!