Cajun Spiced Chicken

Saturday – Sunday, December 1, 2007

Saturday and Sunday I worked on my house. I am trying to get as much work done on it as I can before I start trucking. What I don’t get done now won’t get done for a long time. I can’t get it completed but it is getting quite livable. The summer has been hot with little rain. The draught has not been good for the farmers but it has helped me to get work done on my house. I haven’t had to deal with rain causing construction delays. My home is on the Calf Killer River. The river has been low all summer and not looked so good. I haven’t had the time to enjoy it anyway. I do wish that I could have got a dock built while it was low.

The weekend has brought snow storms in the north. I am not looking forward to dealing with that. I being from the south haven’t had to deal with much snowy icy conditions. When it threatens snows here the schools closes, the grocery stores get bombarded like a hurricane warning in Florida, and they salt the roads. More often than not we don’t even get any snow but it makes for good TV news rating. We have closed schools just because it has threatened snow. I don’t know of every being snowed in where we couldn’t get to the grocery store. But we don’t want to starve to death in the few hours that it takes for the roads to clear. But people continue to stock up with every snow warning in the hopes of a really good snow. It could happen!

I haven’t heard from TT@Nashville so I assume that I am not in the first round of students accepted for the January truck driving class. I could still get in because everyone on the waiting list doesn’t show. If I don’t get into the January class I should be in the March class. Either way I have a lot to do to my house before I go trucking and I would like to get some driving experience before I start dealing with the icy roads.

I cooked dinner Sunday which I do occasionally. I have several specialties that I make. Sunday I made a chicken pasta dish. I believe that it would be one that I can make on the road easy. Here is the recipe for two people:

Ingredients for two servings:

2 boneless chicken breast
½ box of Ziti
½ bag of frozen vegetable mix of cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots
1 jar of Alfredo sauce
2 tablespoons Cajun spice
1 tablespoon Cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons Olive oil


Grill two chicken breasts and cut them into strips. I don’t bread them.
Sprinkle them with Cajun spice while cooking. I add a little extra Cayenne pepper for taste.
Set grilled chicken strips aside after cooking.

Cook ½ box of Ziti per instruction on box.
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil after draining and blend in.

Heat a jar of Alfredo sauce.
Add a half bag of the frozen cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots mix. I let them thaw before cooking but you can add them frozen and give them more time to heat.
Add Cajun spice to mix.

Serve over the pasta with the chicken strips.

Tip: I measure out about 2 tablespoons of the Cajun spice and one of the Cayenne pepper onto a piece of wax paper of aluminum foil and mix and use about half to coat the chicken and the rest in the sauce. This is not real spicy but enough to give it a good taste. Adjust to your own personal taste. It is rather easy to fix and everyone loves it. Disclaimer: It may become addictive.