Crispy Rocket Pesto Chicken Recipe - November 5 2012

As has been said earlier, we have an abundance of rocket in our garden! And we loooove rocket pesto.

So we came up with Crispy Rocket Pesto Chicken as a way to eat more of our yummy pesto and enjoy our garden in a more unique way than just eating salad!

So here is the recipe!

Crispy Rocket Pesto Chicken

-1 skinless, boneless chicken breast sliced into strips

-1/4 cup rocket pesto 

-1/2 cup milk

-1 Tbsp white vinegar

-1/2 cup plain flour

-2 pieces of bread made into breadcrumbs

-salt

-pepper

-1 Tbsp oil

1. Marinate the chicken in the rocket pesto for an hour or up to 24 hours in the fridge

2. Combine the milk and vinegar in a small bowl and leave to curdle

3. Put the flour into a small bowl and season well

4. Put the bread crumbs in a small bowl and season well

5. Arrange the bowls in front of you in this order: flour, milk, breadcrumbs and have a plate at the end to put the coated chicken

6. In a fry pan heat the oil over medium heat

7. Dip one chicken strip into the flour, then the milk and then the breadcrumbs so that it is covered well

8. Repeat with the remaining chicken strips

9. Place the coated chicken strips into the fry pan, and cook until golden and the chicken is cooked completely

We served our chicken on a lettuce and rocket salad with radishes all from our garden and peanuts (from the supermarket). We dressed the salad in a dressing made from 1 part lemon juice, 2 parts oil and salt and pepper! It was an amazing dinner that was so fresh and light! It will definitely become part of our dinner repertoire!

Staking the tomatoes - November 5 2012

Its always exciting when there is noticeable progress in a garden! And new additions to the garden that changes the way it looks is almost refreshing!

Today, we had to stake up the tomatoes! They were starting to bend over slightly. So before any major wind or rain happened upon them, we secured them up!

We bought one stake for each tomato, that would be tall enough to accommodate their future growth. Once the stakes were hammered into the ground next to the plant (deep enough to not just fall over), we tied them to the stake using old stockings (pantyhose) that had been cut into about a 4cm thick ring, and then cut into one piece of pantyhose ribbon. Using the pantyhose is good for the plant because it is breathable and not very abrasive! It is also really good for me, because I seem to wear a pair of pantyhose once and then there is a ladder in it! So it is good recycling!

As the tomato plants keep growing, we will keep tying them up on the stake! This helps the plants to grow really good and strong, and will stop them from breaking in any not nice weather!

The garden is growing so amazingly well! It is unbelievable! The radishes are looking a lot more promising (but then again they are super easy to grow), and the rocket is really taking off... (lol)

Here is another photo to show you how amazing our garden is! On Guy Fawkes, we went up to our veggie garden and watched the fire works across the city! Totally beautiful and not that scary until our neighbours starting doing fireworks that were sending sparks awfully close to our plants! Eek!