Dark Days: Chicken Parmesan

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Having caught whatever plague is making its rounds in Philadelphia this week, I’ve not been much in the mood to cook.  That’s not entirely true - but my meals haven’t been all that interesting or elaborate.  It’s been grilled cheese and soup, mostly.  Of course, it’s all been local - good bread from Le Bus, local butter, and the most awesome raw milk cheddar available from the Fair Food Farmstand, as well as soup made from homemade stock and whatever local vegetables were handy.

Now that I’m starting to feel better, I felt compelled to make a real dinner.  Nothing too complicated, mind you…but still a little more involved than grilled cheese!

Of course, it was still comfort food: chicken parmesan and steamed green beans.

The chicken is from Harry Ochs in Reading Terminal Market, the bread crumbs made from my leftover Le Bus bread, the tomato sauce is from my pantry (I canned it this past Summer), and the parmesan is that wonderful parm from Hendrick’s Farms (purchased at Salumeria in Reading Terminal).  And the green beans were from this past Summer’s CSA bounty.  It made a nice, homey dinner that was perfect eaten in front of the fire.