Sunday night the final two did their pilot episodes, and Melissa made Flexible 4-Step Chicken for Family and Company - Rustic Lemon-Onion Chicken and 5-Minute Individual Potato Gratins. I told Robert I would make that dish for dinner this week.
Tonight, I made Melissa's two yummy dishes, and on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being I wouldn't feed my cats this stuff to 5 being a dish I would put on the Bonner menu, it was a 5. I did make a couple of changes to the original recipe. I didn't use purple onions. While I love purple onions, I like them in salads, and on hamburgers and in guacamole. The sauce Melissa made looked a bit purple from the onions, so I used a yellow onion instead. Robert isn't a fan of spinach unless it's the Spinach Supreme from Del Friscos or the Spinach Artichoke Dip from Houstons. Instead of the bed of steamed spinach, I steamed broccoli with a pinch of salt, and little bit of lemon. It complimented the chicken really well. I also sauté some mushrooms to go with the chicken.
Melissa's new show Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d'Arabian premieres Sunday at 12:30pm/11:30c. on Food Network.
