Friday, February 11, 2022

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 11th February 2022, Concert & Festival Music

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 11th February 2022, Concert & Festival Music

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, please post music from concerts & festivals like Woodstock, San Remo, Monterey, Salzburg or the Eurovision song contest, choose & post the music that you enjoyed !

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH Woodstock 1971

Cliff Richard - Congratulations (Eurovision Song Contest, 1968)

Dizzy Gillespie - Improvisation & Blues (Monterey, 1975)

Roberto Carlos - Canzone Per Te (1968, Sanremo Festival)

André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra performing at the Wiener Festwalzer 2012

Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Salzburg Festival 2015

Joan Baez, "Joe Hill" live at the Woodstock Festival, 1969

ABBA Waterloo Eurovision 1974

Red Sea Jazz Festival 2014, Eilat: Dayna Stephens Quartet

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (Concert in Central Park 1981)

Jim Reeves - Four Walls (Grand Ole Opry 1957 )

Country Sisters - Cotton Eyed Joe "trucker & country" festival Interlaken 2009

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Try a Writing or Sketch Journal

We are all creative in many ways. We use critical thinking to tasks everyday, every moment. What if journaling could enhance your skills even more? Whatever you write in the journal is between you and the pages. It's a way to clear out the static and mental stagnation or emotional spirals we fall into. Truly it's normal and natural to express what's within. Go on get it out on paper.

What kind of journal do you have or thought of having in your possession? A leatherbound journal with thin pages and a nice fountan pen? I prefer just an ordinary spiral bound notebook and I write with a nice black ink pen and churn out a couple pages on anything and everything. Some may call these freewriting pages too. One thing to overcome is your own censor. Yes, it's the inner dialogue that crops up and tells you it's no good and so forth. Ignore it and go on. Eventually you'll catch yourself when you do it.

As you start out on first few days of journaling, you'll notice a change to making goals happen and have a better starting point. It reduces anxiety as well stress.

Find a quiet place or a time that all is still around you to give it a go. No one is grading you on it. Make that step and journal, get it all out. Unlock the creativity and you'll find yourself accomplishing more than you ever thought of before.

Try journaling, go out to the store and select the pen you like and the journal and let the change begin.

Even better, try a sketch journal. Whether it's words or brush, take a moment, your quiet reflective moment.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Tuscan chicken

Tuscan chicken

Cooked with a creamy garlic sauce with sundried tomatoes

By Joel Mielle https://recipe30.com/tuscan-chicken.html/
Preparation Time:20
Cook Time:25
Ready Time:30min
Servings:4
Cuisine:Italian
Category:Chicken

I’m yet to find a chicken lover who didn’t go crazy for this recipe. It’s relatively simple to make using regular ingredients, and it’s also a complete meal. Made with spinach, sundried tomatoes, cannellini beans in a delicious creamy sauce, in 30 minutes, wow!

It’s not authentic to Tuscany, this is my version, but it does contain many of the delightful Tuscan ingredients we all love.

This recipe uses chicken breasts, you can however use chicken thighs if that’s your preference. If using breasts, you want them to be juicy and not dry. To achieve this, don’t over cook them in the pan, simply brown each side on high heat. When you touch them, they should still feel soft inside. Transfer to the oven and finish cooking at a low temperature. As soon as they become just firm to the touch, they are ready. If your sauce isn’t quite ready, take them out anyway. You will reheat them in the sauce. Some pieces will be thicker than others, so take that into consideration.

Enjoy my version of Tuscan chicken

Ingredients

3 tbsp plain all-purpose flour
1 tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper
3 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken breasts
1 brown onion peeled and sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
2 cloves garlic
½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp dried sage
1 tbsp tomato paste
½ cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock
Salt and pepper
½ cup Heavy or double cream
½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
½ cup – 90g sun dried tomato strips
3 packed cups fresh baby spinach
1 can or cooked cannellini beans (Drained and rinsed)

Steps

Step 1
First, preheat your oven to 320°F – 160°C
Step 2
Cut the chicken breasts in half making sure each piece has equal weight. (Hint, cut the pointy end a little longer)
Step 3
In a plate, add the flour, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Mix well and coat chicken pieces in mixture.
Step 4
In a large heavy bottomed pan on high heat, add some olive oil. Once hot, fry the chicken pieces in oil until brown on each side. Don’t overcook them or they will be dry. Remove chicken pieces and place in a baking tray. Place in oven to finish cooking for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Meanwhile for the sauce, in the same pan on medium high heat, add a little more olive oil, add the sliced onion and sliced bell pepper, cook until soft. Add the sage, oregano, minced garlic and tomato paste. Cook 30-60 seconds then deglaze with white wine. Add the chicken stock, cream, sundried tomatoes, and grated Parmesan cheese. Leave to simmer gently 10 minutes until the sauce is a little thicker.
Step 6
Add the cooked cannellini beans and spinach leaves, mix well, once it starts to simmer, return the chicken pieces for 60 seconds. Serve with the beans first, then add the chicken on top.
For more directions watch the video:

Enjoy!

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