A Change Is Gonna Come

Give Thanks!

(Scroll down to "The Playlist" and hit play before reading... works better that way!)

So happy that spring is finally here and we get to enjoy this beautiful day. It's a time of new beginnings and renewed change... starting fresh and never looking back. 

Today we're making a light grilled Pinot Grigio chicken with a great Honey citrus glaze, while we enjoy a great Italian wine and listen to our "Change is gonna come" Playlist. 

We all have a great deal to be thankful for... so let's go forward with grateful hearts!

The pots are on!

The Plate... 

Pinot Grigio Chicken / Honey Citrus Glaze

With the weather starting to warm up we thought we'd throw something a little lighter on the grill. And not just some old boring chicken. How about jazzing it up a little with some of my favorite wine and a sweet citrus glaze? Sounds good to me.

First we're going to marinade the chicken in wine, citrus and some honey. Then we're going to grill it and finish it with a little wine, citrus and honey glaze. You can never get enough of a good thing.

I love cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in my food. Ha... Ok that's a really old joke, but I love it.  Grab a glass a wine and fire up the grill.

What you need... 

For the marinade-

1/2 cup of Pinot Grigio wine
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tbsp of honey
juice of 1/2 of an orange

For the chicken-

2 boneless skinless chicken breast
1/3 cup Pinot Grigio wine
1/3 cup honey
Juice of 1/2 an orange
Juice of 1/2 a lime
salt and pepper

What you do...

Combine the marinade ingredients in a large baking dish and add the chicken.

Cover and place in the fridge for one hour.

In the meantime heat up the grill to medium (about 350). 

Make the glaze by combining the the wine, honey orange/lime juice, salt and pepper in a small pot. 

Bring to a simmer for 1 minute then remove from heat. 

Put the chicken on the grill and cook for about 6-8 minutes per side.

After you flip the chicken let it cook for about 5 minutes then brush with the glaze and finish cooking.

Open another bottle of wine and enjoy!

The Playlist... 

A Change Is Gonna Come

Love this song and love the way Sam Cooke sings it. Today celebrate... "Oh Happy Day"!

Let Mike Farris "Take you there". He has such a great voice and raw emotion. Check him out with his full choir on "Sit down servant"... gives me chills. 

We have a few selections from the "Oh Happy Day" compilation including superstars like Jon Bon Jovi, Al Green and Michael McDonald (to name a few). And I love this version of Van Morrison's "Have I told you lately". It's a little known fact that Van actually wrote the song "Have I told you lately that I love you" and "Someone like you" as a prayer. 

The "Playlist" runs on Spotify- Click on the link to listen to A Change Is Gonna Come

The Bar... 

Astoria Pinot Grigio

We had this fabulous wine at Trattoria da Imatti, (loosely translated as "the fools place", but that's a story for another time), in Florence, Italy. 

Great wine... bright aromas of melon and hints of honey with fresh fruit flavors with a refined finish.

What If Today...

We Were Just Grateful For Everything!

Happy Easter!