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July 24, 2011 1:00 AM
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4 average-size chicken breasts (more can be squeezed in, depending on the baking dish) 1 cup real mayonnaise 3 teaspoons Grey Poupon 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon dried garlic 1/4 teaspoon dried sage Pinch dried basil Few pinches dried parsley Arrange chicken in one layer in a baking dish. Mix sauce in bowl and spread over chicken. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until juice from chicken runs clear. Remove foil for last 5 minutes of cooking. Editor's note: Smith suggests substituting plain yogurt for the mayonnaise if you'd like.
4 average-size chicken breasts (more can be squeezed in, depending on the baking dish) 1 cup real mayonnaise 3 teaspoons Grey Poupon 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon dried garlic 1/4 teaspoon dried sage Pinch dried basil Few pinches dried parsley Arrange chicken in one layer in a baking dish. Mix sauce in bowl and spread over chicken. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until juice from chicken runs clear. Remove foil for last 5 minutes of cooking. Editor's note: Smith suggests substituting plain yogurt for the mayonnaise if you'd like.
Baked Chicken
COLUMBUS GROVE — For her 21st birthday, Donna Smith asked for nice dishes. Her father obliged and bought six place settings of beautiful white china rimmed in platinum. She still remembers the pattern name: Engagement.
“Besides the food tasting good, I want it to look neat,” said Smith, explaining the white wouldn't clash with the decor. “Anybody can offer somebody a hamburger. I wanted peolpe to feel special when they came to my house.”
Smith grew up in Providence, R.I., and moved to Ohio after meeting the man who would become her husband, Merle. He was a Navy man, and they met at a hamburger stand in Newport, R.I. Smith and a friend had given two other men the slip after they because too pushy, and they decided to stop for a burger before going home. And there was Merle. They just celebrated their 41st anniversary.
“All because somebody wanted to ‘party' on the beach with a six-pack,” she said.
Both Smith's parents worked, and she remembers deciding to cook meals at about 10 years old because her mother was so busy.
“Now my biggest problem in the beginning was getting everything to be ready at the same time,” she said. “As I got older, I like to think I got better.”
She started doing themed meals. If she was cooking Italian, she wanted everything to be authentic. In her diverse Rhode Island neighborhood, many fresh ethnic ingredients were available, feeding her creativity. After getting married and moving, her parents would bring her Portuguese sausages, coffee syrup and teriyaki sauce from the East when they visited.
“I was lucky that I met and married somebody that would at least try something before he would say he did or didn't like it,” Smith said.
She has embraced Ohio, working as a stock broker, councilwoman and Columbus Grove mayor from 1989 to 1995. She also caters small events occasionally. She enjoys cooking with her grandchildren and still loves a good dinner party.
“It just gives you that high,” she said. “I like the challenge ... and actually being able to pull it off.”
Have a suggestion for who should be featured in this spot? Email amcgee@limanews.com.
COLUMBUS GROVE — For her 21st birthday, Donna Smith asked for nice dishes. Her father obliged and bought six place settings of beautiful white china rimmed in platinum. She still remembers the pattern name: Engagement.
“Besides the food tasting good, I want it to look neat,” said Smith, explaining the white wouldn't clash with the decor. “Anybody can offer somebody a hamburger. I wanted peolpe to feel special when they came to my house.”
Smith grew up in Providence, R.I., and moved to Ohio after meeting the man who would become her husband, Merle. He was a Navy man, and they met at a hamburger stand in Newport, R.I. Smith and a friend had given two other men the slip after they because too pushy, and they decided to stop for a burger before going home. And there was Merle. They just celebrated their 41st anniversary.
“All because somebody wanted to ‘party' on the beach with a six-pack,” she said.
Both Smith's parents worked, and she remembers deciding to cook meals at about 10 years old because her mother was so busy.
“Now my biggest problem in the beginning was getting everything to be ready at the same time,” she said. “As I got older, I like to think I got better.”
She started doing themed meals. If she was cooking Italian, she wanted everything to be authentic. In her diverse Rhode Island neighborhood, many fresh ethnic ingredients were available, feeding her creativity. After getting married and moving, her parents would bring her Portuguese sausages, coffee syrup and teriyaki sauce from the East when they visited.
“I was lucky that I met and married somebody that would at least try something before he would say he did or didn't like it,” Smith said.
She has embraced Ohio, working as a stock broker, councilwoman and Columbus Grove mayor from 1989 to 1995. She also caters small events occasionally. She enjoys cooking with her grandchildren and still loves a good dinner party.
“It just gives you that high,” she said. “I like the challenge ... and actually being able to pull it off.”
Have a suggestion for who should be featured in this spot? Email amcgee@limanews.com.
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