SECOND CHANCE GROCERY NEWSLETTER JUNE 17, 2005

I want to tell you about my cooking adventure the other night.  Remember,

we got a shipment with a lot of Italian products this week.  I gathered up

pasta, sauce, frozen chicken breasts and headed to the kitchen.  The sauce

was Paesana's Sicilian Gravy made from whole peeled tomatoes, fresh onions, extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, sea salt, black pepper, and other

spices (sounds good doesn't it?).  I picked out Granoro's Fusilli pasta

because it was "pretty" (I liked the curls and thought it would help hold

the sauce).  The assembly was easy... In a large casserole dish, dump the

uncooked bag of pasta, add about 1/2 cup water, layer the boneless/skinless

chicken breast across the pasta, and pour the pasta sauce across the top.

Cover with aluminum foil and slide into a preheated oven for an hour (350

degrees more or less).  I also added several stems of fresh tarragon from

the garden.  Check the mixture about half way through the cooking time and

see if you need to add more water (it may look dry).  Since I used frozen

chicken breast, it did take longer to cook which led to my wonderful

discovery.

Since the frozen chicken was taking longer to cook, I started digging

around in the refrigerator for a snack.  Remember the fresh tarragon?  I

still had some of the oil on my fingers when I peeled an orange.  The

orange blended with the tarragon was unexpected and delicious.  I'll try

that flavor combination again!

Total cost of the meal was $7.98 and would easily serve four or more people.

     Paesana's Sicilian Gravy $2.99 (BSP $5.49)

     Granoro's Pasta $.99

     3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast $7.99 (YES, we carry this item

in our freezer section.  I only used half a bag for this meal)

This dish could be made for even less expense by using a another pasta sauce.

We stock Del Monte and Hunt's for $.99 cents a can.  Colonna's Marinara

Pasta Sauce ($.99 also) is another new item in this week's shipment.  You

could top the whole thing with Kraft Parmesan Cheese ($1.99 instead of BSP

$2.99).

Come see us soon and have a cup of coffee while you shop.