Jerk chicken... and pizza

Made Jerk chicken today - was originally going to grill it for Superbowl but since so many people didn't end up going, I decided to save it. It was already marinating for three days with cinnamon, onion, jalapeno, nutmeg, pepper, salt, lemon, cloves, and olive oil.

Threw it on the grill for about 20 minutes.

Voici le poulet de jerk. I love grilled/burnt skin! Seriously! hehehe


Had to make some mango/avocado salad. Needed something refreshing with the chicken.


Overall we both liked the chicken. The only time I had jerk chicken was at Mango Cafe in Palo Alto. It was way too spicy for me to truly taste and distinguish the spices they used. It's hard to say how close the recipe I tried is to the real deal. Anyone know any good Jamaican places around here?

Anyway, Raf also wanted to make a pizza. He made this dough from scratch all by himself! I just gave him the list of ingredients with no direction at all. He didn't add warm water to the yeast and let it sit/bubble but the dough was still okay. It was more airy than mine because he let it rise twice as well as let it sit overnight.

He actually made a Pizza Margherita yesterday, but still had leftover dough so he decided to make a pepperoni pizza. It was good - I'm so proud of him! I just hope he doesn't it make it a habit since I'm pretty territorial over my kitchen. *wink wink* just kidding!



This week is "try to cook with any food that is left in the fridge so it doesn't rot week." Which makes sense - you will notice through the next few days, there will be a mish mash (or mismatch) of food. =)