Flash photography is strictly prohibited

Sorry, I was too busy handling raw chicken to take them. It happens.

Martha is still an evil genius, even though I haven't made one of her recipes in a bit. Tonight I decided to make Chicken with Prosciutto and Sage, because as we learned last time, everything is better with bacon. And prosciutto is just fancy Italian bacon. So again, what is not to love?!

So I got my chicken cutlets (real ones, not those weird things some ladies put in their bras), four of them to be specific. You put one (really? Just one?) sage leaf on each cutlet, and then wrap each one in a slice of delicious prosciutto. The recipe says to flatten with the palm of your hand, to help the prosciutto to adhere to the chicken. Then dredge each cutlet in flour mixed with salt and pepper, shaking off the excess.

Heat up 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cook two cutlets at a time, 3 minutes on each side. I took the cooked ones out, put them on a plate and put that in the microwave to keep them warm. I didn't turn the microwave on. I just trapped the heat around them. Whatever. Add a couple more tablespoons of olive oil to the pan and put the other two cutlets in. I also poured some olive oil in another pan (I really need new frying/saute pans, Santa!) with a generous spoonful of minced garlic.

When the garlic started smelling good, I threw in what seemed like half a bag of spinach, because you always need a green vegetable, and it really cooks down.

The chicken was done, so I took it out and into the pan I put in 3/4 cup of dry white wine and 1/4 cup of chicken broth to cook down. Be sure to stir up the stuff on the bottom of the pan. That is extra goodness. After that reduced, I took it off the heat, added a tablespoon of cold butter and about 4 minced sage leaves, and stirred until the butter melted.

Plate a piece of chicken and drizzle that sauce all over it. And the garlic spinach was just the right touch! YUM!

Here are some random thoughts to make up for not having photos:
1. I think Martha sold her soul to the devil at some point.
2. I am a really good, while very messy, cook. However, my messes are just splatters. I always practice healthy and safe food handling.
3. They've rearranged our Publix. I was just getting my shopping groove on, and now it's like I first moved here, and this Publix is all over the map.
4. I took my four cloth shopping bags to the store. And the ass hat that bagged my stuff crammed everything I bought into two of them. Because apparently he thought I had a Sherpa who was going to carry a cart's worth of stuff in two bulging bags, while I carried my box of soda.
5. What the hell is this "singing" show on NBC? Really Nick Lachey? Really?
6. I need to start buying the bigger jar of minced garlic.
7. I am a really good cook.
8. I did not mean to steal from Publix. Again.

The five-finger discount playlist:
38 Line Poem The Wonder Stuff
Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz (I think I have this song on my iPod 3 different times. It makes me toss my hair around.)
Dull Life Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs (We've seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak.)
Revolution Granddaddy (This makes me want to start a revolution to break up this group, because this Beatles cover is LAME.)
The Safety Dance Men Without Hats (One of the best one-hit wonders EVER! How do you not love this song?)
Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
Come Home James
Perfect Girl Sarah McLachlan (Am I faithful, am I strong, am I good enough to belong)
False Start The Wonder Stuff
Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran (I LOVE YOU JOHN!!)
End The Cure
In My Life Ben Lee (Another sucky Beatles cover, and he should be arrested, because it's a crime to butcher such a beautiful song.)
The Last Resort The Eagles (You call some place "paradise," kiss it good-bye)
The New Sad Barenaked Ladies
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John (It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics to set you on your feet again)
Dirty Laundry Don Henley (People love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry.... just ask Tiger.)
Beautiful Barenaked Ladies
Mother's Little Helper The Rolling Stones
Champagne Supernova Oasis (How many special people change)