Caribbean Lime Chicken

Hello everyone.  Today was certainly busy in the kitchen and I must say that I enjoyed every minute of it.  I made homemade brownies; no box, gingerbread palm tree cookies, homemade frosting (which was more like a glaze, but did the trick anyway) and for dinner was a great combination of flavors, I think it was from the homemade pineapple salsa.  Yummy!  First here's the pics of some of the bake sale goodies.  Then we will get into the dinner.

                                                                          Best Brownies   (from Hershey's)

                                                                        Prep 15 minutes

                                                                  1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted

               1 cup sugar

                                      1 teaspoon vanilla extract

        2 eggs

                                     1/2 cup all-purpose flour 

                                        1/3 cup HERSHEY's cocoa

                                         1/4 teaspoon baking powder

                      1/4 teaspoon salt

                                                                                1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1.  Heat oven to 350F.  Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
2. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl.  Add eggs; beat well with spoon.  Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended.  Stir in nuts (if you got them).  Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. 
3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.  cool completely in pan on wire rack.  (With mine I put just a little bit of Cool Whip on each one.)

Gingerbread men cookies (in this case palm trees)                   

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup light molasses

1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon double acting baking powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1. In large bowl measure all ingredients except currents and frosting.  With mixer at medium speed beat ingredients until well mixed.  Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.

2. On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin roll chilled dough 1/8 inch thick.  Preheat oven to 350F.

3. Used desired cookie cutters.  Reroll trimmings to cut out more.  Place each 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 minutes or until browned, remove cookies to wire rack.  Cool before decorating.

Caribbean Lime Chicken

Prep: 20min

Recipe by: Mary Shivers

1/2 cup lime juice

1/4 cup olive oil

4 cloves garlic

2 tsp Greek seasoning

8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves

SALSA:

2 large tomatoes seeded and chopped

1 cup fresh diced pineapple

2/3 cup cubed avocado

2 green onions, thinly sliced

1 tbsp. lime juice

1 tbsp cider vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine lime juice, oil, garlic and Greek seasoning; add the chicken.  Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 2 hours.  In a small bowl combine salsa ingredients.  chill until serving.  (you are suppose to grill it)  I baked it in the oven until fully cooked.