My mother decided that I should pull my own weight around the house and assigned me to dinner tonight. Since I don't have jack shit to do all day, I devoted my day to this meal that I just finished preparing and I just had to brag to you all, because its going to be good.

I started out on the internet researching portobello mushrooms. My mom has been dying to make a meal with them in it, so I thought that would be a good starting place. I found a couple of recipes but they were all so damn complicated. Do I look like Iron Chef Chen Kinichi to any of you? Didn't think so.

So I found one I thought I could dumb down rather easily. I set out some chicken breasts to thaw and went to the new Central Market here. Its like a whole foods place, a good place to find fresh portobello mushrooms. I got those, and some greens for a salad, cheese, some spices. The basic dish is a salad with an oil and vinegar dressing. And it has chicken and grilled mushrooms in it. So I marinated the chicken and the mushrooms and then put a muy caliente dry rub on the chicken that I made myself out of every spice in the house. I blackened the chicken and grilled the shrooms until they were soft. I wasn't real sure how long to do that.

Now I'm waiting for my father to get home so I can toss the salad with the dressing, put the shredded cheddar in and decoratively place chicken and mushroom strips on top. Then I'm going to quarter some cherry tomatoes and wha-lah. Anyway, like I said. I just had to brag.

I'll let you all know how it turns out in the end. Peace.