#MEwx Sun, clouds, muggy with some rain possible and another BFY recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers during morning hours, then a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Warm with highs in the mid 80s, light and variable winds, becoming southwest around 10 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 72.4°F, the humidity is 73% and the Dew point is 64.2°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.86, the Absolute pressure is 29.66 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds, rain and some sun.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personasl weather station in my North field click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with sun and clouds this morning.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, The moon is  13.7% illuminated, the moon phase is waning crescent, Sunrise is 4:55 am↑ 56° Northeast, sunset is 3:05 am↑ 78° East, Moonrise is , Moonset is 4:45 pm↑ 286° West and we'll have 15 hours 24 minutes of daylight today.

We didn't receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today's BFY (bad for you) summer recipe is:

Ranch Chicken Sandwiches

Original recipe by Ree Drummond on "Pioneer Woman" TV show

Ingredients:

4 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or chicken thighs)

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup Dijon mustard (or country/grainy mustard) (or whatever kind of mustard you like)

1 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Juice of 1 lemon

Crushed red pepper, for sprinkling, optional

1 pound thick-cut bacon, sliced in half

2 cups grated sharp Cheddar or slices of your favorite cheese

8 soft whole grain buns, or whatever you have

Directions:

With a very sharp knife, cut the chicken breasts in half down the middle. This will result in 8 chicken breast pieces that are thinner and uniform in size. Trim chicken thighs, if necessary.

Next, make the marinade. In a large bowl mix together the honey, mustard, paprika, salt, pepper to taste, lemon juice and crushed red pepper flakes if using. Stir to combine.

Add the chicken to the marinade and toss to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the fridge, 2 to 4 hours or longer depending on your time.

While the chicken marinates, fry the bacon until chewy. When finished cooking, reserve 1/4 cup of the bacon grease and pour off the rest of the grease (but do not clean the skillet).

When you are ready to cook the chicken, remove it from the marinade and cook it in the skillet over medium-high heat, 3 to 4 minutes each side. Brush a little reserved bacon grease on the chicken as you cook it (skip this step if you're watching your fat intake). (Or you can grill the chicken breasts on an indoor or outdoor grill; a skillet should work, too!)

When a couple of minutes grilling time are left, lay 2 pieces of bacon onto each chicken breast. Top with some cheese and allow it to melt on the grill (if you need to remove the chicken you can finish melting the cheese under the broiler).

Halve the rolls and immediately load with the bacon-and-cheese covered chicken.

You can skip the rolls and serve along with a salad, pilaf, whatever.

PS: This is great the next day too!