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L IFESTYLES /C ULTURE
Sheet Pan Dinners
F O OD
KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST
MY DISHWASHER BROKE
last week. Th is is clearly a fi rst-
world problem, but it encour-
aged me to use fewer kitchen
items for meal prep.

Every bowl, spoon, pot and
pan meant more work for the
cook, and that was not appeal-
ing. I had read something some-
where about sheet pan meals
— the concept that the entire
meal, or the bulk of it, is prepped
and cooked on one rimmed pan.

With this in mind, I created
these two meals, and both were
quite good. Th e Lemon Olive
Chicken did double duty as a
dinner salad the following night.

If you are not rationing cal-
ories or dishes, both of these
dishes would work well with
rice, potatoes, quinoa or the
carb of your choice. We served
simple green salads both nights
and were quite sated.

JALAPENO FLUKE WITH
CUMIN-ROASTED GREEN
BEANS Serves two
My fi shmonger told me the
fl uke was particularly good last
week, but any fi llet or steak
works with this recipe. I used
a version of jalapeno-garlic
“pickle” that I pureed. ‘Twas
good, fl avorful and just the
right texture for this dish.

¾ pound fl uke fi llet or your
favorite fi sh
2 tablespoons pureed
jalapeno “pickle” (see note)
1 pound green beans, stems
removed 1½ tablespoons neutral
cooking oil, such as canola
or vegetable
Salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
½ lime
On a rimmed sheet pan,
place the fi sh on one side and
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the green beans on the other.

Heat your oven to 375 degree.

Drizzle the oil over the
beans and fi sh. Sprinkle both
with salt and pepper.

Spread the jalapeno puree
over the fi sh. Sprinkle the cumin
seeds over the string beans and
toss to distribute evenly.

Bake 15-20 minutes until
the fi sh is done (fl aky and
opaque throughout) and the
beans are cooked. When the
pan is removed from the oven,
squeeze the lime juice over the
fi sh and serve.

Note: If you do not have
jalapeno pickle on hand, you
can make a small batch as fol-
lows: Cut the stem off a small
jalapeno; remove the seeds if
less heat is desired — or leave
them in for more kick. Place it
in a mini Cuisinart or blender
with 2 cloves garlic, ½ tea-
spoon salt and 2 tablespoons of satiating. It’s also a good way
canola or vegetable oil. Puree to avoid using too many dishes.

until well mixed.

Photos by Keri White
1 LEMON OLIVE CHICKEN
WITH ROASTED CARROTS
Serves two
I started this dish early
in the morning, but don’t be
impressed. It was not some
long, involved, mess-making
prep. I threw the marinade
ingredients into a Ziploc bag,
banged them with a meat ten-
derizer (look mom, no dirty
dishes) and left them in the
fridge to soak with the chicken
while I worked all day. I came
home, dumped the contents on
the sheet pan and I was 85 per-
cent to dinner.

Th e left overs were wonder-
ful atop a bed of green leaf let-
tuce lightly dressed with lemon
vinaigrette. I cut up the chicken
and carrots, heated them in the
microwave with the pan drip-
pings/marinade and poured it
all over the salad. Th e hot/
cold juxtaposition worked well,
and the salad was fl avorful and
pound boneless chicken
breasts, sliced horizontally
across to create thin
cutlets. (Each breast
generally makes three
slices.) ½ cup pitted black olives
1 teaspoon capers, with
juice 1 lemon, cut in half
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
4 cloves garlic
⅓ cup olive oil
1 pound long carrots,
cut in half lengthwise
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper to sprinkle
on carrots
In a large Ziploc bag,
place the olives, the juice and
rinds of lemon, capers, salt,
pepper, garlic and olive oil.

Bang the ingredients with a
meat tenderizer or rolling pin
to break up the olives and
garlic cloves.

Add the chicken, shake the
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bag to coat it thoroughly, and
place in it in the refrigerator for
2-24 hours.

When you’re ready to cook,
heat your oven to 350 degrees.

Dump the contents of the
Ziploc onto a large, rimmed
baking sheet and spread them
to make a single layer, distrib-
uting the olives and marinade
evenly. Push the chicken to one
side of pan.

Place the carrots in a single
layer on the opposite side of
the pan and toss with oil, salt
and pepper.

Bake for about 45 minutes
until done. ●
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L ifestyles /C ulture
Show Redefines the Definition of a Diva
T H EATER
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
Calling All Divas, a jukebox
show featuring original songs
and classics from the likes of
Carole King, Aretha Franklin
and Miley Cyrus, opens at the
Keswick Theatre on Mar. 2.

Featuring a quartet called
The Un4gettables, the show
was co-created by one of the
singers, Lisa Sherman, and
Academy Award-winning
songwriter Franke Previte of
Dirty Dancing fame. The show
is directed by Michael LaFleur,
a veteran of Las Vegas stage
shows, among other venues.

The show tells the story of a
producer and four women who
compete to become superstars,
all in service of saving a leg-
endary nightclub.

For Sherman, co-creator of
the show and one of its stars,
the show is the summation
of everything she’s spent her
career doing.

In true diva fashion, Sherman
declines to disclose her age.

“Let’s just say I’m old
enough to say ‘no’ to that ques-
tion. I am ageless. I am an age-
less diva,” she laughed.

The Rumson, N.J., native
grew up as one of the hand-
ful of Jews in her town, sing-
ing and dancing from a young
age. She joined her first dance
company at 15, and went to
Adelphi University to study
dance. Right after school, she
left for New York, where she’s
performed on and off since —
as a Rockette, and as a personal
trainer sponsored by Nike on
the side, for good measure.

Calling All Divas began
as Songbird, which featured
Sherman alone singing the
songs of the divas she had
grown to love, starting with
divas of the ’30s and ’40s and
going to the likes of Bonnie
Raitt. If Raitt isn’t your idea of
a diva, well, Sherman has an
answer for that.

JEWISHEXPONENT.COM “obsessively” when her fam-
ily moved from the Northeast
to New Hope midway through
her sophomore year of high
school. Though she’d always
been around music — her
father has been in bands her
whole life, and her mother was
a wedding singer for decades
— it took the upheaval of leav-
ing all her friends to really spur
her to action.

“I needed something that
was mine and a place I could
go, and I really feel like song-
writing is a place,” she said.

Rush describes her musical
sensibility as being like “Lillith
Calling All Divas
Photo provided
Fair, and then also Spice Girls,”
which would seem to suit
Calling All Divas.

A diva can be many different definitions. A diva can be something that her Sticking well to for Sherman’s
definition of
diva-ness (divatude?),
she sees
you feel within in yourself. A diva can be the best that you are. A diva is a
songwriting as a way to speak
confidence. A diva is an excitement. A diva is a sharing concept. Whatever truth to the world, truths that
she learned growing up about
you have inside your soul, whatever you want to offer, you can share
what it meant to be a Jew, she
to others.”
said. Honesty, she said, is the
most important trait for a song.

LISA SHERMAN
It’s all in the service of
“A diva can be many differ- himself becoming involved You Dance In The Rain?” are uplift. “I like to bring light to
ent definitions,” she said. “A with the production. He and included in the show, the result the world, because it’s so dark,”
diva can be something that you the rest of the creative team of — what else? — a chance she said. l
feel within in yourself. A diva joined then, reworking the encounter with Privete, just a
jbernstein@jewishexponent.com; can be the best that you are. show to add in other singers — few months ago.

A diva is a confidence. A diva Carol Riddick, Trenna Barnes
Rush started writing songs 215-832-0740
is an excitement. A diva is a and Brittneyann Accetta —
sharing concept. Whatever you while still creating space for
have inside your soul, what- the distinctive Lisa Sherman-
ever you want to offer, you can ness of the original.

share to others. ... A true diva
The show, she said, is about
is someone who has this inner “unity, tension, friendship,
energy, and this inner excite- love, belief, teamwork and girl
ment, and this inner talent. power,” though not necessarily
Whatever talent it may be, you in that order. “I want people to
could be a sports person, you walk away feeling better than
could be a theatrical person, when they walked in the door.”
you could be someone who is One of the ways that is achieved
an artist. We’re all divas.”
for Sherman is getting to sing
After performing Songbird her big show-stopper toward the
for a while, a friend of hers end of the second act, though
suggested that she switch up she won’t reveal what it is.

the concept a bit to keep every-
Lindsay Rush knows the
thing fresh, leading to a similar feeling.

show called Decades of Divas.

Originally from Northeast
A chance meeting with Previte Philadelphia, Rush is a song-
led to yet another discussion writer living in Los Angeles.

that went beyond a new title, Two of her songs, “Just
Calling All Divas, but to Previte Trying To Matter” and “Can
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