Tonight's colorful casserole meal is named after PFC Barry Winchell. A nineteen year old soldier who was beaten to death for being gay and dating a trans woman in 1999. This simple, yet elegant meal is loaded with healthy ingredients and wonderful tastes to please even the pickiest.
White meat of chicken, sweet potatoes, and cranberries create a fantastic platter while filling the house with an aroma that may curl your toes in expectation. All this with an easy clean-up!
Ingredients
chicken breast pieces
5 tablespoons butter - divided
4 tablespoons honey - divided
1 teaspoon salt - or to taste
¼ teaspoon black pepper - or to taste
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1½ pounds sweet potatoes - peeled and diced into 1-2 inch pieces
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup pecan halves optional
Instructions
In a large skillet over medium heat melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add chicken to pan and brown on each side for 3-4 minutes.
Scoot chicken to the sides of the skillet.
Add remaining butter and the honey to the center of the skillet. Once butter is melted, add sweet potatoes and stir to coat in the honey-butter mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon, then add cranberries and stir to combine. Allow to cook for 3-4 minutes.
Transfer pan to preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Garnish with fresh thyme and serve.
For a healthy desert: place drained peach halves in a pan. With a mini melon baller, scoop strawberry preserves into each depression. When casserole is done, remove from oven, turn it off and place the pan of peaches in the still warm oven for 5 – 10 mins to heat.
For a side vegetable, zap a frozen package of cauliflower and broccoli.
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Nutrition
Calories: 547, Carbohydrates: 60 g, Protein: 52 g, Fat: 11 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 147 mg, Sodium: 958 mg, Potassium: 1480 mg, F
This makes a beautiful presentation and the aroma is fantastic!
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Barry Winchell
Barry Winchell was an infantry soldier in the United States Army. He was killed by a fellow soldier for dating a transgender woman, Calpernia Addams. The murder became a point of reference in the fight over the policy known as "Don't ask, don't tell", which did not allow U.S. military gays, bisexuals, and lesbians to be open about their sexual orientation.
A native of Missouri, Winchell enlisted in the Army in 1997 and was transferred to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While stationed there, he received a Dear John letter from his high school sweetheart.
Winchell began accompanying his roommate, Spc. Justin Fisher, and other soldiers for trips to Nashville's downtown bars. In 1999, Fisher and others took Winchell to a Nashville club, The Connection, which featured transgender performers. There Winchell met a trans woman showgirl named Calpernia Addams. The two began to date. Fisher spread rumors of their relationship at Ft. Campbell. Winchell then became a target of harassment which his superiors did little to stop.
The harassment was continuous until the Fourth of July weekend, when Winchell and fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, got into a big fight. Glover was soundly defeated by Winchell, and Fisher harassed Glover about being beaten by "'a fucking faggot' like Winchell."
Subsequently, in the early hours of July 5, 1999, Glover took a baseball bat from Fisher's locker and struck Winchell in the head with it as he slept on a cot outside near the entry to the room Winchell shared with Fisher. Winchell died of massive head injuries on July 6 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Glover was later convicted of Winchell's murder. Fisher was convicted of lesser crimes. The murder charges against Fisher were dropped and he was sentenced in a plea bargain to 12.5 years, released to a halfway house and then released from custody in October 2006. Glover is serving a life sentence.
Winchell's murder led Secretary of Defense William Cohen to order a review of the "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy, which some asserted was a significant factor in Winchell's harassment and murder. The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network was a prominent critic of how the policy was implemented, and they demanded to know who, in higher ranks, was responsible for the climate on base.
Winchell's parents, Wally and Patricia Kutteles, continued to press for a re-examination of "Don't ask, don't tell."
Despite campaigning by the Kutteleses and LGBT activist groups, the Commanding General of Fort Campbell at the time of the murder, Major General Robert T. Clark, refused to take responsibility for the purported anti-gay climate at Fort Campbell under his command.
He was nominated and approved for promotion to lieutenant general on December 5, 2003.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell:
The policy was issued in December, 1993, and was in effect until September 20, 2011. The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while barring openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service. The policy prohibited people who "demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the armed forces of the United States, because their presence "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability".
A 2011, ruling from a federal appeals court barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members. President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sent certification to Congress which set the end of DADT in September 20, 2011.
The 2003 film Soldier's Girl is based on Winchell's murder and the events leading up to it. The film received a Peabody Award and numerous Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and sparked renewed debate of the effects of DADT during Clark's promotion hearings.
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