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October 5, 2022
Salads Make Simple
If you haven’t checked out the Meat Counter at your local Festival Foods, I highly recommend it! You can find plenty of standard meat options; beef, chicken, seafood, etc. …things you would expect to see. BUT you will also find some specialty items you might not be familiar with. My favorite items to buy are the encrusted chicken breasts. They come in a variety of flavors; pecan, parmesan, buffalo, and tortilla are the most common. If you are lucky, you might find a different flavor from time to time. They are sold individually or pre-packaged as a pack of 2, depending on the store location. You can typically find some of each in our freezer for a quick and easy weeknight meal. Most commonly, I will bake the chicken breasts and serve them with a side salad or slice the chicken to eat on top of a bed of lettuce. You can play around with different flavor combinations … Continue reading
June 16, 2021
Sheet Pan Encrusted Chicken
Sheet pan meals are becoming more frequent at our house. They are easy to assemble and quick to cleanup because all the cooking happens on…you guessed it…a sheet pan. We have a 2-person household as well, so the sheet pan meals are often enough to have for 2 meals. Depending on how busy we are during the week, this is either 2 dinners or 1 dinner and 1 lunch for us. The combinations are endless as well! We primarily make chicken with a vegetable on the side, but you could try turkey breasts, pork chops, etc. with any vegetable (or vegetables) of your choosing. My favorite recipe is for Sheet Pan Pretzel Encrusted Honey Mustard Chicken with Potatoes. I think coating to the chicken adds a fun element to the dish because you had added texture and flavor instead of just plain chicken. So, you get tender chicken in each bite with a little crunch. The combination of … Continue reading
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