Tasty Tuesday

Time for some tasty goodness!!! I am going to try and post a family dinner every week. We try to keep our meals simple, low fat and low calorie while still being family friendly.


I also try to let the kids each pick a meal one night.


It usually goes something like


Nylin: Chicken Nuggets (homemade)
Jace: Pizza and Wings (homemade)
Kara: Tacos (homemade).


You think my kids have a slight obsession with take out type food?


Hmph.


At least they like mine better than the take out versions, well I think so anyway, they may just tell me that out of fear of starvation.


This week we made one of Nylin's favorite meals. It is not a spin off of a take out meal but just something my Mom used to make when we complained about spaghetti. Chicken parmesan was like a treat in our family and still is! I have no idea how you replace the ground beef with chicken and get such a different flavor, but you do!




I usually coat my chicken with bread crumb, but we were all out. I used crushed chips instead.

I had 4 big chicken breast but they were really thick. I decided to cut them in half, long ways.

I used to use egg wash too but then I decided to get rid of those few extra calories and just use water. Works great :)

My mom used to brown the chicken in a skillet but I am lazy and I just throw mine in a pan and throw it in the oven. It skips a step and tastes just as good.

I usually cook it at 350 for about 45 minutes.

Here is the cooked chicken, all nice and brown.

You can see where I checked the chicken to make sure it was done.

I always sneak a veggie into the sauce somehow, this night it was squash

I topped the cooked chicken with sauce and baked for a few minutes, then added the squash.

and of course the cheese......

and the finished product.

Normally I would take a picture of it on the plate but you know? My kids love this meal and it hardly stayed on the plate long enough to take a picture. They were really diggin' this dinner!

Recipe:

Breadcrumbs

Chicken

Favorite sauce

Parmesan cheese

favorite veggie to sneak in!

Noodles to serve chicken over.

Coat chicken with bread crumbs, place in baking dish.

Cook chicken on 350 till done.

add sauce and sneaky veggies and top with Parmesan cheese and bake for another 5 minutes.

serve over noodles or as sandwiches, another family favorite.

Thanks Mom for an awesome recipe that I still use today :)

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Have a great day all!