Parmesan Chicken & bonus baked spaghetti

Here is a big favorite dish! Very good and pairs well with a lot of sides. You can do noodles and a red sauce, tortellini, on a bed of rice, or lots of other things! This particular time I did baked spagetti. But here is the recipe for the chicken:

Parmesan Chicken

Breading:
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley or 1 TB dried

Sauce:
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp pepper
3/4 tsp salt
3 TB lemon juice

Cut up around 2 - 2 1/2 lbs of chicken into strips. Then dip the chicken in the breading then the sauce then the breading again. By dipping it twice into the breading it creates a more covered chicken strip.
Place on baking sheet at 350 for 30 mins or until chicken is done.
If using a deep covered baker like me cook at 400 for 30 mins.

You can melt mozzarella cheese on top for the last 5 mins of cook time.

For the baked spaghetti, cook the noodles and drain. Then combine with your choice of red sauce. Put all that inside the deep covered baker (after you take out the chicken but leave the juices). Cover with your choice of cheeses. I used mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Let cook at 350 for 10 mins. Serve with parmesan chicken on top! Enjoy!

Italian Salisbury Steak

This dish may not look like a picture perfect dish but believe me it is AMAZING!!!!! It tastes so good and it is about 30 mins from start to finish. I usually pair it with yam that I cook in the microwave in a special potato cooking pouch. Anyway here is the recipe! Enjoy!

Italian Salisbury Steak

ingredients: 1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 lb ground beef

1/3 cup italian style bread crumbs

1 egg, beaten

dash of onion powder

1) In a bowl mix thoroughly 1/4 cup of the soup, beef, breadcrumbs, egg, and onion. Press into 6 oval patties. 

2) In a skillet over high heat, in 1 TB hot oil, cook patties till browned. Spoon off fat. 

3) Stir in remaining soup & 3 mushrooms sliced up (optional). Cover. simmer for 20 mins or until done. Turning patties over occasionally. Serve on top of noodles and sprinkle heavily with Parmesan cheese. 

Scheduling

It is noon and my daughter just went down for a nap and I find myself thinking about what I have to make for dinner. Then my mind starts to do the process of first what kind of meat I want. Then when I finally have an idea I then have to think about what recipe I have to do with that meat. On top of all that I have to think of stuff I have in the cupboards and fridge that I can use for the meat and the side dish. It usually is all too overwhelming that I decide to just go out to eat. Well I figured out something that works great for me - a schedule.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are CHICKEN! 

Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday are other meat days like fish, pork, or beef. 

Thursday is TACO NIGHT! or enchiladas if the tacos get boring :)

Then to keep things interesting I have to try a new recipe each week. 

I've been doing this for over a week and it has been such a load off. Now I only have to come up with what recipe to use and it has been so much easier. Give it a try!