| I often work until 3:00 p.m. From there I head to the | | | | it into the oven, pouring the sauce over the chicken. I |
| gym to work out for an hour. By the time I get home | | | | lightly cover the chicken so it doesn't get too overdone |
| it's close to 4:30 and I'm now ready to start dinner. A | | | | on the outside. Bake for about 45 minutes and you |
| few nights a week I have class at 7:00 p.m. so there is | | | | have a wonderful chicken dish. |
| not much time to prepare and eat dinner. | | | | Do you have envelopes of ranch salad dressing? We |
| I work really hard at eating healthy and not grabbing | | | | always seem to have an abundance of these |
| fast food. I prefer to make meals at home. Not only | | | | envelopes in the house. Mix the salad dressing with |
| does this provide a great dinner, but I also have | | | | bread crumbs. Coat your chicken as you did above, |
| leftovers to take to work the following day. | | | | either with mayonnaise, yogurt or milk. Then roll in the |
| We shop at Costco. I buy their multi-pack chicken | | | | ranch dressing mixture. Bake for 45 minutes. This |
| breast package. I also watch for multi- packs of | | | | chicken has a wonderful ranch flavor to it. |
| chicken breasts to go on sale at the local grocery | | | | I always have fresh vegetables in the house. We |
| store. If you prefer thigh meat, I know Costco sells the | | | | make a salad many nights with dinner. I cut up lettuce, |
| thigh meat in multi-packs, as does the grocery store. | | | | tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli and top with |
| One of our favorite coatings is bread crumbs mixed | | | | chopped egg, cheese and croutons. Often, I cut up |
| with parmesan cheese. You can use whatever you | | | | enough for two nights, so that I don't have to chop and |
| have in the house to coat the chicken. You can coat | | | | cut each night for our dinner. We buy both packaged |
| the chicken in yogurt, mayonnaise or even milk. On a | | | | powder salad dressings and also bottles when on sale. |
| plate, I mix bread crumbs with parmesan cheese and | | | | I usually will add either a pasta, rice or potato dish to |
| then roll the chicken in this mixture before baking. The | | | | our meals. These side dishes usually last for two |
| chicken is ready in under an hour. | | | | meals. I try to plan it so that one night I'm making a side |
| We also like barbeque flavored chicken. We buy | | | | dish and one night I'm chopping vegetables. |
| bottles of ready-made barbeque sauce while it's on | | | | These are quick and easy chicken meals that are |
| sale. In the morning I place the chicken and barbeque | | | | cooked, served and eaten in just 90 minutes, allowing |
| sauce in a baggie to marinate. When I get home, I pop | | | | us to all make our evening commitments. |