I found this recipe for Crispy Dijon Chicken Breasts on CooksCountry.com, it looks so good! I’d serve it with buttered noodles, steamed green beans, and honey mustard sauce for dipping.
Crispy Dijon Chicken Breasts
Ingredients:
1 cup bread crumbs, preferably fresh (see note)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 tablespoons minced fresh chives
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch strips
Instructions
1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine bread crumbs, oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in bowl. Combine mustard and mayonnaise in small bowl; reserve 1/4 cup mustard-mayonnaise mixture for chicken, then stir in 1 tablespoon chives, sour cream, and vinegar to make sauce for serving.
2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper, and transfer to 13 by 9-inch baking dish. Spread reserved mustard-mayonnaise mixture evenly over chicken. Sprinkle with bread crumb mixture, pressing lightly to adhere.
3. Bake until crumbs are golden brown and chicken registers 160 degrees, 18 to 22 minutes. Sprinkle remaining chives over chicken. Serve with mustard sauce.
Note – To make 1 cup fresh bread crumbs, grind two slices of sandwich bread in a food processor until coarsely ground. You can use dried bread crumbs as well.
Just looking at this picture makes my mouth water! I want a big piece of this, still warm, with a glass of cold milk on the side! Visit BettyCrocker.com for the nutritional information for Chocolate Chip-Caramel Poke Cake and to see more recipes.
1/2 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13×9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.
In large bowl, beat cake mix, buttermilk, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; press gently into batter.
Bake 35 to 43 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes. Spray meat fork or other long-tined fork with cooking spray. Poke warm cake every inch with fork tines. Pour caramel topping over cake. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
In medium microwavable bowl, microwave frosting 15 to 30 seconds; stir until very soft. Spoon frosting into 1-quart resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut tip off 1 corner of bag. Drizzle frosting across top of cake. For easy cutting, dip knife in hot water. Store covered.
We are a family of five – me, my husband, Ryan (5), Nathan (13), and Kaitlyn (6). My boys, however, being as they are teens, each eat two servings at dinner, and my daughter almost always wants seconds on whatever meat we are eating. Which means I have to basically cook for 8 people at dinner. While other people collect recipes that serve a crowd for taking to church potlucks and baby showers, I collect recipes that serve a crowd yet are inexpensive to make just to get my family fed every night without depleting our savings account!
This recipe from Campbell’s Kitchen for Crowd-Pleasing Tuna Noodle Casserole makes 8 generous servings, which gets everyone fed and usually means a scoop leftover for me to have for lunch the next day. I serve it with extra steamed peas and Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.
photo credit: Campbell's Kitchen
CROWD-PLEASING TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE – SERVES 8
Ingredients:
2 cans (10 3/4 ounces each) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 cup milk
1/4 cup chopped pimientos
2 cups Birds Eye® Sweet Garden Peas (thawed from frozen)
2 cans (12 ounces each) tuna, drained*
1/2 of a 12-ounce package medium egg noodles (about 4 cups), cooked and drained
2 tablespoons plain dry bread crumbs
1 tablespoon butter, melted
Directions:
Heat the oven to 400°F. Stir the soup, milk, pimientos, if desired, peas, tuna and noodles in a 2-quart casserole. Stir the bread crumbs and butter in a small bowl.
Bake the tuna mixture for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbling. Stir the tuna mixture. Sprinkle with the bread crumb mixture.
Bake for 5 minutes or until the bread crumb mixture is golden brown.
Do you feed a big family? What about teen boys who are always starving? Any suggestions for recipes would be greatly appreciated by these two:
There never seems to be enough time in the day to whip up a delicious dinner for the family, so Hellmann’s is helping families gather around the table with the Hellmann’s Chicken Challenge, serving up quick, affordable chicken recipes that are sure to please even the pickiest eaters!
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1/2 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1-1/4 lbs.)
4 tsp. Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 425°.
Combine Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise with cheese in medium bowl. Arrange chicken on baking sheet. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture, then sprinkle with bread crumbs.
Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
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Did you know that almost 60% of U.S. parents of children ages 3-17 admit that their child skips breakfast and 58% of U.S. moms say they skip breakfast regularly? You can’t drive a car all day with no gas in the tank, and you can’t function at school or work all day with no breakfast in your tummy!
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This fun, easy DIY at-home pumpkin mask was just featured in the October issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. Created by beauty guru and parenting expert Erika Katz (www.bondingoverbeauty.com), this mask is full of exfoliating enzymes that brighten the skin so it won’t look too “scary” this fall season.
Erika is a mother of two and the author of Bonding over Beauty, A Mother-Daughter Beauty Guide to Foster Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust. Erika wrote this guide for mothers and teenagers because she realized that as young girls head toward the teen years, mothers suddenly seem out of touch. In this down-to-earth guide for moms of tweens, Erika Katz offers practical advice for building self-esteem, confidence, and trust by teaching moms how to open up a dialogue during the often awkward preteen and early teen years.
Mix all ingredients and apply to face. Leave on for 10 min and rinse.
HOW IT HELPS YOUR SKIN:
Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, which is very healing to the skin and is essential to maintain and repair skin tissue. It also helps reduce lines and wrinkles. Honey is a humectant. The cream moisturizes and helps flaky skin.
I don’t know about you, but the ingredients sound like something I’d want to eat with a spoon!
We are broke, as usual, and there are still five days until payday next Wednesday. Chris and I took inventory in our pantry and freezer and made this meal plan, which will cover tonight’s dinner, and then meals for tomorrow through Tuesday night. I’ll have to take Chris to carpool on Wednesday and then go shopping again as soon as his paycheck hits our account.
HAVE – seasoned fries, green beans, 4 chicken breasts, breadsticks
MAKING – Chili with corn muffins, Wanchai Ferry with rice & veggies, Hot Dogs with fries, Hamburger Helper Stroganoff with peas
BUY AT ALDI:
Cereal
Milk
Grape Jam
Granola Bars
Chips
Frozen Peas
1.5 lb. ground round
3 cans dark red kidney beans, liquid drained
1 24 ounce jar thick and chunky salsa (mild or however hot you like it)
1 16 ounce can tomato sauce
Hot Dogs (dogs, buns)
One pound gr beef for stroganoff
Creamer – Liquid and Dry
BUY AT MEIJER:
Apples
2 boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin mix
Wanchai Ferry – 2 kits
Tide with Bleach Alternative
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