FI has already moved into our new apartment and I am back in the old place for another week and a half while I finish up work and school and such. FI always did the cooking since it's definitely not my forte. I've been making pasta for the last few nights and would LOVE if anyone had some super easy meal suggestions that don't require a lot of work, ingredients or clean-up. I'm desperate and will be moving on to Lean Cuisines tomorrow
Most of our kitchen ware is also already packed away. I've basically got a pot and a pan. LOL.
Re: HELP! Easy meal suggestions.
If you have a chicken breast. (Thawed) Get out your pan, and spray some non stick spray in it. Olive oil will work also, not a lot, just a little to keep it from sticking. Turn burner on about medium. Cut it into 1/2 inch strips, put in the pan and season with your favorite seasonings. (I like my no salt seasoning, and some itaian spices, and a little bit of garic salt.) Cook that until there is no pink in the middle.
If you make rice a roni, it takes 20 minutes to cook, so start that first and then your chicken.
Chicken cut into 1.5"ish strips
corn flakes (crushed up in a gallon sized plastic bag)
an egg
flour
and an oven
grab two small bowls, one with some flour (1 cup should be more than enough, i just guesstimate) and the other with the egg which you wisk up. then dip your chicken into the flour, then into the egg and drop in your baggie of crushed up corn flakes. once you have several pieces of chicken in the bag, shake it for a while until they are coated with flakes and place them on a baking sheet. once you've done that with all your chicken, pop them in your oven that was preheated to 375 and let em bake for 30 minutes or so. my oven on campus is terrible so you might want to watch them and adjust accordingly. you can throw the bag away and throw the bowls in the dishwasher!
Also if you like fish- get some mild white fish, tilapia is my favorite, put a couple pieces of butter around it and bake at 350 for 20 minutes, it should crisp up a bit and is tasteyyyy!
Last night I threw in one of those steamers bags of vegetables that I steamed in the microwave and then put the chicken, sauce, and rice all together and topped it with a bunch of parmesan cheese. It was really good! Sometimes I make it with tilapia too!
P.S. They all sound delicious. Now it's just a matter of finding that darn motivation.
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This website has 100 easy and healthy chicken receipes. You should look through there and find some to try. I haven't had a chance to sit down and look through it, but I'm planning on it!