Chicken Parmesan with Zucchini Noodles

Yum!!! This was one of the best meals I've made in a while and it was delicious!! My boys cleaned their plates so I know it was good!! Hope you like it as much as we did. I used a couple different recipes and just combined them to make it my own. You can find them here and here. For this recipe, you will need a spiraler. Mine is from William Sonoma and you can find it here. You can find one at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for a bit cheaper. 

Ingredients:

3-4 medium zucchini, spiraled 

1/4 onion, diced

1 garlic clove, diced 
4 (about 8 oz each) chicken breast, fat trimmed, sliced in half to make 8
3/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs (I used Italian)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp butter, melted (or olive oil)
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese 
1 cup marinara or your favorite spaghetti sauce
cooking spray

Directions:

• Place zucchini noodles in a colander and sprinkle with salt.
• Allow the zucchini noodles to drain. Toss and squeeze out any extra moisture. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 450°. Spray a large baking sheet lightly with spray.
• Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a bowl. Melt the butter in another bowl. Lightly brush the butter onto the chicken, then dip into breadcrumb mixture. 
• Place on baking sheet and repeat with the remaining chicken. Lightly spray a little more oil on top and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. 
• Turn chicken over, bake another 5 minutes.  
• Remove from oven, spoon 1 tbsp sauce over each piece of chicken and top each with 1 1/2 tbsp of shredded mozzarella cheese.
• Bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Add oil to a large saucepan.
• Add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until tender.
• Add in garlic and cook for an additional minute.
• Add zucchini noodles to the sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes or until tender.
• Add enough spaghetti sauce to lightly coat noodles and toss. 

Serve noodles with chicken on top..... It was perfect with a salad and garlic bread. Enjoy!!

Easy BBQ Crockpot Chicken Sandwich

Oh. My. Gosh. This was so good. Seriously... I don't like a lot of BBQ flavored food but I ate this 4 days in a row! My husband even declared it some of the "best chicken". The best part is that it's soooooo easy!!!!! And of course, crockpot! Enjoy!

2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup  BBQ sauce (I used Sweet Baby Rays)

1/4 cup Zesty Italian dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Garlic salt to taste

Tony's to taste 

 

Directions

 

1. Season chicken breast lightly with salt and pepper; place in your crockpot. (I marinaded my chicken breast over night in Italian dressing but this is optional.)

2. In a mixing bowl combine BBQ sauce, Italian dressing, brown sugar, garlic salt, Tony's, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir until well combined.

3. Pour over chicken, cover and cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours or LOW for 4-6 hours. 

4. Once time is up, shred with 2 forks. Recover and let cook in sauce for about 10-15 more minutes to soak up all that delish flavor.

I served mine on toasted buns topped with coleslaw and dill pickles. Yummy!!!!

Buffalo chicken sandwich

Here is a super easy recipe for a buffalo chicken sandwich. I wanted something spicy and Franks sauce did it for me. The recipe came from realsimple.com

2 

tablespoons 

unsalted butter 

1/2 

cup

Buffalo wing sauce (Franks)

3

cups

shredded rotisserie chicken 

4

hearty white rolls, split and toasted 

4

ounces

blue cheese, crumbled (1 cup) OR ranch dressing 

Lettuce 

celery stalks and carrots, for serving

1. Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the wing sauce and chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, 2 to 4 minutes.
2. Dividing evenly, form sandwiches with the rolls, chicken mixture, blue cheese or ranch, and lettuce. Serve with the celery and carrots. 

Happy New Year!!

Hello!! And happy new year!! It's been few and far between since I've blogged so I'm happy to say that my New Years resolution is to blog more. I find myself falling back into my same routine of cooking the same dishes so I plan to start expanding again and sharing my favorites with you. And it helps that I'm pregnant again because all I want to do is eat so that's a plus for you! :)

My first blog of the new year will be my beloved cabbage. It's one of my favorite things that I make and it's always a hit. It's just good home cooked cabbage. For our dinner we had the traditional cabbage, black eyed peas, baked potato, and steak. 

 

It was delish!! I probably never make my cabbage exactly the same but it's close enough.

Ingredients 

Head of cabbage

A slice of bacon, cut into 5 chunks (I use bacon fat if I don't have bacon)

2 T butter

Tony's

Salt/pepper

Pepper sauce

In a stock pot, fill with about 1/2 inch of water. Add bacon, butter, and seasonings except the pepper sauce. Boil for about 5 mins. Meanwhile, cut cabbage into chunks (remove core) and wash throughly. Add cabbage to water; cover and cook on low to medium heat until soft. I add some extra pepper and a few dashes of pepper sauce before serving. Sometimes I don't add butter when using bacon and use butter when I don't have bacon. So just depends on my mood. But it's good both ways!! If you use butter only, use around 4 T of butter. 

I'm glad to be back!! I hope you all have a Happy New Year!!