Easiest Dinner EVER!

This is literally my go-to easy dinner, which is pretty healthy, smells delicious & everyone likes. Win-win!

You take a bone in chicken breast, wash & pat dry, spray baking dish with cooking spray, put salt/pepper on top of chicken. Then put some McCormick pinch perfect rotisserie chicken on top of chicken. Lastly top off with a little butter.

I put in oven with chicken a few baking potatoes, scrubbed & stabbed & cook 350 degrees about an hour (or until browned on top & no longer pink). Once literally thrown in oven, you can go do other things. When dinner is almost done, I make up a quick salad. I think the Italian dressing gives additional flavor to the meal. How easy is that?

Before going in oven...spices shown.

 

When done & plated. Wallah!

Healthy Easy egg dinner or brunch

I love this meal because everyone in the family loves it, it's healthy, filling & easy to make. You can make any salad you like, but I paired the egg dishes with oven potatoes & Kale salad with a side of oranges. I like oranges with eggs because the vitamin c helps you absorb the iron in the eggs more efficiently!

For Kale salad, I make a vinagrette with: chopped garlic, orange juice, lemon juice, salt/pepper & soy sauce. Mix as you wish, I used about a cup of each of the juices, 2 cloves or garlic & 2 tbsps of soy sauce. Toss well.

Then I make 2 eggs strata's. I make a vegetable one for the vegetarians in the family & a sausage one for the meat eaters.

Vegetable Strata:

Sausage Strata:

 

For  Veggie strata, Just saute 1 onion chopped, & veggies of choice chopped in olive oil. Example: Mushrooms, asparagus, zucchini, spinach. Saute until tender & season with salt/pepper.

For Sausage strata, saute onion & 6-8 breakfast sausage links cup up until cooked & tender. You could also add bacon if you wish.

In a separate bowl, beat 12 eggs with 2 cups of milk. Grease 2 separate baking dishes. In one dish put veggie mixture, in other sausage mixture. Crumble bread (partly stale) over each dish to cover vegetables. Put about 1 cup of cheddar cheese/parmesan cheese over each baking dish mixture. I like to add some feta too for more delicious flavor!! Then put 1/2 egg/milk mixture in each pan. You can season with more salt/pepper if you wish. 

Bake 375 degrees until solid & browned on the top, about 1/2 hour to 40 minutes.

It's an easy brunch, or dinner! Here it is plated:

I also cooked chopped potatoes, onions in oven which were tossed with olive oil & seasoned with salt/pepper. Delish! Enjoy!

Spanish Tortilla-scramble

My daughter traveled to Spain last summer. She loved it, but didn't exactly love the food. She's a vegetarian & said they ate mainly fish. She did; however, love the Spanish Tortilla that they served all over Spain. When she was home, we looked up the recipe & made it for the family one night. Everyone really likes this, even my hubby! It's super quick, healthy & delicious. Not sure if it's exactly how they do in Spain, but pretty close.

If you want a quick, yummy meal, here it is:

8 potatoes scrubbed & sliced
1 onion chopped
olive oil (about 1/2 cup)
6 eggs
Salt & pepper

Cook onion & potatoes in olive oil (generous) until tender. When tender, add eggs (scrambled in bowl) to pan & turn, cook until eggs are done. Serve with Salad (we love Kens Italian dressing as further seasoning). Enjoy ~

Quick & fresh dinner!

Angel hair with garlic, basil & tomatoes, croissants with ham & swiss & chickpea salad:

This dinner you can literally just throw together. These are ingredients you already have on hand.

Angel hair pasta
cherry tomatoes halved
2 garlic cloves chopped
salt/pepper to taste
olive oil
parmesan cheese
chopped fresh basil leaves

Cook angel hair according to directions & toss with desired amounts of above ingredients.
Serve with ham & cheese croissants. Simply cut pieces of ham & cheese & roll up in a refrigerated croissant. Cook on baking sheet at 350 degrees until browned on top. My family LOVED these & how quick & simple!!!

I served these with a chickpea salad. Easy using the same ingredients as in the pasta, just toss with some canned chickpea beans.

Chickpeas
Basil chopped
garlic clove chopped
cherry tomatoes halved
mini cucumbers cut into penny sizes
vinegar to taste
olive oil to taste
dash of honey
salt & pepper to taste

So quick to throw this all together!!! I didn't put measurements because you can just toss what you have together, wallah the quick & easy part. Just an idea for a fresh & quick dinner that everyone, including kids love! Enjoy~

Quick Pasta dinner

Any type of pasta you prefer. I used fettucine.
2 garlic cloves
olive oil
shaved parmesan cheese
salt/pepper
Kale leaves

Boil pasta, when almost done, add kale to the boiling water. While that is cooking, chop 2 garlic cloves. When pasta/Kale is done, toss with olive oil, add chopped garlic, season with salt/pepper & top with shaved parmesan! This is SO quick & easy! My kids even ate the kale!!!! If you're looking for an extremely quick dinner, this is it! You could use spinach if you don't have kale, add sausages if you'd like some meat.