Lemon Pepper Chicken

So sorry I don't blog on here as much as I would like to. But last night I made a fantastic dinner! Lemon Pepper Chicken. I got this recipe from the back of the Lemon Pepper bottle. This was oh so good and so easy with little clean up! I WILL be making this again very soon!

I cut the recipe in half since I only made 2 portions. 1 for myself and 1 for a fellow deployed's spouse pregnant on bed rest.

This recipe calls for 4-ish chicken breasts.

Mix 1/4 cup flour and 2 tbs lemon pepper. Moisten 1 lb thinly sliced boneless skinless chicken breasts with water. Coat with flour mixture. Cook 2 tbs butter in large skillet on medium heat 5 minutes on each side.

Weekend Waffles

Im addicted these. SERIOUSLY.

1 cup flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
(I add in lots of ground cinnamon)

In large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar. Set aside.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Add milk and egg yolks to flour mixture. Stir until smooth.
Add vanilla and oil to batter and mix well.
Fold in egg whites to batter. Pour batter onto waffle maker.
Top with fruit and syrup.
My favorite is bananas with either blueberries or strawberries with blueberry syrup.

Broccoli and Cheese Soup

I got this recipe from the WIC office months ago. Turned out good. I would add more cheese. I dont think it had enough cheese flavor in it. Overall, easy and good. I will make it again. Kayla loved it.

2 tbs olive oil, 2 onions chopped (I only used 1), 6 medium potatoes cubed (I used 6 small ones), 1 pint of water or stock (I used chicken broth), 2 heads of broccoli flowerets (about 2 cups), 8 oz cheddar cheese (I would use 10 oz next time)

1. Heat oil, add onions and potatoes.
2.When yellowish, add about 1 pint stock and one head of broccoli, salt, pepper.
3.Cook about 20 minutes at a fast simmer.
4.Add another head of broccoli, simmer for 2-3 minutes.
5.Remove from pan (I didn't) while new broccoli is still crunchy.
6.Add about 8 oz grated cheddar cheese and stir until cheese melts. Top with lots of ground pepper. Serve with fresh baked brown bread.

YUM-O!

I made it for lunch today and am taking some to a friend's house to go with dinner! Cant wait to eat more.

Beer Bread

For Nick's last home cooked meal before he left, my friend B asked Nick what he wanted. All we could out of him was, "Beer."

So, she went on a hunt and found this beer bread recipe. I made it. It turned out real good. As I was mixing the ingredients, I thought it couldn't be right because it was so weird. But as it was baking in oven and the house smelled like a bakery, I knew it was going to be good.

And oh boy, was it!

You can serve this b read with soups, dips, or just have it as a snack to eat. Its so soft and moist. It really is fantastic.

Serves 6-8 But I found it to serve much more. I even ended up throwing a bunch away because we couldn't eat it all.

3 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using self rising flour)
1/4 cup sugar
1 12 oz can/bottle of beer
1/4 cup melted butter

1.Preheat oven to 375.
2.Mix all dry ingredients and beer.
3.Pour into a greased loaf pan.
4.Pour melted butter over mixture.
Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

If using a non-alcoholic beer add a packet of dry active yeast.

Bread dough


Dough in loaf pan topped with butter


Finished loaf of bread



I sliced the bread and we used it to dip into Cheeseburger dip. Recipe coming soon.