Easy Peasy

I have several friend who tell me that they can't cook or that they don't have time to cook.   I argue that point and will prove that with a series of recipes that are as simple as opening cans or cutting veggies.  I have 4 kids and a job and I educate my children at home.  I, also, run and teach a Bible study and mentor senior girls in the youth building at church.  All that to say, I am as busy as anyone else.  Let's start with an easy peasy chicken recipe:

3 chicken breasts bone in
Basil
Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
5 medium size potatoes
2 carrots
2 stalks of celery
1 tomato
2 tbsp oil

First, wash chicken and place in baking dish.  Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Pour in 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1/3 cup water and cover tightly with foil.  Heat oven to 300 and cook for 2 1/2 hours.

Line another baking dish with foil and cut up the veggies.  Put the veggies in the dish.  Season with salt, and pepper and garlic powder.  Pour in the oil and stir the veggies until well coated.  Place the dish in the oven with the chicken and cook until veggies are soft.  After eating, remove the foil and the dish is clean.  So clean up is  a cinch!
This will feed my family of 6 with plenty of leftovers!

Enjoy! 

Tasty Thursday

Tonight we are having something yummy for supper. I needed something quick and easy. My family loves tacos but if you have ever been around small children, you know how messy that can be. So I thought that I would make them smaller and easier to hold.

I make the taco meat according to the seasoning packet. I grate cheese(though not a lot cause my weird children do not like cheese), salsa, lettuce, sour cream and Scoops.

I take the Scoops and heat them for 2 minutes in the oven. I scoop a tiny amount of meat into the chip and let the kids top them as they see fit. Then they can just pick them up and pop them into their mouths. Easy quick and yummy!

This was an answer to my husband's question: Why can't they make a taco shell that doesn't break when the kids bite into it? I will let you know how it goes!