Chicken Parmesan and Eggplant Parmesan

Awesome recipe from Pioneer Woman.  It's only the Chicken Parmesan.

 Eggplant Parmesan:
1 Eggplant
1 egg, whisked
bread crumbs
Parmesan cheese

For the eggplant, just cut the eggplant in about 1/4"-1/2" slices, arrange on paper towels and sprinkle some salt on them to help get rid of some of the bitter taste.  Let sit for about 20 minutes.  Pat the eggplant dry.  Whisk one egg and in a separate bowl combine bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese and any seasoning you'd like (basil, oregano, salt, pepper, red pepper, etc.).  Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in bread crumb mixture.  Bake for 15 minutes on one side at 350 F and then flip over and bake another 5-10 minutes. 

Follow the recipe from Pioneer Woman for the rest of the steps.  The tomato sauce is delicious!

I know... not very good pics mostly because you can only see the cheese... but my friend who is a picky eater liked it so I think that's pretty high praise.

Spring Dinner Menu

Photo of the Dinner 


Shiitake Mushroom and Ginger soup

•     Instead of using water and chicken, I used 3 cups of chicken stock

Salad 

•       Mixed greens with cherry tomatoes and feta

Brown Rice
 
Honey/Soy Chicken Skewers with lots of Veggies

•       I doubled the marinade recipe and used different veggies

  
Riesling
Chocolate Mousse 

•        Don't have a picture of the mousse but it was rich and decadent! Yum!

Chicken Athena

Recipe from some random slow cooker cookbook at Sam's Club... I think it might have been Taste of Home or something like that.  Seriously, the easiest recipe ever (but what slow cooker recipe isn't?)

Ingredients:
6 boneless chicken breast halves
2 medium onions chopped
1/3 c. sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil) chopped
1/3 c. pitted Greek olives
2 tbls. lemon juice
1 tbls. balsemic vinegar
3 garlic cloves minced
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:
Place chicken in a 3 quart slow cooker.  Add the remaining ingredients.  Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.

I realize the picture doesn't really make this look appetizing... but it was good, at least I thought it was because I finished it all in two days.  I sprinkled feta on top as well.... mmmm delicious!

Fiesta Chicken

Ingredients:
1 cup corn
1 cup black beans (from a can)
1 cup tomatoes diced
3/4 cup onion diced
1 tbls. jalapeno diced (de-seed if you don't want it to be spicy)
cumin, lemon juice, taco seasoning and cilantro for taste
green onions for garnish
2 chicken breasts.

Directions:
Microwave corn and beans for about 45 seconds.
Sautee onion and jalapeno for about 2 minutes.
Use the same pan to cook chicken.
Mix all ingredients together except for chicken.
Place "salsa" over chicken.


This recipe is soooo ridiculously easy.  I read some recipes that required more effort which I didn't really want to put in so I just made something up.  Enjoy!