Honey-Curry Chicken Thighs! Oh MY!

The weather turned cooler, so I didn't grill outside.  Instead I found this recipe for honey-curry chicken.  I used a package of chicken thighs, with the skins removed. My P.F. like the chicken.  Patrick had 5 pieces and wants the rest for lunch today!  Del only had 2 pieces, but said he liked it.  I had smashed baked potatoes with the chicken.  Del loved them, Patrick not so much.   Here is the recipe for the chicken:

Ingredients:
3 or 4 pounds chicken, cut up
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup prep. mustard
1 teaspoon curry
Directions:

1. Mix margarine, honey, salt, mustard and curry.
2. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours. Basting every 15 minutes.

Smashed Baked Potatoes:
microwave 4 potatoes.  Put in 9 X 11 baking pan and smash with fork, skins and all.  Add salt and pepper to your taste.  Melt 1/2 stick of butter and pour over the potatoes.  If you like sour cream and onions, layer on top.  Then cover with grated cheese.  Microwave or put in the oven until cheese in melted.

Tonight homemade chili!

First Failure!

Pork chops were not a success. Too bland, too much butter, too thick of pork chops were all to blame.  I had gotten them at Harps on the 5 for $25 sale and they weren't the best.  They were not tender.  I think I could work on this recipe and get it better, but husband hated it.  Patrick and I thought it was all right, but that was it.  I ended up with Bush's black bean medley - my picky eaters like it a lot.  Patrick asked if he could have more for breakfast!  So this was my first total failure.

Tonight I think I am going to grill chicken outside.  This is supposed to be the last nice day and turning much colder tomorrow.  Supposed to even have snow on Tues.  I like to grill enough chicken so that I can portion out leftovers for Patrick's lunches.  Since that is not a new recipe, I am going to find a good (hopefully) side or salad recipe to use for my new recipe.  I will update you tomorrow and tell you the new recipes.

OOPS, Change of plans!

Change of plans last night!  Patrick came down with bad cold and cough.  Then, I came down with bad cold.  Didn't have the pork chops, went for chicken noodle soup (from a can).  I am feeling better now.  So tonight will be the chops. I still think I will have the broccoli with it and corn or potatoes.  Here is the pork chop recipe I am going to use.

• 1 cup crushed butter crackers (Ritz)
• garlic salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 4 pork chops
• 1/2 cup butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a shallow bowl combine crushed crackers, garlic salt and pepper; mix well. In a separate bowl beat eggs.
3. Dip your pork chops in the egg batter and then in the cracker mixture. Place the pork chops in a casserole dish. Place chunks of the butter around the pork chops. Cover and bake for 45 minutes.
4. Uncover the last 15 minutes to get a crispier crust.      

Baked Pork Chops tonight!

Last night was almost a complete success for my picky family.  They loved the fish!  Patrick even had three helpings.  They loved the brussels sprouts - each had two helpings.  But the brown rice?  Neither finished it.  I thought it was delicious.  Here are the recipes I used:

Tilapia:

5 filets (I used frozen)
salt, pepper, parsley, and creole seasoning
3 - 4 T. butter
1 clove garlic, chopped

Spray pan with pam.  Put filets in pan and season to your taste.  Melt butter in another pan and saute garlic for about 3 minutes.  Pour over the seasoned filets.  Bake at 400 degrees until fish is white and flakes with a fork.  From frozen it took about 20 minutes.  If thawed, I would start checking at 10 minutes

Brussels Sprouts:
1 bag frozen brussels sprouts
chicken broth
1 T. butter
salt and pepper
1/2 c. grated cheese (I used pizza mix - all natural of course)

Put sprouts in a pot and cover with chicken broth (you can use water if you prefer).  Bring to a boil and cook for about 3 minutes.  Drain.  Add butter, salt and pepper.  Put in serving bowl.  sprinkle with grated cheese.

Brown rice - I used a steam in the bag in the
microwave.  Then I seasoned them after they were done.
They were perfectly done to my taste.  My Picky family
doesn't like most rice!

TONIGHT we are having baked pork chops with broccoli, corn or mashed potatoes, and a salad.  We will see tomorrow how that goes.

Fish tonight!

This is my first post on my new blog. I am going to bake Tilapia filets tonight and pair it with brussels sprouts and brown rice. I found a recipe for the Tilapia online and have some frozen, so decided to give it a try. Neither my son nor my husband like brown rice. I will try to season it up well to tempt them. Brussels sprouts are one of my favorite veggies. These are frozen and ready to steam.

I didn't mention this before but my family follows the Feingold program. This means we eliminate food colors, artificial flavors, and many preservatives. I am a believer in this program, but don't speak for them. If you are interested just google it.

This program is supposed to help with ADHD, which is one of the things my son has. But I follow it because I believe it is better for all of us to eliminate artificial additives to the foods that we eat.

I will share with you, on my second post tomorrow, the recipes I used and my family's reactions.

Keep your fingers crossed!