I want to thank everyone for their prayers, sweet thoughts, and good vibes sent out for Ma's surgery. The surgery went quickly and smoothly. She's now home recuperating for the next 3 weeks. So that means tonight we have a special helper in the kitchen. Aunt Jane came through since it would've been very hard to get this blog done all by myself. So tonight we have something different on the menu and this week it was my pick. Which means as you know it's probably something out of left field, ha!
I must tell you a small back story. I, your blog mistress Dinah am a Canadian at heart. Yes, it's true. Although I have never actually been to Canada nor am I actually Canadian anywhere in my hertiage I still consider myself a kindred canuck. You're probably wondering how so? While my elementary friends would be watching shows like Barney and Rugrats I would be running home to turn on the local Canadian channel to watch Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, Degrassi (which I still watch to this day. Don't hate), Ready or Not, and Benny Hill. Yes, THAT guy. So it came as no surprise that as I grew up I continuing my love for the nation in what we michiganders consider our attic.
Fast forward to 2 months ago. Aunt Jane shows me this cooking chick named Kary Osmond (no relation to Donny or Marie, Sorry Ma.).
She's the host of Best Recipes Ever. I really dug the show and decided to feature her on our little blog. There's one problemo, which recipe? Well I had picked this chicken tender one but for some reason being in USA doesn't allow me access to her website (being it's from Canada) so I then went online to find a similar recipe to hers that caught my eye on her show. Here's what I found:
Crispy Parmesan Chicken Breasts
Ingredients:
*1/3cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
*1/4cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
*1/4tsp. paprika
*1/4tsp. salt
*1/4tsp. black pepper
*6 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1-1/2 lb.) (We cut ours into strips since that's more like Kary's recipe on her show)
*3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
Directions:
*HEAT oven to 400°F.
*MIX cheese, crumbs and seasonings in shallow dish.
*DIP chicken in butter; coat with cheese mixture. Place in 15x10x1-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.
*BAKE 20 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF).
(Your blog mistress :D.)
(Special Helper Aunt Jane!)
(Crap, grouchy bear noticed that I had the camera out)
(Forgive the shadow)
WW Points: *6 per serving
These were quite delish! I loved the light breading and how quick they took to bake in the oven. I'd say get in touch with your inner canadian and give these a shot, eh!
Tid Bits:
*PLEASE use Kraft parmesan cheese. It truly has the right texture for this recipe.
*As we mentioned above, feel free to cut the breasts into strips.
*Serve with a yummy dip, caesar salad, or on top your favorite pasta.
Ma's Spot: I really liked tonight's dinner. I thought the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese was delish. The blend of them really brought out the flavor of the chicken nicely. I loved how it was crispy and I loved how you can pretty much pair it with any side dish. Potatoes, pasta, veggies, etc... This one is a winner in my book.
*SNACK CORNER:*
It's time for snack corner! Where we take new snacks in the grocery store and break it down for you. We tell you which are hot and which are not. Let's get to this week's pick:
WW Points: *4 per serving (1/2 cup)
Dinah: Tonight we have Blue Bunny's limited edition Duff ice cream flavors. Duff may look familiar, he had his own show on the Food Network. So while doing my grocery shopping one day I went down the frozen food isle and came across this new flavor and once my eyes returned to my head after bugging out a tad I couldn't pass this up. They had different flavors but I picked up the I Do, I Do Wedding Cake. Yummy cake pieces with raspberry swirl and buttercream icing. Yeah, that sucker was coming home with me. WHAT! It was research...yeah research, that's good. I love this blog lol I can buy stuff that I really want to try and use the blog as the best excuse ever, ha! Don't give me that look you'd do it too. ;p.
Okie, so this stuff is amazing BUT it's a tad on the expensive side money wise ($7 for the carton. Yeah, most expensive ice cream I have ever bought) and points wise as well. I still say get it though cause come on who doesn't love a good wedding cake and then mix it into an ice cream? I know I do and secretly you do too.
Ma: I loved loved loved this! 2 thumbs up and my taste buds are dancing. I'm not saying just saying this because I have a huge crush on Duff lol. So go out and purchase this. Don't let the price scare you away. Enjoy this ice cream as well as looking at the pic of Duff on the cover. YUM!
We're all done for tonight folks! We'll be back next week with Ma's pick. It's gonna be a good one...well it looks that way at least lol. Have a great week guys!
Spoons & Spatula's
~Dinah & Ma
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