This is a classic favorite among many, but with a few twists, it’s a simple, healthy, QUICK dinner for your family!
What you will need:
Boneless, skinless, chicken breasts (The amount will depend on how many people you are feeding!)
Shredded Parmesan Cheese, sliced almonds (i suggest the Almond Accents plain baked!), a light olive oil
Wheat thins Parmesan Basil flavored crackers (These are HORRIBLE alone, but are AMAZING in this mix!)
We also used half a box of whole wheat spaghetti, a few cups of a basil tomato sauce, garlic, salt and pepper. As always, feel free to add your favorite spices!
**NOTE** We do not have a stove, so this entire meal was made using a toaster oven, and a table top burner
The Chicken
Step One: If you are using frozen chicken, start defrosting it. If it’s fresh, ignore this step!
Step Two: On a paper plate, crunch up two hand fulls (for 2 chicken breasts) of the Wheat Thin crackers. Mix in your spices once it has been fully crushed!
Step Three: In a gallon sized plastic bag, break apart ten crackers, mix them with almonds and shreaded parmesan cheese. Feel free to aded in more spices!
*After steps two and three are complete, combine the two mixes into the bag.
Step Four: This is where we go all shake-n-bake on ya! Put your chicken into the zip lock bag, MAKE SURE IT IS TIGHTLY SEALED, and start coating your chicken. Once you have them good and covered, place into a glass cooking pan. Poor on any excess mix on the chicken in the pan, and sprinkle with more cheese!
*We set our toaster oven to 450 degrees and let it cook about twenty minutes until they were golden brown
And the Pasta!
Step One: When using whole wheat pasta, I suggest NOT boiling your water first. Let the pasta sit in the water while it heats up. It should never really reach a rappid boil. It will steam a little though! Take a test piece, and once the pasta is at your perfered consistancy, it’s done!
Once your chicken and pasta are done, put them together on a plate and enjoy!
As always, if you have any suggestions, comments, or modifications, SHARE!! Either leave us a comment, or send an E-Mail to snjcooking@hotmail.com
Until next time, Happy cooking!
Steve & Jen
