It is Saturday and I have already made a 4 course breakfast for the kids. Now what to do next....oh yea what to take out for dinner. It always seems like if I am not cooking, I am cooking, or maybe doing the laundry, or cleaning up mess after mess, or cooking again, or getting a snack for the kids, or folding the laundry. Ok you get the drift.
Pork chops are out and ready to defrost, and in walks hubby. I mention my idea for dinner and he says "I was really hoping for Chinese tonight". That is code for no pork chops please, instead please take out some chicken. Ok, in that case Chinese it is. That also means my wee little's do not eat Chinese, so Mom needs to make 2 dinners out of one. Good thing I can be creative!!
I am not the only chef in this house. My son Giuseppe loves to "cook" as well. Whenever Mom turns on the stove and starts whipping up dinner, he grabs his fake food and pretends to cook in the toaster oven. Hey, I could use a sous chef somedays!
Pork chops are out and ready to defrost, and in walks hubby. I mention my idea for dinner and he says "I was really hoping for Chinese tonight". That is code for no pork chops please, instead please take out some chicken. Ok, in that case Chinese it is. That also means my wee little's do not eat Chinese, so Mom needs to make 2 dinners out of one. Good thing I can be creative!!
I am not the only chef in this house. My son Giuseppe loves to "cook" as well. Whenever Mom turns on the stove and starts whipping up dinner, he grabs his fake food and pretends to cook in the toaster oven. Hey, I could use a sous chef somedays!
So on Chinese night, I make a combination of different things but tonight I decided to make Teriyaki chicken and fried rice. For the chittlins, I made homemade chicken strips with sugar/cinnamon rice, and broccoli.
Teriyaki Chicken
3 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 diced onion
2 smashed garlic cloves
olive oil
salt
pepper
2 tsp of vinegar
2 tsp of orange juice
1 bottle of Teriyaki sauce
Put a splash of olive oil in the frying pan and add the smashed garlic cloves, onion, and diced boneless chicken. Cook on medium heat, and when the meat starts cooking add the vinegar and orange juice. Let that cook for a minute and then add in the Teriyaki sauce. Cook on med/high heat until the chicken starts to get a sear to it. Remove and let the mixture thicken.
Fried Rice
1 egg
Cooked white rice
Shredded carrot
1/2 bag of peas
1/2 diced onion
olive oil
soy sauce
Start with cooking some white rice earlier in the day and then putting it in the fridge to chill. Put an egg in the pan first and scramble it. Then pour in some olive oil and add the rice. Mix up and then add in the carrot, onion, and peas. Stir up and then add in the soy sauce starting in the middle and swirling out. Stir and cook and add more soy sauce if needed.
Kids Meal
1 Boneless Chicken Breast
Breadcrumbs
Egg
1/4 of white rice
sugar and cinnamon mix
butter
veggie
Cut the chicken breast in half and cut into strips. Put into the mixed egg and then into breadcrumbs and put onto the pan to go in the oven on Broil. Then heat up some of the cold rice with some butter in the microwave. Remove and add the cinnamon/sugar mixture and add a veggie to the plate. Once the chicken fingers are done add them to the plate and you are done!
Teriyaki Chicken
3 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 diced onion
2 smashed garlic cloves
olive oil
salt
pepper
2 tsp of vinegar
2 tsp of orange juice
1 bottle of Teriyaki sauce
Put a splash of olive oil in the frying pan and add the smashed garlic cloves, onion, and diced boneless chicken. Cook on medium heat, and when the meat starts cooking add the vinegar and orange juice. Let that cook for a minute and then add in the Teriyaki sauce. Cook on med/high heat until the chicken starts to get a sear to it. Remove and let the mixture thicken.
Fried Rice
1 egg
Cooked white rice
Shredded carrot
1/2 bag of peas
1/2 diced onion
olive oil
soy sauce
Start with cooking some white rice earlier in the day and then putting it in the fridge to chill. Put an egg in the pan first and scramble it. Then pour in some olive oil and add the rice. Mix up and then add in the carrot, onion, and peas. Stir up and then add in the soy sauce starting in the middle and swirling out. Stir and cook and add more soy sauce if needed.
Kids Meal
1 Boneless Chicken Breast
Breadcrumbs
Egg
1/4 of white rice
sugar and cinnamon mix
butter
veggie
Cut the chicken breast in half and cut into strips. Put into the mixed egg and then into breadcrumbs and put onto the pan to go in the oven on Broil. Then heat up some of the cold rice with some butter in the microwave. Remove and add the cinnamon/sugar mixture and add a veggie to the plate. Once the chicken fingers are done add them to the plate and you are done!