Citrus oven roasted chicken

I found a roasted chicken recipe that I liked, so I tweaked it a little bit to fit my needs. Some of the seasonings I used, I also used on another chicken recipe but this one is a little different.

Recipe serves 5

Ingredients

1 package chicken drumsticks, bone in skin on

1 package chicken thighs bone in skin on

2 lemons

 2 oranges

fresh parsley (for garnish)

1 small yellow onion, sliced

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon sugar

2 teaspoons dried parsley

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons paprika

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

Directions

Add 1/4 cup olive oil to a bowl

Add sugar, dried parsley,garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper to bowl

cut lemon in half, squeeze juice into bowl

cut orange in half, squeeze juice into bowl

whisk together, this will be the marinade for the chicken

Add chicken to the marinade and let sit for 15 minutes

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees

Slice remaining oranges and lemons

In a 9x13 pan arrange a few lemon and orange slices, as well as onion

Place chicken skin side up in the pan on top of citrus, scatter remaining onion and citrus slices on top

Bake in oven for 1 hour, then remove from oven and allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes to retain the juices.

Sprinkle fresh parsley over top for a garnish, This goes really great served over white rice.

Easy slow cooker classic chili

It's September! That means fall, football, and hopefully cooler temperatures. While it's still 90 degrees here, I made chili tonight anyways for the first game of the regular season. I don't like beans in my chili, so I loaded it with other veggies instead. This is my go to recipe when I'm just wanting a classic chili with just a little kick of heat. 

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef

1 green bell pepper, chopped

1/2 cup frozen corn

1 small onion, chopped

Two 8 oz cans tomato sauce

1 can tomato paste

1 can rotel

1/2 c water

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tablespoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

green onions

shredded cheddar cheese

sour cream

Directions

Brown ground beef in a pan until pink is gone

Drain the fat from the beef

Add beef to crock pot 

Add corn, onion, bell pepper, and rotel

Add tomato sauce and tomato paste

Add 1/2 c of water, stir together if chili looks to thick you can add more water

Add pepper, salt, garlic powder, chili powder, and pepper flakes

If you want a spicier chili feel free to add more chili powder and pepper flakes

Cook on low for at least 2 hours, I find the longer you let it sit the more tender the beef gets.

When it's finished top with cheese, sour cream, green onion

Easy burrito bowls

You know those burrito bowls they make at Chipotle? Sooo good right? But kind of expensive, and I don't have one in my town. So here's a recipe I came up with to try to replicate the taste and I think it came pretty close. Also I bought pre-packaged already cooked meat, it speeds up the process that much more but feel free to cook your own meat as well.

Ingredients

1 bag tyson grilled and ready chicken strips, or steak strips

1 cup white rice

1 lime

salt

bunch of cilantro

1 green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 onion 

leaf lettuce

olive oil

tomatoes

salsa

sour cream

queso fresca

Directions

Pour 1 cup of rice into pan, add 2 cups of water

Cover pan, and bring to a boil

Once boiling, turn burner on low and let rice sit for about 10 minutes

While rice is cooking chop peppers and onions

Rice is done when all the water is soaked up, and fluffy

Spoon rice into bowl, add 1 1/2 tsp salt, juice of 1 lime, and a handful of cilantro

Add 1 tbsp olive oil to pan, and saute peppers and onions until soft and onions turn golden. 

These are basically the only things you need to cook, after this you just assemble your burrito bowl with the cilantro lime rice, and then any ingredients you want! I listed the ones I usually use in the ingredients. See? Pretty easy right? And an easy way to satisfy your craving. Enjoy!

Hot wings

I was really in the mood for some chicken wings tonight. Really bad. Unfortunately the closest Hooters or Buffalo Wild Wings is about 30 minutes away. So I had to come up with something that was cheap, that I could do myself at home, this is what I came up with. I bought a bag of already cut party wings from the store, they run about 10 dollars a bag.

Recipe makes about 20 wings

Ingredients

Chicken wings

1 stick butter

1 bottle hot sauce of your choice

salt

pepper

garlic powder

Directions

Preheat oven to 375

To start off bring a pot of water to a boil, add chicken this helps get rid of some of the fat.

Bring back to boil and cook for 10 mins.

Pat wings dry

Add to a baking pan. I set mine on a rack above a foil covered pan to catch the fat, this also helps them to become crispy.

Season generously with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Bake for 35 minutes in oven, flip them halfway through

Melt 1 stick of butter, and hot sauce in a pot (I used louisiana because it's my husband's favorite)

Add salt and pepper

Once wings are done cooking dip them in the wing sauce.

(For hotter sauce let them sit for 15 minutes)

Serve with celery and blue cheese, or ranch and enjoy! :)

Seasoned chicken with lemon

So I'm going to tell you something about my husband. He does not like chicken. Nope, I'm not kidding, he's had food poisoning from chicken more than once and since then it's a struggle getting him to eat it. But I make this chicken at least once every two weeks and he eats it up every time! So you know it's a good recipe when someone who doesn't even like chicken, likes it. :)

 

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried parsley

1 tablespoon olive oil

Half of a lemon

 

Directions

Combine together all the spices

In a pan, heat olive oil over medium heat

Cut chicken breasts in half, lengthwise

You are going to want to pound your chicken really thin with a meat tenderizer, so it will cook evenly.

After flattening the chicken breasts generously spread the seasoning on both sides, you might have some leftover.

Add the chicken to pan, sauté until it is golden brown. (About 6-7 minutes on each side)

Squeeze the lemon juice over the chicken as it is cooking, if you have any leftover you can also squeeze some on after it's done cooking, in this case more is better :)

 

Pair this with a nice salad or some vegetables and you have yourself a healthy, easy weeknight dinner!

 

 

 

 

I try to hit up the local thrift store every Friday, here are some of my finds from today. :)

 

Two pyrex dishes and two adorable vintage teacups! All of this cost me less than 5 dollars!

Long time, no type.

So I haven't been on this blog for a VERY, very long time but I noticed someone has started pinning some of my posts so maybe it's time to start back up. So what would you guys like to see? Recipes? Funny mom stories? If you have an opinion go ahead and leave a comment! :)