We're plain, simple, comfort food folks. We like hot dishes, roasted chicken, meatloaf, and soup. Sometimes I try to up it just a bit harder. Perhaps a notch. I was eager to get a nice meal into all of us after a week of fast food, pub choices, and take out. With loads of potatoes, chicken, spinach and cheese, I decided to make stuffed chicken with herb roasted potatoes Saturday night. We had planned a movie night- our youngest not even getting out of pajamas for the day. She spent day sleeping, doing school work, and applications for summer employment, before having to drive back in Sunday.
Roasted Herb Potatoes
5 small- medium potatoes, washed well, diced into about 3/4 inch pieces.
Liberally toss in olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Spread in baking dish to roast for 45 minutes at 350. Leftovers were used Sunday as part of a scrambler with spinach and mushrooms.
Stuffed Chicken
I used one large breast and thin sliced into four thin layers. DH would have the largest and smallest and daughter and I had medium sized, plenty with the filling and potatoes. Actually, he ate one piece as leftovers some time Sunday. Stuff with cheese mixture and leafy spinach, rolled and stuck a toothpick in to secure. Cheese mixture:
- 1/2 C cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup mozzarella
- 1/2 tsp of each- garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning. I had cheese mixture spilling out so topped chicken with it, plus a touch more salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
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| Man do I take the worst food photos. I promise this was delicious! |
Still comfort food, but it looked a little better than chicken strips and French fries. It was quite tasty, but why would anything stuffed with cheese not be? Do you have any easy, but a bit more special meals you like to cook when you have a touch of kitchen mojo back? Is cooking, even if just for the first week, a welcome task after being away from home like it is for me,?
I was glad to get back to the routine of cooking. My small children like getting their favorite foods, too, even though they thoroughly enjoyed their "away" food.
ReplyDeleteWhen my kids were little they preferred home food always.
DeleteI don't think cooking has ever been a welcome task to me, LOL. Your stuffed chicken looks really good :)
ReplyDeleteI don't feed half of Idaho like you regularly do! It was a tasty meal.
DeleteI make most everything from scratch so we are limited on places to eat out that do not upset our stomachs or taste too salty.
ReplyDeleteWhen we don't eat out for a while, I really notice the salt and fat in restaurant meals.
DeleteMy son and I both enjoy roasted veg so I probably make it every couple of weeks. I add onion and carrots as well, and occasionally bell pepper. (Though he picks the pepper pieces out).
ReplyDeleteI'm a lazy cook so a special meal usually happens around holidays. That usually means a roast of some sort, with several different sides.
I love roasted vegetables and if just me, I'd make those and rice all the time.
DeleteCooking's never a welcome task for me, I much prefer the eating!
ReplyDeleteI have threatened to make some Spanish food this week - here's a good recipe for patatas bravas, I think you'd love them! https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/patatas-bravas-0
I'm sure you'd be more accomplished than feared in the kitchen. I will take a look at the recipe.
DeleteTypically, I love to cook. In all my homes, my kitchen has been my favorite room. One of my favorite meals to cook is a roast beef dinner: I rub my roast with a homemade rub of herbs and olive oil, put it on a rack in a pan, put carrots and onions in the bottom of the pan, and pour about 1 cup of beef broth in the pan. Cook at 350 degrees for 1.5 hours. (We like our beef rare.) I typically serve this with mashed potatoes. I have put the potatoes in the pan as well, when I don't feel like mashing potatoes. While we prefer mashed potatoes with this meal, I like roasting them because then the only other pan I use is the saucepan to make the gravy.
ReplyDeleteI have had ideas for 32 years in improving my kitchen. I like it, but there's some well needed updates, and basics that should have been part of original design. This is just my second one- we're not movers. I'd love to see your current and new kitchen.
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