1 Dish, 1 Hour Chicken Dinner

Follow my blog with Bloglovin While I have seen this recipe floating around Pinterest and Facebook, I was first introduced to it by my best friend. She made it for me last year and since then I have made it several times. The pictures that I have are actually some she took when she made it for lunch one day so that I could use the recipe here. It is one of the simplest and most delicious quick dinners. Who doesn't love a meal that only uses one pan? Hello easy clean up.

May I present to you 1 Dish, 1 Hour Chicken Dinner.

One of the great things about this recipe is how easy it is to set you to make. It only takes a few ingredients (most of which we had at the house) and is so versatile that you can change stuff up and make it completely different.

Ingredients: 

Boneless, Skinless Chicken- to fill you pan, I think we used about 10 of the small pieces. 

Vegetables of your choice- we used red potatoes, carrots, and green beans

Butter- one stick

Dry Dressing packet- we used Ranch dressing but Italian is good too

How to make it: 

Take your chicken and lay it in a pan like this. We used a casserole pan so that everything would fit in it. You want your chicken to be completely thawed out for the best results. 

Next, open your cans of vegetables  and cut your potatoes if you need to. We used red potatoes and just cut them in quarters. 

Next is the fun part, making it all fit in the pan. Put them all of either side of the chicken. And if it gets on top of the chicken, that is fine. It won't hurt it, I promise. 

Now, you have two options with the butter and dressing packet. You can either melt the butter, mix with the dressing and pour over the chicken and vegetables, or you can cut the butter into small slices and lay over the food and sprinkle the dressing onto that. I typically melt the butter so that I get a more even spread, but it doesn't matter which way you do it. 

Once you have the dressing on the chicken and vegetables, just put it in the oven at 350 for 1 hour. 

Your whole house will smell great while it is cooking and after an hour, take it out. The chicken should be fully cooked through (if it isn't you can put it back in the oven for a few minutes). Serve it up on some plates and enjoy. It also saves very well to make as left overs for the rest of the week. 

Deliciousness- 10/10: This is one of my favorite go-to recipes because it is so good

Easiness- 10/10: just put it in a pan and in the oven
Affordability- 9/10: Anything with meat can get expensive, but considering how many meals you can make out of one pan (if you are feeding yourself or friends and family) it is very cost effective.
College Friendliness- 10/10: This is something that is great for when friends come over or we have a house dinner with my roommates. It is simple to make and feeds a lot of people with a little cost. 

Does anyone else have a go-to quick dinner recipe I should try? What was your favorite meal in college?

Stay hungry my friends,

Felecia

Sit Back and Relax...

Its the Sound of the South!

There is only 8 days till football kicks off!!! Okay, so I might be just slightly excited...but hey, I'm in the band, I am allowed to be. College football is what marching band revolves around, and this is my last year being in the band (which I am not ready to talk about yet) but I can't wait for it to start. Troy starts our season next week at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, at UAB. When I started college, I knew very basic football. And by basic, I mean basic...like you throw the ball and have to get it to one endzone or the other and that refs throw flags for things, that was it. But now that I am in my senior season and have had three intense football seasons, I actually understand the rules. And I have to say, I have grown to really love football. It is one of my favorite times of the years.

Now after I graduate and get to come back as an Alumna for football games, one thing I am really excited about is getting to tailgate. College band leaves no time for tailgating. We have to be at rehearsal early on home game days and then get in uniform and we will be in the stadium a minimum of an hour and a half before kick off. But when I do get to tailgate, I have already started looking at recipes to make. So here are a few of my favorite tailgate recipes that I have found on Pinterest.

For the Early Kick Off:

Breakfast Fruit Kabobs from Mom Endeavors

These things are so adorable and so easy to make. And this year, we have several games that are early kick offs so these are perfect. I mean who wants to eat a casserole at 9:00 am? And if you have different team colors it is easy to change by using different foods.

For Dessert Duty:

Tailgate Truffles from Stuff by Stace

 

I have made Oreo balls before, but never have I ever thought of doing them as a tailgate food before this. It is genius and so simple. All it takes is a package of Oreo type cookies (I usually get whatever is on sale) and a pack of cream cheese, and then melting chocolate. But you can easily change the colors of the chocolates to match your team colors. And did I mention how delicious these are? 

For the Main Attraction:

Chicken Tortilla Bake from Homemaking Challenged

This recipe looks so good. I am cooking it tomorrow night. I will post a link once I have cooked it. It basically is a bunch of chicken and tortilla pieces and cheese cooked all together. Things like this make great food for tailgates because they are good and easy to make. 

Hopefully I will be able to try some of these treats throughout the fall. But today I am linking up with Erin at Love, Fun and Football as we count down to college football kick off! She also has a really yummy looking dip on her blog for tailgating.

Oh and to keep you entertained (because that is what band is all about) here is the Sound of the South marching band performing our show from my freshman year.

Stay hungry my friends and see you soon