One Dish Chicken Dinner

Do you know those annoying posts on Pinterest that lead to nowhere? Yeah, they're very disappointing. But that's what inspired this post. A yummy looking picture which led the hubs to ask me to make it for supper. With not too much creativity I came up with a recipe that I thought would do the misleading post justice.

(The portions in this recipe are for two people.)

One Dish Chicken Dinner

Cooking Ingredients:

4 chicken tenders or 2 chicken breasts

1 small bag frozen cut green beans

2 russet potatoes cut into bite sized chunks

1 package Italian salad dressing mix

1/2 stick melted butter

Cooking Directions:

1. Place chicken down the middle of a greased glass baking dish. Pour beans on one side of the chicken and potatoes on the other side.

2. Mix Italian dressing and melted butter in a small dish, then pour over chicken, beans, and potatoes.

3. Bake in oven at 350° for one hour.

Too easy right? The chicken was perfectly juicy, the potatoes were just soft enough, and there was just enough butter in the bottom of the dish to soak our home made rolls in! Plus, only one dish to clean? That's my kind of supper.

Enjoy!

Shepherd's Pie

How have I managed to go 25 years and have never eaten shepherd's pie? I wasn't even 100% certain what shepherd's pie was. So I did a little googling and Pinterest searching in an attempt to find the easiest recipe I could.

It's a simple, all in one meal that might just become one of the staples on our supper table.

The original recipe from Kraft can be found here.

Shepherd's Pie

Cooking Ingredients:

4 small potatoes
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 lb ground beef
2 tbsp flour
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can small peas, drained
1 can sliced carrots, drained
1/2 cup beef broth
2 tbsp ketchup
pinch of shredded cheese

Cooking Directions:

1. Peel potatoes and cut into fourths. Cover with water and boil potatoes and garlic for 20 minutes or until tender.

2. Brown ground beef. Add flour and cook over medium heat for 1 minute. Add vegetables, broth and ketchup and cook for 5 minutes. Spoon into 9 1/2 inch pie dish.

3. Mash potatoes. (I think I make my mashed potatoes differently every time I make them. This time I added in a few tablespoons of greek yogurt and butter). Spoon mashed potatoes on top of the pie dish.

4. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden.

5. Feed this to your man and he will be one happy camper.