What's for dinner? Baked Fried Chicken of course!

Thank you Pinterest, for bringing this yummy recipe into my family's life. It was awesome and definitely a keeper. Ashlyn even finished her plate, well and so did Tommy which is an accomplishment. Kenny had seconds, and there are a few leftovers for Allen to take to work tomorrow.

So here's the recipe for your future eating pleasure, and it's being added to our favorite family recipes. I even think that it would be good as a freezer meal.  

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I purchased 4 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts and cut them into chicken tender size. (Mostly because Albertson's was all out of chicken tenders, our family preference) I then put them in a bowl and poured milk over them until and set them in the fridge for 20 minutes or so.

Meanwhile, I mixed in a bowl the following:

1/2 tsp. Salt1 T Lowery's Seasoning Salt3/4 tsp Pepper1 c. Flour2 tsp. Paprika

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut 1/2 stick of butter into a few pieces and place in a 9x13 pan. Melt butter in pre-heated oven.  Spread melted butter around the bottom of the pan. Lightly spray the pan, if needed, to make sure that there are no dry spots.  Shake excess milk off of chicken and completely coat each piece with the seasoning mix. You can either shake the chicken in the bag, until coated, or dip each piece in the bowl until coated.  Place each piece of chicken in the pan.   Cook for 20 min. Turn each piece of chicken and continue cooking for 20 more minutes, or until cooked through.

The chicken was so tender and the the crust was so yummy, I almost licked the plate clean. And best of all, it's baked, not fried.  So better for you.  If I was making this as a freezer meal, I would melt the butter and pour it in the bottom instead of preheating it in the pan. I'd do the chicken the same and then pack it for the freezer. Remember to thaw out the freezer meal before actually baking it.


Fix it for your family this weekend, trust me. You'll thank me later!

Stephanie Nielson

This past week I have been reading Stephanie Nielson's book called Heaven Is Here. And if you don't know who Stephanie is, then you should check out her blog here. She is truly an inspiration to all, not only because she survived a plane crash which resulted in 80% of her body being burned, but because of her dedication as  a wife and mother.

You can watch below a short clip about her book and life before and after the accident.

So, what have I learned from Stephanie? She is committed to getting better, to be a better mother and wife, to feeling better, do doing more things without help. And I can be better as well. I'm really busy in my life. I work 3 jobs (teaching at Marsh Valley High School, part time at Deseret Book, and teaching an online high school class). Sure, I'm busy, but who isn't. I've learned from Stephanie that there is always time for my kids.  So I resolved to be more at home, with my kids, with my family. And I'm not talking physically. I need to play with them, to read with them, to cook and clean with them. And as a result, I feel like I can accomplish more. Yah, it's summer, but baby steps right?

I've also resolved to be a better blogger. Not just to have a record of day to day events, but to explore gospel topics and realizations that I've had. I want to edify my readers, not to bore them.  So thank you Stephanie Nielson, it is true that a book can change a person, and yours truly has. And for that I am grateful.

What to blog?

When I first started blogging a few years ago, the reason was simple. We lived far enough away from our family and we wanted them to be a part of our lives. But, times have changed, and my blog has gone to the back burner as life took over. We moved closer to family and instead of writing about life, we all got together more often and we talked about life.

I'm now ready for an upgrade.  I want to take a different turn in my blog, and I hope I can pull it off.  Stay tuned.