Pecan Chicken Recipe

I can not even describe how easy this is to make and how GREAT it is to eat!



Ingredients:

1 package chicken breats (skinless, boneless)

salt & pepper

6 Tbsp. butter

Oil (preferrably olive oil)

2 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard

3 small packages pecan pieces



Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Melt 2 Tbsp butter and remove from stove



Mix Dijon mustard into melted butter ~ you will dip chicken breats into this mixure



Melt 4 Tbsp. butter and 2 Tbsp. oil in skillet

Dip chicken breasts in butter/mustard mixture, then coat with pecan pieces

Saute chicken in butter/oil mixture in skillet for 3 minutes on each side ~ this sears the pecans onto the surface of the chicken.



Place in glass baking dish and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Here are a few pictures from tonight's dinner:

Preparing chicken ~ turn in butter/mustard mixture and then in pecans

 

Cook in butter for 3 minutes each side to sear pecans to chicken

Final product ~ I cut the chicken to show how tender and juicy inside! ~ served with baked sweet potato and corn on the cob

Enjoy!

Mom's Meatloaf Recipe

This recipe used to be on the back of Quaker Oatmeal boxes and was the one my mom always used ~ when I grew up and had a family, it's the one I used (and continue to use) exclusively. It always gets rave reviews!

Ingredients:
1 pound hamburger (preferrably lean ;)
1 cup tomato JUICE (can get this in individual cans in the juice section of your grocery store)
1 1/4 cup oats
1 egg ~ beaten
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix all of the ingredients into a bowl ~ I wash my hands and mix by using both hands and squeezing and squishing all ingredients together. (I always saw my mom do this and thought it was the only way ~ obviously it isn't, but it works great).

Pat ingredients into a casserole dish. Note: I used a square glass casserole dish so that it gets done in the middle - sometimes in a loaf pan, the middle is to thick and the meatloaf isn't quite done

I pour a drizzle of extra tomato juice over the top of my meatloaf prior to baking.

Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour - check to see if it's done in the middle and bake slightly longer if it needs it. If you spoon some of the drippings over the meatloaf as it's baking, it keeps it moist on the edges.

Enjoy!