When my mother visited not too long ago…
..she and Anton whipped up a scrumptious dinner: Ina Garten’s parmesan chicken. You principally coat hen breasts with flour, eggs, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese; then sauté them and canopy with lemon-y salad greens.
The hen was scrumptious and simple sufficient for the boys and me to make once more just a few nights after my mother headed again to Michigan. (We served it right here with mashed potatoes and inexperienced beans, however the hen and salad could be sufficient by itself, if you happen to needed to maintain it easy.)
A couple of days later, Anton, Toby and I made rice and beans, plus a bunch of toppings: purple peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, corn, rotisserie hen, crushed taco shells, cheddar cheese, bitter cream, and scorching sauce. We piled every little thing into bowls and ate collectively on the couch. “Mother, it is best to pat your self on the again for this dinner,” Toby mentioned, as Anton loaded up his third serving to. All in all, a crowdpleaser!
I’ve all the time teased myself for being a bad cook — and it’s true that I’m not nice — however I can make just a few issues reliably. Listed below are 5 issues in our rotation:
Coconut chicken and rice (we miss the hen broth to make it extra like curry and fewer like soup)
Bonus: something — say, a frozen pizza, rotisserie hen, or spaghetti with tomato sauce — together with a caesar salad (my boys wolf this).
So, I’d love to listen to: what are 5 recipes you’ve gotten in your arsenal? That all the time end up properly? That you simply even know by coronary heart? Please share beneath…
P.S. Bad cook, great mom; and nine family meals we’ve loved to death.
