Lightning Quick Complete Meal Recipe - Baked Chicken, Baked Potato, Buttery Corn and Sweet Carrots

Do you find yourself bringing fast food home because you don't have time to cook a good home-cooked meal? Are you in a rut with your meal plan and keep eating the same thing over and over again? Here's a quick-and-easy complete meal that goes from freezer to table in a very short amount of time. Oh yeah, and it's delicious!

Stop by your local grocery store and pick up the following items on your way home:

• Four chicken breasts (frozen or fresh)

• Four medium Russet Potatoes

• One can of whole kernel corn

• One can of sliced carrots

• Butter or margarine

• Barbecue sauce

• Sour cream

• Montreal or Cajun seasoning

• Cinnamon

Follow these steps in order and your meal will appear before your eyes in no time:

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Line a glass casserole dish with aluminum foil.

2. Place chicken breasts in dish in a single layer. Pour barbecue sauce over each piece of chicken and coat using a pastry brush. Sprinkle with seasoning of your choice. Place in oven and set kitchen timer for 25-30 minutes. Be careful not to overcook as chicken will be dry.

3. Take potatoes and poke multiple holes in each using a fork. Place on microwave safe plate and place in microwave. Microwave on high for 12 minutes. Note that times will vary from microwave-to-microwave so consult your manual.

4. While chicken and potatoes are cooking, open the can of corn and the can of carrots. Drain about half the water from each can. Place contents of each can in separate microwave safe bowls. Place one tablespoon of butter or margarine in each bowl. Sprinkle carrots with cinnamon.

5. Set the table while waiting for the potatoes to finish. Once potatoes are done, remove them from microwave. Put corn in microwave and heat for 1:30 minutes. When corn is done, remove and place carrots in microwave and heat for 1:30 minutes. Cut potatoes in half and add generous amounts of butter and sour cream to each half. Season with salt and black pepper.

6. At this point, the chicken should be almost cooked so pour the drinks and call your family to the table. Remove the chicken from the oven when the timer expires. Check to make sure the chicken is fully cooked.

In about thirty minutes you should have a complete delicious and nutritious meal that you and your family can enjoy. What a fantastic way to break out of the old routine! Happy eating!

By Charlie Thibodeaux

About the Author: Charlie Thibodeaux is a native Louisianian and Cajun. He runs a Cajun recipes website offering tons of great Cajun cooking recipes as well as many Creole recipes.

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Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe

This is a very nutritious and healthy recipe. It is also versatile regarding what ingredients you put into it to enhance the flavor as well as the texture.

This sandwich can be tuned to your particular tastes, but here is my basic recipe. This is a good filling for sandwiches and you can eat very well for a little investment. I haven't had this in quite a while but after writing this, I think I'll make some.

Basic ingredients:

6 - eggs hard boiled

3 - 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise

1/4 - cup of thinly sliced celery sticks

1/4 - cup of thinly sliced green onion

Put eggs in a mixing bowl and crush with a fork, I like the finished product kind of chunky. Add salt and pepper, I like it hot so I use red cayenne. Take 3 tablespoons mayo and mix with eggs, use more mayo if you like it creamier. Then add the celery and onions and mix thoroughly but don't whip as it will get too creamy. Put in refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour, to let the flavor permeate the mixture.

Personally I like it on toast, but you can use it for a salad if you are so inclined. Either way you are going to love it. The first sentence above states basic, that's because you can put relish instead of the onions and celery. Depending on what you like, you can substitute most anything. And of course if your significant other doesn't share your same tastes, then I guess it would be all yours.

By F. Allen Putt

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