Wanting Easy Recipes? Think Chicken Recipes!

I am a stay at home mom, with a toddler and a pre-schooler; life is pretty crazy most of the time, to say the least. My husband drives truck and is gone several nights a week. So, you can add part-time single parent to my resume. Easy recipes and chicken recipes make my life so much easier at meal time. Days at our house are filled with baby dolls, games, and the occasional tea-party, and now that spring is finally here, we can play outside too. I don’t know how it is at your house, but after the day has taken so long to pass, it seems like my evenings go by in the blink of an eye. I know after dinner I have baths and bedtime stories, dishes and laundry. Worrying about what I am going to make for dinner and taking an hour to actually prepare the meal are things I just don’t have time for. That is why easy recipes are my *quick fix*.

In addition to easy recipes, there are other ways to shave some time of off your dinner preparation. Prepare your chicken recipe ahead of time. When it’s time to fix dinner, the easy recipe is already assembled, and you can move on to your next step! You can also cook an easy chicken recipe in your crockpot. Throw everything in that morning, and when you walk in the door, dinner is ready!

As a wife and mother, regardless of which easy method I choose, I try to fix my family easy recipes for healthy meals. Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way and healthy doesn’t always happen. If I left our menu up to the girls, we would have macaroni & cheese and hot dogs 7 days a week! On occasion they do get veto-ed. Because we are trying to be healthier, and I am on a time limit, I use easy chicken recipes a few times a week.

My 4 year old is at the age where she wants to help me in the kitchen, which means that her 2 year old sister also wants to help! So, this recipe is one of my favorites where the girls can get involved, and I don’t have to worry about them touching the raw chicken.

Easy Recipe - Breaded Chicken Cutlets
Kids and adults will love this dish. Easy and delicious. Serves 4

Ingredients
1/4 C Ketchup 1 Egg
1/4 C Mayonnaise 1/2 C Breadcrumbs - dry
1/4 C Flour 8 Chicken cutlets, about 1 1/2 pounds
Coarse Salt and pepper 4 Tb Olive oil

In a small bowl combine ketchup and mayonnaise and set sauce aside. In a shallow dish or plate, combine flour with a pinch of salt. In another dish, whisk egg and 1 tablespoon water and a pinch of salt. In a third dish mix together breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Working with one cutlet at a time put cutlet in flour mixture, and coat completely then shake excess off. Dip the floured cutlet into the egg wash, making sure it is completely coated. Shake off excess. Next, put cutlet in the breadcrumbs, patting it in and making sure that all sides are coated. Shake off excess. In a large skillet heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium. Add four cutlets and cook until golden brown about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove and repeat with remaining cutlets. Serve.

You are probably thinking: How can the kids help with that? Pour the breadcrumbs into a Ziploc bag, and let the kids shake it up! It makes them feel important, and you get to spend quality time together talking about their day. Add a vegetable and some fresh fruit, and you have a well rounded easy recipe meal for those you love.

According to the USDA, we aren’t the only family trying to curb our red meat habit; chicken recipes are the number one easy recipes consumed by Americans today. It is so important that you handle raw chicken safely to prevent your family from becoming sick. Did you know that most food born illness outbreaks are the result of contamination by food preparers?

So, what do you need to know to make sure that your family stays safe from food born illnesses? It’s easy, really. When you bring your chicken home from the store, either freeze it immediately or store it in a refrigerator maintained at 40 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 2 days. When you prepare your chicken, first wash your hands, which is the most important step of all. When you cut your chicken up on your cutting board, make sure that you wash your cutting board with hot soapy water before using it to cut up the other things you need for your meal. It is recommended that you cook a whole chicken recipe to 165 degrees Fahrenheit as measured on a food thermometer.

I hope this has given you a light at the end of your mealtime tunnel. It doesn’t need to take an entire afternoon to prepare a healthy and chicken recipe meal for your family. There are so many easy recipes out there just waiting to be made. Help your family get healthy, and find those easy recipes with chicken!

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