Crispy Parmesan Chicken

Think you can't eat well on a budget,
think again.

Chicken leg quarters make it easy,
and if you have a family of
leg lovers
like I do,
everyone is happy:)

The crispy coating make you feel like you are eating
fried chicken
{one of my childhood faves}
without the guilt, but still with all of that great flavor
and crunch.

Crispy Parmesan Chicken:
First Street Chicken Leg Quarters
2 cups of plain yogurt
juice of 1 lemon
2 garlic cloves {minced}
chopped parsley {to taste}
1 1/2 cups of Panko breadcrumbs
1/4 grated Parmesan cheese
salt/pepper to taste

Rinse and pat dry the chicken quarters

Combine the yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley
mix together

In a separate bowl combine the Panko, the Parmesan, and salt and pepper
stir

One piece at a time, coat the chicken in the yogurt,

and then dredge in the crumbs

Place each piece in a buttered baking dish
Cover lightly with foil
Bake @350 for 1 hour
remove the foil and continue baking until the tops get nice and golden
{about another 20 minutes}

I served this with roasted potato wedges and a green salad.

Everything was purchased at Smart and Final.  The First Street Chicken Leg Quarters will be on sale for $.89/pound beginning February 20th.

““I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Smart & Final  #CBias #SocialFabric” “all opinions are my own”

Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip {nestle bar filled} Hot Chocolate Brownies

Sorry I couldn't come up with a better title,
but I promise,
these candy filled brownie/cookies
will TOTALLY make up for it.


Last week was our first week back from Christmas break.
Everyone had a great week, but honestly,
I wasn't feeling the lunch packing.

Sugared out over the holidays,
I hadn't really thought of treats for the lunch boxes.

My kids did NOT appreciate my oversight,
not one little bit.

I think I've made up for it in a BIG way this week.

I stocked up on a few of my favorite Nestle items #ChooseSmart -

miniatures
hot cocoa mix
and of course toll house cookie dough

to find more info about this great promotion click here

and turned them into one seriously sweet treat.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
{stuffed with a candy bar}

Hot Chocolate Brownie batter ~
{I used this recipe from Shugary Sweets}
Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough
Nestle Assorted Miniatures {one per cookie/brownie}
 1/2 cup of  Nestle Hot Cocoa Mix {to make the brownies}

preheat the oven to 350

I chose to use  heart shaped molds
muffin tins {lined} would be great, and
they make for easy individual portions for lunch packing

press the cookie dough {1 cookies worth} into the bottom of your pan

top with one miniature bar {I used Nestle, Nestle Crunch, Baby Ruth, and Butterfinger bars}

top with brownie batter

bake for about 11 minutes {this may differ depending on the size pan you use}
when your brownie looks set-up they should be done
cool

Happy Packing {if they last that long}

I am a member of the Collective Bias Social Fabric Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insight study for Collective Bias and Smart and Final. #CBias #ChooseSmart #SocialFabric