All Purpose Chicken

This is the default recipe in my house. Anytime we are feeling especially lazy we take the 10 minutes to prep and throw it in the oven. This recipe alone saves my family tons of money on groceries. The reason I like it so much is that you get a fried food taste with none of the effort.

For this recipe you will need:

3-5 medium sized frozen chicken breasts
some kind of edible oil (we only use olive oil in my house)
all the spices in your kitchen
a can of vegetables (we like green beans, peas or mixed for this)
onion


Preheat your oven to 350. Coat a large baking pan with your oil and let about 1/4 an inch sit in the bottom. Throw your chicken in frozen, roll it around in the oil and throw whatever spices you feel like on it. Lemon-pepper and salt is a classic here. Throw that in the oven for about 25 minutes.

While that is cooking dice some onion and open your can of veggies. Flip the chicken when your timer goes off, carefully dump the veggies and onion in the pan and let it all cook for about 30 minutes. Cut into your largest piece of chicken to see if it is cooked through. If you see pink in the middle and you like salmonella poisoning then it is time to pull your chicken out. However if food poisoning does not appeal to your senses, let your chicken cook for another 15 minutes. When you pull it out, the onions should be cooked through and will have absorbed the flavor of your spices and chicken.

You get a fully cooked and impressive tasting meal and you hardly did a thing!

Pumpkin Brownies

Here is a recipe I came up with last summer. I love pumpkin and I wanted to find a way to combine pumpkin pie with brownies. Here is the simple version for all you non-chefs out there!

For this recipe you will need:
A box of brownie mix (I recommend the caramel brownie kind for the yummiest outcome.)
1 can of pumpkin
4 eggs

Start by mixing the eggs and pumpkin together in a large bowl. (you have to do this because it will get clumpy and hard to stir otherwise) Add the brownie mix. Bake at 350(no matter what the box says) and bake for 25 minutes. Stick a toothpick in the middle and if it comes out mostly clean its done... Eat immediately if you want to scald your mouth...Otherwise wait about 10 minutes.

Pumpkin Spice Margarita Thing

This blog is not assembled in any sort of functional fashion, but rather in the order I choose to disclose my recipes. Here we have a very wintery drink coming to you in near-springtime.  I call this a pumpkin spice margarita but, it cant really be called a margarita since it has zero tequila.

For this recipe you will need:

1/2 can of pumpkin pie mix
1 cup of egg nog(non alcoholic*)
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
3 shots of Jim Beam Bourban
6 regular sized icecubes

whipped cream(not for use in blender)
*(you could substitute the jim for alcoholic eggnog, or just remove it altogether, but honestly it adds to the flavor of the drink and it does not taste as good altered.)

Throw the canned pumpkin in the blender first, followed by the ice. Otherwise it clogs the blender. The rest can go in alphabetically, calorically or however you like. Add whipped cream to top of drink and sprinkle with more cinnamon to taste. This makes 3 servings and happy holiday guests.

White Woman Mexican Rice

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I thought I would start this blog off with something that has nothing to do with cupid at all. Here is a household favorite for the Malsack house. Its mexican rice made cheap and easy. It does not taste like real mexican rice but it goes well with canned refried beans and it sort of looks like mexican rice. To make this dish, you are going to need:

1 cup microwavable rice
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup water

Pour rice into medium sized bowl. Mix salsa and water together and throw into bowl with dry rice. Mix well. Add hotsauce to taste. Microwave for 8 minutes and enjoy...