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Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

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Are you ready for an easy, super frugal meal? This is simple to make, requires only three ingredients to make this breaded chicken. Two simple, cheap ingredients and chicken breasts (which I realize aren’t all that cheap!).

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

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As I said, simple. Start with two shallow bowls, one with bread crumbs, one with your BBQ sauce of choice. I lucked out a few weeks back and Walmart had Kraft BBQ sauce on sale for 50 cents each, I grabbed a few.

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Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

I cut my chicken into chunks to make them easier to work with and so they would cook faster. Pat your chicken dry or the BBQ sauce isn’t going to stick. Cover a baking sheet in tin foil and coat with non-stick spray.

Start with the BBQ sauce, drag your chicken through it to coat. Then coat in bread crumbs. Lay on your baking sheet. Repeat.

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

Bake at 400 for 15-20 or under cooked. The size of your chicken pieces will determine how long it takes to cook.

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

Despite how it looks here, they didn’t stick at all. And just lightly crisp around the edges. This breaded chicken was super tasty, and three of my kids love it!

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

Simple BBQ Breaded Chicken

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup BBQ sauce of choice
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 4 chicken breasts, cut up

Instructions

  1. Cut chicken into chunks to make them easier to work with and so they would cook faster.
  2. Pat your chicken dry or the BBQ sauce isn't going to stick.
  3. Cover a baking sheet in tin foil and coat with non-stick spray.
  4. Start with the BBQ sauce, drag your chicken through it to coat.
  5. Then coat in bread crumbs.
  6. Lay on your baking sheet. Repeat.
  7. Bake at 400 for 15 - 20 minutes or until cooked through.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

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Fall weather is in the air and I have dug my slow cooker out from under my cupboard. After all it makes meals while I am homeschooling my kids with very little help from me once it gets going. This slow cooker chicken stew is perfect for busy fall days.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

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This started off as needing to get something started for a day spent working on our house. Because we have harvested a lot of from our garden already we had an abundance of fresh vegetables to use for this, which was great, because I forgot to pick up chicken last week and need something to fill us up after a busy day.

This is super easy to make, and perfect for making for busy days or even just homeschool days.

What you need:

  • 3 chicken breast – whole or cut into bite sized pieces
  • 5 potatoes
  • 5 carrots
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 1 cup green beans – halved
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour

How to make Slow Cooker Chicken Stew:

Toss some chicken breasts, diced potatoes, and diced carrots into your slow cooker. Add chicken bouillon and water, salt and pepper to taste.

Set your slow cooker to low for 6 hours or high for 3.

An hour before serving add in green beans, and corn. You don’t want them to get mushy by being in your crock pot all day. If you are only cooking it for the 3 hours, throw them in at the beginning too.

Mix together melted butter and flour, over heat or not, and slowly mix into your slow cooker about 20 minutes before serving.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

This chicken stew is delicious, filling and warm in your belly. Add some fresh rolls to make it even better.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Slow Cooker Chicken Stew

Yield: 5
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken breast - whole or cut into bite sized pieces
  • 5 potatoes
  • 5 carrots
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillion
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 1 cup green beans - halved
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour

Instructions

  1. Toss some chicken breasts, diced potatoes, and diced carrots into your slow cooker. Add chicken bouillon and water, salt and pepper to taste. Set your slow cooker to low for 6 hours or high for 3.
  2. An hour before serving add in green beans, and corn. if used whole breast, cut or shred.
  3. Mix together melted butter and flour, over heat or not, and slowly mix into your slower 20 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Easy BBQ Shepard’s Pie

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BBQ Shepard’s Pie is a favorite meal for my kids and I. Hubby, not so much. So this is something special just for my kids and I, and they alone can clean the casserole dish full. It’s not a horribly hard dish to make, just a little bit of time. This tends to be more of a supper than a lunch.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

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What you need:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 4 medium potatoes, diced
  • 1/2 a medium onion, diced
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • Cheese *optional

How to make BBQ Shepard’s Pie

As I said, this is super simple to make, maybe even easier to make than some other Shepard’s Pie recipes that are out there.

Boil potatoes, whether with skins on or off, that is up to you.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

Brown your ground beef with some thinly diced onion.

Once your grown beef is cooked, drain off any fat. Return to the frying pan, return to low heat and add about a cup of BBQ sauce. Allow it to simmer.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

Once potatoes are cooked through, drain off the water and mash! I use a bit of butter in my mashed potatoes to add some flavor and to make for easier mashing.

Add your ground beef into a casserole dish, leveling it out and covering the bottom, top with mashed potatoes making sure to cover all the ground beef bottom.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

We like to sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese, a little cheddar cheese and some bacon bites over the top… but that’s just us. You don’t have too, but it definitely doesn’t hurt.

Broil until the cheese melt and the potato goes golden. I use low to avoid burning.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

We make our own BBQ sauce for the most part, though when we do buy them we tend to look for more smokey flavored sauces. You can find one recipe we use here, with our pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches.

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

A fun, smokey twist on a classic meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 4 medium potatoes, diced
  • 1/2 a medium onion, diced
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • Cheese *optional

Instructions

  1. Brown the ground beef with the diced onion.
  2. Boil potatoes until tender.
  3. Once potatoes are cooked, drain and mash.
  4. Drain fat from ground beef. Return to the frying pan, return to low heat and add about a cup of BBQ sauce. Simmer.
  5. Put in the bottom of your casserole dish.
  6. Top ground beef with potatoes making sure to cover all the ground beef bottom.
  7. sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese, a little cheddar cheese and some bacon bites over the top
  8. Broil on low until the cheese melt and the potato goes golden.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Tasty Tuesday: 30+ Watermelon Recipes

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August 3rd is National Watermelon Day. That means I am sharing a whole lot of watermelon recipes from some amazing bloggers. From salads, to snacks to drink for your kids, and some special adult only drinks.

Now we prefer our watermelon sliced and eaten on the go as we’re in relaxing in the yard, or having fun. Plus, watermelon is the best picnic snack, cool and refreshing.

30+ Watermelon Recipes

Watermelon Recipes

Snacks

Easy Watermelon Sorbet

Watermelon Kiwi Pops

Watermelon Pizza Recipe With Cream Cheese Icing

4 Ingredient Watermelon Sorbet

Easy Watermelon Cake

Watermelon and Cherry Tomato Skewers

3 Ingredient Watermelon Ice

Watermelon Pops

Drinks

Watermelon Agua Fresca Float

Watermelon Mint Lemonade

Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie

Watermelon Lemonade

Watermelon Lime Slushie

Watermelon Iced tea with Laura Bray

Watermelon Lemon Limeade

Frosted Watermelon Cooler

Watermelon Refresher Tea

Watermelon Punch

Refreshing Watermelon Juice with Grapes

Adult Drinks

Watermelon Infused Tequila

Watermelon Otai Margarita

Spiked Watermelon and Mint Lemonade

Watermelon Moscow Mules

Grilled Watermelon Frozen Margaritas

Easy Watermelon Ginger Beer Granita

2 Ingredients Watermelon Vodka Slushie

Watermelon Sangria 

Watermelon Beer Rita

Salad

Watermelon Salad with Ricotta Salata

Summer Watermelon Cherry Salad with Feta

Watermelon Salad

Watermelon, Blueberry and Basil Salad

Watermelon and Goat Cheese Salad

30+ Watermelon Recipes

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Tasty Tuesday: Fourth of July Edition

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Happy Fourth of July!

While I am a proud Canadian this week’s Tasty Tuesday lands not on Canada’s Day, but on the Fourth of July we’ll celebrate it as red, white, and blue for our neighbors to the south.

Here are some red, white, and blue features from last week’s Tasty Tuesday.

Tasty Tuesday: Fourth of July

Red, White and Blue with Strawberries from Somewhat Simple

Fourth of July Rice Krispie Treats from See Linsday

All America Sugar Cookie Pie from Delightful E Made

Red, White and Blue Pretzel Bark from Busy Being Jennifer

Because most of you are celebrating your great country’s birthday, we are not doing our traditional linky party today. However, I would love for you to link-up any of your Fourth of July recipes or a recipe that is primarily red, white, or blue. Please make sure they are your pictures or stock pictures that you have acquired for your use.

 

As with our other Tasty Tuesday parties, here are a few rules that I have to say to protect myself as a host:

  • Forgetful Momma is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through ForgetfulMomma.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post.   Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
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