Cornflakes for Dinner??

Dusty raised an eyebrow when I started getting out the ingredients for this recipe {mainly towards the cornflakes}, but quickly took that back once he tasted this AH-MAZING dish!

CRUNCHY PARMESAN CHICKEN

1 cup cornflakes, lightly crushed

3/4 cup shredded parmesean cheese

Salt and Pepper

3 large eggs, beaten {I used 3 but had quite a bit left over so next time I'll try it with 2...no need to waste!}

4 six-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breasts

5 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a shallow bowl, combine the cornflakes, parmesan and 1/4 tsp salt plus 1/4 tsp pepper. Place the eggs in another shallow bowl. Coat each chicken breast with the cornflake mixture, then egg mixture, then AGAIN with the cornflake mixture--transfer to a wax-paperlined baking sheet.

In a large nonstick skillet--heat the olive oil over med-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, turning once until golden {about 2 min per side}. Transfer to a clean baking sheet. Bake the chicken until cooked through--about 10 minutes.

Dusty RAVED about this chicken and I must say, it will definitely be making some more appearances in our weekly menus. YUM!

My new Pampered Chef goodies!! YAY :)

Meal Planning Monday

Dusty and I had presents sitting on our front door step this afternoon when we got in from our little weekend vacay—my Pampered Chef orders came in! Talk about Christmas in July, I was SO FLIPPIN’ EXCITED!! Ohhhmygoodness! It was my first time to host a Pampered Chef party, but after going to a party my sweet friend Katie hosted in April, there was no turning back. I am hands-down a Pampered Chef ADDICT! Luckily, Dusty shares my love of cooking and food so it’s something we enjoy together and he can’t get too annoyed with my new investments ;)

Anyways—I CANNOT wait to put all my new goodies to use this week!!

Monday: Baked Ravioli with Chicken Sausage

Tuesday: Crunchy Parmesan Chicken

Wednesday: Crockpot Shredded Beef Tacos {from the amazing Cara Carroll—her recipes are our favorite and you’ll see MANY of them on here!}

Thursday: Scrambled Pasta {I’m outta town for the night so Dusty is on his own, we’ll see if he tackles this recipe or not!}

Friday: Tex Mex Chicken Skillet {another Cara Carroll--I’m EXCITED to try this one out…it looks DELISH!}

Hello There Blog World!!

So after almost a month off of work with absolutely NOTHING taking up my time or attention, I guess it's time to start being productive and put an end to being a lazy bum! I wasn't sure how long it would take for me to reach "bored status" being that this is the first summer I haven't been taking summer classes, working, planning a wedding, getting married, etc....apparently I now know that 3-4 weeks is my breaking point!!

I've flirted with the idea of blogging for a little over a year, but I honestly don't feel like my life is anything anyone would be DYING to read about...but I've been cooking a lot lately and getting into some D.I.Y. projects so I thought why not work some of that in here. I'm a 23 year old newlywed...{about to celebrate our 1 year anniversary--do we still qualify as newlyweds??} I just finished my first year of teaching the best grade ever--KINDERGARTEN!! I have no kiddos yet, which means all the cute pictures you'll see on here will be of my adorable neice and nephew who I love.love.LOVE! So needless to say, this blog will be a hodge podge of weekly menus, recipes, D.I.Y. projects, and updates in my CRAZY.BEAUTIFUL.BLESSED life!

HAPPY READING BLOGGERS!!!