Baked BBQ Chicken

Tonight's supper was quick and easy. I had some chicken thighs to use up and wanted to bbq them, but it was 100+ degrees outside and I was not going to fire up the grill. I don't like to sweat to when I cook. So, here you go!

Baked BBQ Chicken
8 chicken thighs
1/2 bottle of favorite bbq sauce
1/4 c. honey
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. seasoned salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In skillet, brown chicken thighs. Place in 9x13 pan. In small bowl, mix up remaining ingredients. Spread over chicken. Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until chicken is done and juices run clear.

Spaghetti Tacos... Surprisingly delicious!

So, the yahooties head back to school tomorrow! This momma is doing a happy dance!! I know, that is horrible, but, well... I am! A couple years ago, while watching one of their favorite tv shows, the girls heard about spaghetti tacos. They had asked me to make them, at that time, and I didn't ever do it. As a Back to School surprise, we have spent the evening watching their favorite show, iCarly, and having spaghetti tacos. I had 3 of them myself. Pretty yummy...

Spaghetti Tacos
1 lb. hamburger or sausage
1 large jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
8-10 oz. of spaghetti
shredded cheese
1 pkg. taco shells

Brown hamburger or sausage over medium heat in sauce pan, drain if needed. Add sauce, heat through. In another pot, cooks spaghetti until a dente, drain. Add spaghetti to spaghetti sauce, stir to combine. I warm my taco shells in a 350 degree oven for about 5-7 minutes. After warming taco shells, remove from oven. Add a scoop of spaghetti to each taco shell, top with shredded cheese.
*I used gluten free spaghetti

Oven Roasted Chicken with Veggies

Tonight's supper could be a one pan supper, if you want to just have chicken and the veggies. But, there is always the option of adding on additional side dishes, if you so wish. 

Oven Roasted Chicken with Veggies
1 4-6 lb. whole chicken
1 lb. baby carrots
1 medium to large zucchini
1 medium to large onion chunked
Coconut oil

Cavendar's Greek Seasoning

Seasoning salt

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. While oven is preheating. Put baby carrots in bottom of a 9x13 pan. Add rough chopped zucchini and onion. Sprinkle with seasoning salt and Cavendar's Greek Seasoning. Remove giblets from whole chicken. Pour 2 Tbsp. coconut oil inside chicken, and move around to coat inside of chicken. Sprinkle in 1-2 Tbsp. Cavendar's Greek Seasoning, move chicken around to coat inside. Tie legs together with string. Put chicken on top of veggies, breast side down. Coat top of chicken with coconut oil and sprinkle more Cavendar's Greek Seasoning on top. Bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes is up, reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Carefully tip the chicken to drain off any juices from the cavity and turn the chicken over. Coat the top of the chicken/breast with coconut oil and sprinkle with more Cavendar's Greek Seasoning. Bake an additional 20 minutes per pound or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Let sit for 20-30 minutes before serving. You can tent it with aluminum foil during this time, if you wish.

Quick Meatloaf Cups

I thought meatloaf sounded good tonight, but I wanted something fast and my ground beef was still half frozen. Whoops! I guess that is what happens when I don't decide on this until 2 p.m. in the afternoon... And, well, supper needed to be ready around 4:30-ish. Again, whoops!

Quick Meatloaf Cups

1 lb. of ground beef or turkey (makes 12 cups)
Bread crumbs (about 1/2 C., I used gluten free)
Worcestershire sauce (about 2 Tbs.)
1 egg
1 pkt. french onion soup mix
Approx. 1/2 C. parmesan cheese (optional)

Sauce: 1/3 c. brown sugar, 1/3 c. ketchup, and 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all meatloaf ingredients together, either by hand or in a Kitchen Aide mixer (that is what I do, because I do NOT like touching raw meat). Put in sprayed muffin tins. In a separate bowl, mix together sauce. After meat mixtures has been divided into tins, top with sauce. Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes, or until cooked through.

Original recipe: Temeculablogs

Another Oven Baked Fried Chicken

I had some more chicken legs to use up, so this was another take at oven fried chicken legs. The family liked this recipe better than the previous one. I would have to say that these did turn our really well, and honestly, not having to actually fry them made it a lot less of a mess to clean up.

Oven Baked Fried Chicken

1/2 C. all-purpose flour (I used gf)
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. garlic
1/3 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. pepper

1 tsp. chili flakes
6-8 chicken drumsticks
1/2 C. butter, melted

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Mix the flour, salt, garlic, paprika, chili flakes, and pepper in a bowl. While you are mixing your coating, but butter in a shallow container that is wide enough to dip the legs in. Melt the butter in the microwave.

Dip the drumsticks into the butter, coating them completely. Roll in flour mixture to coat completely. Then, dip in the butter again and back once again into the flour mixture. 

Put the drumsticks in an ungreased pan. Bake, uncovered, until done, about 45-50 minutes.
Original recipe: howtobestunning