In My World

Baked Chicken Superb 1/2 cup instant potato flakes 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup melter butter 1 frying chicken (3-1/2 lb), cut up On a piece of waxed paper, combine potato flakes and grated cheese. Melt butter in large shallow baking pan. Roll each piece of chicken in butter and then in potato flake-cheese mixture. Place chicken pieces in pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake in 350F oven for about 1 hour. Serves 4 So I didn't want to buy instant potato flakes, mostly because I don't like them; we used breadcrumbs. And chickens were expensive, but chicken thighs were on sale at a good price. Needless to say we bought the chicken thighs. I skinned the chicken thighs when we got home because I'm not a big fan of chicken skin either. So, while I think we tried to stay true to the original recipe, we actually may have improved upon it. Taylor really enjoyed measuring and breading and chatting with me. I enjoyed it too.

1/4 cup olive oil 2 cups chopped onion 3/4 cup chopped carrot 3 chopped garlic 4 cups chopped tomatoes (I used grape tomatoes) Put all these ingredients in a crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours.  Near the end of cooking time add: 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil 1 jar Original Ragu sauce I think all the ladies at Ladies' Day Out enjoyed this sauce on penne with Parmesan.  I know Hal and I did.