Sunday, August 26, 2012

Foil Chicken Dinner & Baked Stuffed Apples

I haven't been home much this summer and therefore haven't had the opportunity to cook a whole lot.  I'm usually home long enough to unpack, do laundry and pack again so there wasn't much point in doing big grocery shopping trips.  Tonight I don't have much in the cupboards and fridge but was determined to make a yummy home cooked meal. Hmmm...chicken breasts, a few mini potatoes, a small assortment of veggies and apples. I decided on a tin foil chicken dinner (similar to the one found here) and baked stuffed apples for dessert. It totally smells like Thanksgiving in here right now. Pure comfort food!

Dinner for 2

Chicken Dinner Ingredients
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4-6 mini potatoes, cubed
1 celery stalk, sliced thick
1 carrot, sliced thick
1/4 red onion, sliced
herbs (I used about a tablespoon of each of my fresh thyme and sage from my garden)
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt & pepper
* you can add any veggies you want. These are the only items I had in the fridge

Method
Dump all ingredients into an oven proof and cover with tin foil (you can also just make tin foil packages). Cook covered for 45 minutes at 400 degrees. Done and done!

Baked Apples Ingredients
4 apples, cored
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 rolled oats
1/4 teaspoon of each cinnamon and nutmeg (add more if you want to)
4 tablespoons of soft marg/butter


Method
Wash and core apples.  Mix all remain ingredients together.  Place apples in an oven proof dish. Stuff mixture into apple holes (that's what she said) and pack remaining mixture on top of apples. Bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees. Serve on their own or with ice cream or whipped cream. Yummers!

 

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