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My nephew Brian got married on May 2nd!  There were passed appetizers and a charcuterie board to start.  Then we had a salad, steak and bass with mashed potatoes and asparagus, and lastly chocolate cake with a chocolate mousse cup.  

 I asked my friend Rebecca if she could have any food over the weekend what would it be.  She mentioned Greek.  I made a Home Chef recipe on my own.  Chicken with a spinach feta dip, puff pastry, and squash on the side. Chicken breasts, which I cut in half to make them less thick Softened cream cheese Crumbled feta Chopped spinach, sauteed in olive oil with minced garlic and diced red onion Salt and pepper Diced squash Chimichurri seasoning Puff pastry cut into squares and scored, not all the way through! Heat oven to 450 Spray a foiled lined sheet pan with cooking spray Brown chicken evenly on both sides for about 3 minutes.  It will finish cooking in the oven. Add sauteed spinach, garlic, and red onion to a bowl with the softened cream cheese, feta, salt and pepper.  Stir to combine. Place chicken on the sheet pan and top with the spinach mixture. Place the scored puff pastry squares on the sheet pan. Back together in the oven about 12 minutes.  The ...

My dog turned 1 years old this week!  So I had a party.  We had burgers, hot dogs, pasta salad, and potato salad.  Smores in the firepit My burger was topped with American cheese, bacon, lettuce, mushrooms, bbq sauce, and mayo. Hot dog was topped with spicy brown mustard and diced white onion. Pasta salad was pasta, cherry tomato, broccoli, red pepper, red onion, cucumber, parmesan cheese, and dressing. Potato salad was red potatoes, mayo, sour cream, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, pickle juice, lemon juice, celery, diced pickles, fresh dill, garlic powder, salt, pepper, topped with paprika.  

 Adam requested homemade chicken parmesan.  It does taste the best. Ingredients: thin chicken flour seasoned with salt and pepper egg station with a little water seasoned italian breadcrumbs favorite pasta sauce cheese layer was shredded mozzarella and provolone Dip the chicken in the flour station, then egg wash station, and lastly in the breadcrumbs Fry in peanut oil Lay on a sprayed baking sheet Top with sauce and cheese Put under the broiler until the cheese is melted Serve with garlic bread, a salad, spaghetti noodles.

I tried to make this a sheet pan dinner.  I made the rice per instructions, rubbed my chicken in jerk sauce, and added frozen plantains.  My chicken wasn't as flavorful as I thought it would be.  I would add more jerk next time.  

 Ingredients: 1 package of chicken tenders cut into smaller strips and halved Green and red pepper, thinly sliced Onion, thinly sliced Mushrooms, sliced Fajita or taco seasoning Vegetable Oil Tortillas Toppings:  cilantro lime sour cream salsa cheese guacamole Place chicken and veggies on a sheet pan.  Coat with oil and seasonings.  Bake in a 400 degree oven for 35 minutes.  Flip everything halfway through cooking time.  Serve on tortillas with toppings of your choosing.  We usually make cilantro lime rice on the side.