The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 3 - Chicken and Potato Curry

Yumm!!! Oh my gosh you guys. I know I've been gushing for weeks about how much I love indian food and how NOT sorry I am for giving you guys a month of recipes for it, but this one is just phenomenal. It's not my grandma's, but it's definitely delicious! It's full of savory spices with not too much heat. With a cup of rice, it's just amazing!

Monday Night Chicken Bake

I am absolutely in love. This chicken is just the most amazing thing to fill my tummy in ages, I can't wait to be hungry again just to dig into it one more time! This chicken is lemony with a crispy skin, savory herbs and spices, and provides just the most amazing aroma to fill our little one bedroom apartment! I found this recipe while wondering what exactly I was going to do with my freezer full of bone-in chicken. Mr. H and I love chicken, but for some reason any time one of us tries to cook bone in chicken, it just turns out a disaster! Baking is our only option when it comes to bone in chicken. And on weekends when Mr. H works all day both weekend days and I'm busy cleaning and making recipes for the week to share with you guys, there isn't much time for me to try to cook it a different way. So the key is to find a recipe that doesn't soak chicken in cream of anything soup and bake it in rice. This dish is so super perfect, it cooks so much chicken in such an amazing way at one time that I'll be gladly eating this chicken for the next few nights!

Nacho Cheese Crusted Chicken and Salsa Macaroni

As promised, today's dinner comes to you under 30 minutes! As much as Mr. H loves cheese, I knew we had to come down this road sooner rather than later. Watching Chopped on the Food Network for the last few weeks has got me thinking about obscure things to pair - every time there's an obscure crunchy item to pair with the meat they're provided, they usually go with a crust on the meat. So I thought hey, why not follow in their footsteps and make the cheesiest dinner I can think of? So I went with Nacho Cheese Doritos crusted chicken strips and Salsa Mac 'n' Cheese! Trying to think of a perfect pairing for the chicken was proving to be difficult, and as it turns out, (as always) I was thinking about it too hard. The simplest thing to serve with cheesy chicken? More cheese! Mr. H asked for mac n cheese with a twist, so I made mac n cheese... with a twist ;) This dish is great because it satisfies the picky teenager in your house, and with defrosted chicken, it takes just about 30 minutes to prepare! Quick and easy, and super cheesy! Let's get started!