Honey Mustard Chicken Flake Bake

Well...that's not really the name, but since I can't call it "Weight Watchers" (we botched that part) that will just have to work. It's another chicken recipe, and Patrick made the comment that we should probably cook something else or that's all you guys will think we eat. Spoiler: it is.

I almost shouldn't link to this recipe because we only followed one step out of the entire recipe mostly correctly, "Place cornflake crumbs in a shallow bowl. Dip chicken into dressing mixture and then cornflake crumbs; place in prepared pan." 

We previously bought the regular honey mustard dipping sauce (not "lite dressing" as the recipe suggests); used tenderloins, not breasts; forgot to spray, aka: prepare, the pan; and pretty much winged the whole thing. So, it wasn't as healthy as we hoped, however, it was really good and we used way less sauce than the recipe called for. Trade off? We think so.

"Tasty-looking Things" Pin No. 41,681,413,813 - Honey Mustard Chicken

     

Crushed cornflakes and honey mustard sauce + pepper
(leave some aside for a little after-cooking-drizzle)

baked honey mustard flake chicken (um?)

Oh, and I realized last night I've never made mashed potatoes from actual potatoes before (without supervision). How ridiculous is that?! Well, now I can say that I have:

   

Boiling (the water looked cool, so I had to post)

 

Then, Mix n' Chop to mash and a little butter, milk & low-fat sour cream

Here's the finished meal! 

Patrick said his looked better (lol), so this is his plate

When we run out of the honey mustard sauce we have now, we'll get some low-fat and attempt the weight-watchers version. We're about to start working out and eating better, so I'll post on the new one when we try it. What Weight Watchers recipes do you love?

Sweet + Spicy Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Goodness

On Monday I saw this recipe on Pinterest I immediately decided it would be our dinner. Turns out it was later than sooner and by-God we were going to eat this delicious-sounding meal!  

Patrick, being the awesome hubs he is, called me from the store to see what we needed. Seriously - this recipe is super easy. It only has four ingredients - brown sugar, chili powder, bacon and chicken. We always use tenderloins because they cook faster and we like to eat when we get home - pronto! First step, mix the chili powder (2 T) & brown sugar (2/3 c).

yes, my creamer container upcycle is another pinterest pin

The next step is to roll in bacon and coat with the above mixture. We didn't have any little sticks to hold the bacon on, so we coated the chicken first and then rolled the bacon up around it. It held just fine. Note: spray the aluminum foil with non-stick; we I forgot and it stuck a little. Also, for the love of all things, do not move them to a paper towel unless you want to eat paper towel (Patrick v. Sticky Chicken = not fun).

raw, sticky chicken & bacon

 cooked, sugar-spice-bacon-chicken happiness

If left up to me, we'll make this again for sure, but the last-minute madness Patrick had at the innocent strips will probably take it down a notch or two in his book. I can't wait to try out some more Pinterest recipes. I'm making a recipe binder of all the ones we like (thanks for the idea, Elyse!). Anyone else try any Pinterest recipes?