Teriyaki Chicken with baked Brown rice and steamed carrots

So I know this isn't the fanciest meal, but this is a staple at our house. Jake would starve without rice and chicken. It is a quick and healthy meal that my WHOLE family loves. The rest of the week Jake might starve, but today he eats like a king! HA!

Teriyaki Chicken

This chicken was SOOOO easy and really good. I did cook it a little to long and I think it would be a lot better if I had cooked it only 40 minutes with the tenders and 50 minutes with breasts. My sister in law taught me this one. All I did was put frozen chicken tenders in a 9 X 13 casserole dish and pour Yoshida's Sweet & Savory sauce on top. Then I cooked it uncovered for 50 minutes at 375*. Super easy and really good. BBQ sauce would be really good too.

Melanie's Baked Brown Rice

1 1/2 C brown rice

2 1/3 C water

2 tsp. olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

Spray a small casserole dish. Pour in rice. Boil water in microwave with salt. Add to rice then add oil. Cover with tinfoil and bake for 1 hour at 375*. Fluff rice and cover with dish towel. DO NOT DOUBLE

And last but not least I steamed some veggies in my steamer and put a little butter and italian herb seasoning on top and they were delicious!

January Week #1 menu

Ryan and I are trying to eat healthier in the New Year so I am trying some recipes from the "Body for Life" cookbook.

Sunday - Teriyaki Chicken with baked Brown rice and steamed carrots

Monday - Chicken Tacos

Tuesday - German meatballs with brown rice

Wednesday - Hawaiian chicken w/rice

Thursday - Chuck roast with potatoes and carrots and wheat rolls

Friday - BIRTHDAY DINNER!!!!! It's no cruise, but it will do

Saturday - Beef wraps

Sunday - Melanie's turn to cook. She is making me a cake she said I could blog about her dinner. I told her there was no pressure it just needs to be GREAT!

First official post

So a few months ago I decided I needed a hobby. Something that would add to my family instead of take away from it. Well this is what I came up with. I love to cook or rather EAT and cooking just seams like an essential part of the cycle. I have TONS of recipes and I have never tried most of them. So this year I am going to go through my recipes one meal at a time. (The mess of books to the left is my cookbook shelf in the pantry) Every sunday I will post my weekly menu and I will try to post daily the recipe and the result. I would love to get your recipes too. You can email them to me at jamiegardner@mac.com. Wish me luck!