| Lately I've been looking around for healthy, easy-to-fix | | | | the same meal together. |
| recipes for my family so that we can stay away from | | | | This problem can be solved with these recipes as |
| high-calorie, high-carb fast food. | | | | such a variety of ingredients and flavors can be used. |
| In addition to being kinder to my wallet and better for | | | | It certainly is possible to please all the people all of the |
| my health, they also had be simple, quick and, most | | | | time! |
| importantly, they had to be recipes our children would | | | | 4. They can be made by anyone |
| actually eat! | | | | I don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen (and I |
| Our greatest success has come from baked chicken | | | | am hardly an experienced cook( but the baked |
| recipes. | | | | chicken recipes have been easy to make -- even for |
| Here are the reasons that baked chicken recipes tick | | | | me! I've been absolutely amazed at just how easy |
| all the boxes: | | | | they are to make. |
| 1. They are good for you | | | | It is not only the 'one pot' cooking approach that helps |
| A low cholesterol meat, chicken is high in protein which | | | | but it is easy to find chicken already prepared when |
| means it is more filling. And baking the chicken is much | | | | buying it, so there's no need to spend time dicing or |
| healthier than breading and frying it. | | | | slicing, it's already done for you. |
| Eating chicken dishes like these has been an excellent | | | | Even an inexperienced cook like me can follow the |
| first step for my family to start eating a balanced diet. | | | | recipes with ease and produce impressive results. |
| This is because it goes so well with a large variety of | | | | 5. They don't cost the earth |
| fresh foods, making it easier to incorporate vegetables | | | | Like most people, we are trying to stay on a budget, |
| into our meals. | | | | and a major part of our budget is groceries. |
| 2. They are quick to prepare | | | | Unlike fast food, baked chicken dishes cost very little. |
| All of the baked chicken recipes we've tried can be | | | | Chicken is a lot less expensive than most types of |
| made quickly, which is a huge help when you have to | | | | meat or fish, and the ingredients you typically add to |
| make dinner after a long day at work. In these recipes | | | | chicken recipes are vegetables, which are an |
| the ingredients are just baked together, so you can | | | | economical buy. |
| toss everything into a pot and let it cook. | | | | 6. They are a big hit with the kids |
| Quick and effortless. | | | | The kids have really enjoyed the baked chicken meals, |
| 3. They can be altered in many ways -- and always | | | | and it continues to surprise us how much they enjoy |
| taste good | | | | them. Our eldest actually has favorite baked chicken |
| We have an extremely picky eater in our youngest | | | | recipes that he loves and will ask for several times a |
| daughter, so we take care to try to prepare meals | | | | week. |
| that will please her. We don't want to start the habit of | | | | It truly is a miracle for us to be able to cook healthy |
| preparing separate meals for every person in the | | | | meals that satisfy the kids, our time constraints and our |
| family It is very important to us for the family to all eat | | | | budget needs. |