Yum!

Recently, I've had the strange urge to cook. I don't really cook much, but I do enjoy it. So, I told my mom that I would cook dinner some night this week. I think she was pretty happy to get a break! I decided to make Italian breaded chicken with noodles and sauteed green beans. It turned out really well, and I received good reviews from my parents, so here are some photos and details!


Ingredients:

• boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Italian dressing
• bread crumbs
• grated parmesan cheese
• eggs
• a lemon 

I marinated the chicken in Italian dressing for several hours, but that is optional. Then beat the eggs in a large mixing bowl. Dip the chicken in it, then roll it in the bread crumb and parmesan cheese mixture. Put it in a pan with some vegetable oil, and put a dab of butter and a lemon slice on it. Then bake it in the oven for about 45 minutes at 350-375 degrees.

To accompany this delicious chicken, I boiled a bag of egg-noodles.

And I sauteed green beans from our garden last year. They were blanched, then frozen, so they remained pretty fresh tasting. I added some garlic powder, lemon and pepper seasoning, and chopped onions.

Here is the finished product! Try not to drool on your keyboard...

I'm sure Danielle and I will have lots of cooking experiments while student teaching in the fall, so I figure I need to get a little more experience! But this is definitely one recipe I will keep!