Crusted Parmesan Chicken

I originally found this recipe on All Recipes.com, and I tried it out on my family this past week. 

Oh!  It was so moist and yummy!  Of course, I put my own little spin on it and changed it up just a bit.  I try to always make things a little healthier if I can.

I served it with my oven roasted potatoes and a dinner salad! 

I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I did!

Ingredients:

3-4 Chicken Breasts (Cut into cutlets or filets)
(This feeds my family of four)

2-4 T. Olive Oil

2 T. Minced Garlic

1 cup of Bread Crumbs

Grated Parmesan Cheese (I use the kind in the canister)

Mrs. Dash Original Blend

Season Salt (Optional)

Black Pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees;

Cut chicken into cutlets or filets;

In a medium size bowl, mix your oil and garlic together;

In another bowl, mix your bread crumbs, cheese, and seasonings together;

Dip your chicken into the oil mixture, and allow any excess to drip into bowl;

Now dip the chicken into the bread crumb mixture and coat well;

Place chicken onto a sprayed, foil-covered cookie sheet;

Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven.

Enjoy!

New Year's Eve Blast

Yep!  That's what we had - a New Year's Eve blast with our grand-daughters - Bree and Carlie! 

We just hung out at Nana's house, had a pj party, watched some cartoons, and ate some take-out. 

The grand-girls laughed, danced, played, and they just had a good old time. 

When midnight came, they put on their sparkly red hats, grabbed their horns, and headed outside to announce to the world that it was the New Year! 

We sprayed 'em with silly string, tooted horns with 'em, and hooped and hollered with 'em, as well. 

They loved the fireworks that everyone was doing, and they must've yelled "Happy New Year" about a thousand times to the neighbors and anyone else who could hear them! 

I'd say they had a pretty grand time!  I loved bringing in the New Year with my grandbabies!  They are wonderful!  Just wish my little grandson, Brayden, had been here, too! 

Who needs alcohol to celebrate the New Year when you've got grandkids!

Hope you all had as much of a blast as we did!

~Nana~

Happy New Year 2012!!!

Well folks, it's now 2012!  As I look back at 2011, of course, there were some good times and some bad times! 

I think the Lord gives us the bad times sometimes so that we'll appreciate the good ones just a little bit more! 

I don't know that I'm actually going to make any New Year's resolutions this year, cuz I'm not usually very good about keeping them.  But...I would like to be a better person, friend, daughter, sister, wife, mother, Nana, etc...  Especially I'd like to be a better servant to the Lord! 

I pray that each and every one of my family and friends has a wonderful New Year in 2012 filled with health, happiness, peace, and love - and most importantly GOD! 

Let's hope 2012 brings us all lots of good times and great memories! 

Happy New Year!