What?! An Easy Dinner Recipe?!

Because every day you don’t feel like producing a five-star dining affair, today I am bringing you an easy, delicious and healthy dinner! You’re welcome.

Before I get to the super simple recipe, let me tell you a story about why I love cracker crumbs (which is what you will be using for breading). When I was a baby and toddler, every time I would start to throw a tantrum, I would be given one of those little 2 packs of saltine crackers. I would mush them (in the packet) between my teeth and play with them for hours. There is something incredibly soothing about it. So, when I first decided to use cracker crumbs in a recipe, that soothing feeling came flooding back, and now I will never use regular bread crumbs again.PS- There is also a song they sang to shut me up with the crackers, but I will spare you that!

One more thing before the recipe. My favorite condiment. I LOVE hot sauce. Love, love, love, love. I have made my own, I eat it on everything, and I will try every and any type I can get my hands on. But my very favorite hot sauce? Sylvia’s Kickin’ Hot Hot Sauce. For $1 a bottle, I could live off this stuff. The flavor is so good, and the heat is just enough to be spicy but not override the flavor. I highly recommend you pick a bottle up. Today. But not before you read this recipe…

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Baked BBQ Chicken Fingers

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb raw chicken tenders
• 1/3 bottle buffalo wing sauce (i.e. Frank’s Red Hot or Texas Pete’s)
• 1/3 bottle BBQ Sauce
• 1 sleeve fat-free saltine crackers (crushed into bread crumb size bits)
• Pepper
• Habanero Powder (optional)

Directions

• Place raw chicken in a plastic container with a tight sealing lid
• Pour buffalo & bbq sauce over the top of chicken
• Place lid tightly on container and shake well
• Allow to marinade for a minimum of 30 minutes or over night
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, or tin foil with a layer of cooking spray
• Mix the cracker crumbs with the desired amount of pepper and Habanero powder
• Place the cracker crumbs on a flat plate
• Take marinated chicken, one at a time, and dredge through the cracker crumbs to coat
• Place chicken on the prepared cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Do not flip during cooking.
• Remove from the oven, plate, and enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce (I opt for Sylvia’s Hot Sauce)

Quick Green Beans

Ingredients

• 1 can green beans (drained)
• 1/4 Vidalia onion (chopped)
• 1 large garlic clove (chopped)
• 1 tbs olive oil

Directions

• Heat olive oil & garlic in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat
• When the oil starts to sizzle, add the onion
• Continue to cook until onion starts to get brown
• Add green beans to pan, stir, and cook on medium-high for 3 minutes
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer for at least 10 minutes, or until your main meal is ready