Convenience food is expensive and unhealthy, so I've begun searching for recipes that will be healthier, more enjoyable and budget-friendly.
My goal is to make meals that are nutritious and inexpensive, don't require too much time in the kitchen, are tasty, and most importantly, that the kids will like!
Chicken recipes have turned out to be the most successful for our family, especially dishes made with baked chicken.
So what makes baked chicken such a big hit?
1. These recipes for baked chicken use all natural ingredients, so they are healthy and nutritious.
Chicken is low in cholesterol, and poultry is high in protein. It's the baking, rather than frying, that makes chicken such a nutritious choice.
Eating baked chicken dishes has been an excellent first step for my family to start eating a balanced diet. This is becuase it goes so well with a large varierty of fresh foods, making it easier to incorporate vegetables into our meals.
2. Baked chicken recipes are time savers.
They are quick to prepare, which is exactly what I need as a working parent spending long days at the office on top of long hours commuting. All the ingredients for a dish are baked at the same time in one pot, they are tossed in together in a matter of a few minutes and then baked into a delicious and healthy dinner.
Quick and effortless.
3. Baked chicken recipes can be altered in many ways -- and always taste good.
We have an extremely picky eater in our youngest daughter, so we take care to try to prepare meals that will please her. We don't want to start the habit of preparing separate meals for every person in the family. It's very important to us for the family to all eat the same meal together.
Baked chicked recipes are enjoyed by everyone in the family, and so they are perfect for us. Every recipe we have made so far has been delicious and enjoyable, pleasing for the entire family. Even my picky daughter enjoys the baked chicken recipes.
4. Baked chicken recipes are also incredibly easy to make.
You don't have to be a master chef to follow a baked chicken recipe. Even I find them easy!
One thing that helps is that you can purchase chicken in a variety of types, from whole chicken to boneless, skinless breasts and everything in between. But it is also true that it is just the nature of a baked chicked recipe that it's quick and easy to assemble.
Even an inexperienced cook like me can follow the recipes with ease and produce impressive results.
5. Baked chicken dishes are inexpensive.
Trying to feed a family is not easy at the moment with food and fuel costs increasing.
Like most people, we are trying to stay on a budget, and a major part of our budget is groceries. Baked chicken recipes can be prepared for a fraction of what would be spent on a convenience meal.
6. Baked chicken is a big hit with the kids.
Even our faddy children enjoy these recipes and can actually get involved in cooking them as they are so easy. They'd eat baked chicken every night if we let them.
It truly is a miracle for us to be able to cook healthy meals that satisfy the kids, our time constraints and our budget needs.
Watch this space for some of the baked chicken recipes we found successful.
Author Resource:
Learn more about baked chicken recipes at Scott Maples's site, where you can find free, tasty and healthy baked chicken recipes!
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