Playin' it by ear -

Today was a delicious day in the kitchen.  I ventured off of my menu a little bit due to time constraints and lack of one ingredient.  What we ended up with was a completely custom and very tasty meal.  I call it Seasoned Cubed Potatoes & Garlic Italian Chicken.

Seasoned Cubed Potatoes Ingredients:

• 6 medium Yukon potatoes
• 1/2 stick melted unsalted butter
• I didn't measure it out, but about 2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning (just make sure each cubed potato has a good amount on it)
• I also didn't measure the Garlic Powder, but again, make sure each piece has some. Prob. about 1 Tablespoon or so. (sorry, when I season - I season to taste and just don't measure)
• salt & pepper to taste
• Parmesan Cheese

There are 8 potatoes shown, but I only used 6.  You can modify to fit your family.

Directions: Preheat oven to 425

1. Scrub and quarter potatoes
2. Add to 8x11 glass casserole dish
3. Pour in melted butter - stir
4. Add Italian seasoning, Garlic powder, salt/pepper - stir well
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until potatoes are mostly done
6. Add Parmesan cheese to potatoes and bake another 5 to 10 minutes (just until cheese is lightly browned) - be careful not to burn

Drizzling the butter - oh yeah!

Ingredients for Garlic Italian Chicken:


• 3 regular size Chicken Breast
• 3-4 cloves minced Fresh Garlic
• EVOO
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning - again, I didn't measure - just make sure each piece has seasoning
• Salt/ Pepper

Directions:

1. Slice Chicken into strips
2. Heat skillet over Med. heat
3. Add Garlic and sautee'
4. Add Chicken to skillet
5. Mix in Italian Seasoning and Salt/Pepper
6. Cook Chicken completely, until no longer pink inside

Chicken and minced garlic ready for the skillet

Lunch is served!!! Y'all gotta try this - it's a keeper!