Joshua Makes Dinner

Joshua made taco tonight for us. Chicken, steak, pineapple, chipotle hot sauce and rice.




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Oven-Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups rice crispy cereal
• 2 1/4 cups broken bagel chips or melba toast
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cup of greek plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 5 thin sliced boneless skinless chicken pieces (about 6 ounces each) 
• 1 bunch of scallions placed on top of chicken
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• Directions

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. Set a rack on a foil lined baking sheet. Spray the rack generously with cooking spray.

Finely grind the cereal and toasts together in a food processor. Transfer crumbs to a large gallon size plastic bag. Add the oil, salt, paprika, and ground pepper and toss to mix thoroughly. Whisk the light yogurt and Dijon mustard together in a medium shallow bowl. Add chicken to yogurt and turn to coat all the pieces evenly. Drop the chicken into the plastic bag, seal and shake until each piece is evenly coated. Place coated pieces on the prepared rack. Spray the chicken pieces evenly with cooking spray, and bake until the coating crisps and browns and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the pieces registers 160 degrees F, 10 to 15 minutes.

Transfer to a platter and serve hot or at room temperature.

Eggplant Parmigiana from Mario Batali.

Eggplant diced till seeds. Grill with salt, pepper, and olive oil. Put some pressure when grilling.

Stack with tomato sauce, sprinkle with parmagiana, layer three high. On top layer slice mozzarella (not the brick kind).

Broil in oven. Top with more parmigiana and basil.



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Sweet Potato Recipe

Black Bean - Smothered Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

2 medium sweet potatoes
1 can (15 oz) black beans, rinsed
1 medium tomato, diced
2 tsp. evoo
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground coriander
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbl. reduced-fat sour cream
2 tbl. chopped fresh cilantro

Directions
1. Prick sweet potatoes with fork in several places.  Microwave on High until tender all the way to the center, 12 - 15 minutes.  (or cook in 425 degree oven for about hour = tender all the way to center.)
2. Combine beans, tomato, oil, cumin, coriander, and salt in a medium microwave-safe bowl; microwave on High until just heated through, 2-3 minutes.
3.  Slash each sweet potato lengthwise, press open to make a well in the center and spoon the bean mixture into the well.  Top each with dollop of sour cream and sprinkle of cilantro.