Chicken Italiano

Ten years ago my hubby and I pinched our pennies and used our credit card (which we are STILL paying on) to travel to Italy for our honeymoon. Ever since then I have had a soft spot for Italian food and red wine of course (it was cheaper to drink wine than buy bottled water so we had a lot of wine!) This recipe is one of our favorites-I like that it's a little bit healthier since the chicken is baked instead of fried.

Baked Chicken Parmesan

1/2 C Italian style breadcrumbs
1/4 C grated Parmesan cheese
4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
1-2 Eggs, beaten
2 tsp. olive oil
1/2 C Shredded mozzarella cheese
1 lb pasta
1 jar of spaghetti sauce

Preheat oven at 375 degrees. Lightly grease a 2 quart casserole dish. Combine bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in a shallow dish. Dip chicken in eggs, then in crumb mixture-covering chicken. Arrange in baking dish & drizzle with oil.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until chicken is tender and not pink in center. Sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake for an additional 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Prepare pasta as directed on package. Heat up spaghetti sauce. Place pasta on plate, top with sauce then chicken.

As I mentioned before this is one of our favorites, maybe it will be someone else out there, too.

Also, I planted my garden this week! I'm so excited, I have my marigolds, tomatoes, peppers and squash showing and hopefully soon some lettuce, spinach and carrots will be showing their little selves. I was going to get a picture up on this post, but there really isn't much to see yet. I'll get something up soon, I promise. So until next time..... Ciao!