Post 400!

Wow! I can't believe I have hit post number 400. I thought I should do something special for it but... well nothing very special has been happening. Then I had a thought. Maybe, just maybe, after a couple of weeks of leftovers, scratch meals and some tinned baked beans on toast... I could cook a proper dinner for my family. Yeah, they just about fell over with the shock of it too LOL.

I tried another recipe from Donna Hay's new book and it was a big hit. Honestly, I could have made this just as easily without the recipe but... I found the recipe so I used it! It was work-day easy to put together, tasted fantastic and will definitely be hitting our table again soon. Hubby and I particularly enjoyed the different textures - the rough crunchiness of the crumb topping and the smoothness of the baked chicken.

Crunchy Parmesan-Crumbed Chicken

From No Time To Cook by Donna Hay

1 cup fresh breadcrumbs

1/4 cup finely grated parmesan

30g butter, melted

1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme leaves (from my herb garden!)

cracked black pepper

2 x 200g chicken breast fillets, trimmed and halved (so they're flat and thin, not fat and long)

lemon wedges and green salad to serve (left out the lemon and served a garden salad along with some deli-bought coleslaw)

Preheat oven to 200C. Combine the breadcrumbs, parmesan, butter, thyme and pepper. Place the chicken into a baking dish lined with non-stick baking paper. Top chicken with breadcrumb mixture. Bake for 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the crumbs are golden. Serve with salad, etc.