Who Needs Green

Baked Mexican Chicken Rolls

This recipe is from a small booklet I got for Christmas, called "Hooray for Chicken". All of the recipes are for 8 to 12 servings, so I cut it down and modified it to make 2 servings. You take two boneless, skinless breast halves, pound them out a little to even them out, then place a jalapeno pepper jack cheese snack stick in the center and fold up. Dip in 2 T. melted butter, dredge in a mixture of 2 T. dry bread crumbs, 1 T. freshly grated Parmesean cheese, 1/2 t. chili powder, 1/8 t. cumin, and a dash of pepper. ( I used a small paper bowl and paper plate for the dipping and dredging.)

Bake at 350 for around 35 - 40 minutes, till juices run clear.

(I used my toaster oven - I use it a lot.)

See how it made nice juices and the cheese got all oozy...but wait, where's the green vegetables? Well, technically, the jalapeno peppers in the cheese were green.

Dinner's Ready, Come and Get It!!!

I am trying to use up my pantry and freezer stock, I had this Knorr rice mix, very easy prep, then when done, I added the chopped tomato, a dash of hot sauce, and a dash of apple cider vinegar. I like spicy food, Steve prefers mild, so I go easy on the hot sauce and have learned to like it mild sometimes too, of course a bottle of hot sauce is always available :).


I almost always include some sort of green vegetable, or salad for our dinners. Normally we would have a side of microwaved steamed fresh broccoli, kale, spinach, etc......even frozen peas work fine, but I had used them all up. My broccoli looked old and yellow, so it had to get tossed out. My salad greens had wilted, also tossed, sigh, and all I had was a ripe tomato sitting lonely on the counter. I decided that adding that chopped up tomato to the beans and rice would suffice as a vegetable. It was really tasty and the chicken was delicious. Best thing about this dinner was that it yielded enough for an encore tonight. You'll be glad to know I bought new brocolli, we really do like that with fresh lemon juice squeezed over it.