Busy Day Recipes

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There is a phrase that is capable of striking fear, terror, and sometimes even annoyance into the heart of every homeschool mom. It may be uttered by your children, your husband, or perhaps even an innocent little ad on television. While not packing quite the same punch from June-late August as it does during the school year, it still has a power not to be underestimated, but to prepare for . . .

“HEY, MOM!! WHAT’S FOR DINNER???”

At my house, the answers can range from “I don’t know, what were you planning to make?” on a bad day, to “Look at the list on the fridge!” on a good one. I thought it might be similar at your house, so I had to share a couple of recipes with you which will give you a jump start on the answer next time you hear it!

Simple Ribs

• 3-4 lbs boneless ribs
• 1 bottle barbecue sauce
• 1/2 jar apricot or peach jam

**Tip: use a crockpot liner for supreme ease!*
Put ribs in crockpot. Pour half of the bottle of sauce into a bowl. Add jam and stir, then pour over ribs. Cook on low 6-8 hrs. Add remaining 1/2 bottle to crockpot to thicken sauce. Serve over rice.

and now for a simple chicken recipe…

Simply Scrumptious Orange Chicken

• 2 lbs chicken breast sliced in 1 inch-wide strips of any length
• orange juice to cover chicken (2 cups or so)
• 1 egg
• 2 cps Italian bread crumbs
• 1 stick butter

Place chicken strips in bowl and pour juice over the top. Leave in fridge to marinate for a few hours or all day. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1 stick of butter in 13×9 pan and put in oven to melt while preheating. Take chicken strips out of juice and set aside. Add egg to juice in bowl, and blend with a fork. Pour bread crumbs onto a plate. Take melted butter pan out of oven. Dip strips in egg/juice mixture and roll in bread crumbs. Lay coated chicken strips into melted butter in pan, turning to moisten both sides. Bake for about 35-40 minutes.

Hope this makes dinner planning a little easier for you this week!

Misty Krasawski is the overly-blessed mom of eight children whom she homeschools in sunshine-y Florida. She has been clinging ferociously to the hand of her Lord since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, homeschooling for the past thirteen years, and has eighteen more years ahead of her with the children who are glad she will have done most of her experimenting on those who went before. Her wonderful husband Rob has much treasure laid up for him in heaven for having been called to such a daunting task. After the house goes to sleep she can sometimes be found gathering her thoughts at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MistyKrasawski.