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Monday, August 15, 2016

Monday Dinner-First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for my daughter Samira, she is starting the 5th grade so I wanted to make sure that she had a great dinner to start the year off right. I have been trying really hard to start this school year off right since I am a stay at home parent now.

I decided that I was going to use a great recipe that I saw on the Food Network from Valerie Bertinelli, I changed it a bit but for the most part this is a winner in my book.

Monday August 15, 2016
Chicken Legs with Red Bean and Brown Rice

I left out the sausage and had to Macgyver some chicken stock but it was still awesome. I pride myself on making the best of what I have in my shelves since I am on a tight budget these days. I know my husband always wants a protein with our meal so I had some leg quarters of chicken that I got on sale at the market. I just seasoned them up with a chicken seasoning I got at Mi Pueblo super market. I seared it on the skin side and then covered it after I flipped it over and let it cook on low for about 25 minutes. Half way through I based it with butter, and that really made it delish.