So You Can Get Back To Your Harried Life
Welcome to the first installment of The 40 Factor’s Quick and Easy Recipes, which are designed to help us spend less time in the kitchen and have more time for everything else.
We’re living in times when we can’t have enough or do enough. A balanced life is hard to come by, but it’s in our reach. Success comes from understanding our needs and making choices.
Many of us prefer homemade food, desserts, and snacks, but we feel we don’t have the time or know-how to do it ourselves.
It’s time to debunk that myth. Some of the dishes we’re going to introduce here will only take as much time as it would to go pick them up. And, ours will taste better. When you do it yourself, you not only can make it the way you like it, but you also know exactly what’s in it.
Quick and Easy Sweet and Spicy Chicken
1 chicken, cut into pieces
1 cup all natural apricot fruit spread
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 tablespoon Tabasco Sauce (optional)
Preheat the over to 350° F. Rinse and dry chicken. Coat pan(s) with nonstick cooking spray. Place chicken in pan(s) with the skin facing up. Whisk together remaining ingredients. Spread sauce over chicken. Bake uncovered for one hour or until chicken is fully cooked.
Serve with instant brown or white rice.
Hints: Use garlic powder, not granulated garlic. Use all natural, no sugar added fruit spread. It's sweet enough. Use less salt when adding Tobasco Sauce.
Healthy Alternative: Use 8 skinless chicken thighs instead of whole chicken with skin.
Not-So-Spicy Alternative: Omit red pepper flakes and Tabasco Sauce. Replace with 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon white pepper.
Have a favorite dish and want a Quick and Easy recipe? Write lisa-michelle@the40factor.com. If possible, your dish's Quick and Easy alternative will be presented on The 40 Factor.
What's cooking in your kitchen tonight?
