The Clumsy Cook

Do you know what I love?  Easy meals. You know what else I love? Balsamic vinegar and tomatoes. With some inspiration from The Seasoned Mom and Clean Food Crush  (both delicious recipes by the way!) I have created this new favorite - the Chicken Bruschetta Bake. Don't you love a one-pan meal?!? They're my favorite.  Because doing dishes is my least favorite. Serves : 2, with lunch leftovers Ingredients : For the Chicken: 1-2 large chicken breasts salt & pepper For the Sauce: 1/4c maple syrup 1/4c dijon mustard 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar 3 garlic cloves For the Topping: 3 roma tomatoes 1 bunch fresh basil 2tbsp balsamic vinegar 1tbsp olive oil salt & pepper dried rosemary 1c shredded mozzarella Instructions : 1. Preheat oven to 425*F and grease a 9"x9" baking dish 2. Cut chicken breasts into large chunks - my chicken breasts were pretty thick, so I also butterflied the chicken before dicing. I made my pieces into about 3" strips, making about 2-3 pieces per ...

Ever crave a salad? Did you think that was possible...? Because I made this for dinner and have eaten it twice since then and just want more 😋 What do you need? Not much! This comes together quickly and is absolutely delicious. I used a romaine mix and some shredded lettuce mixed in together for the base. Just add some pico on top, corn, black beans, fajita chicken, and my new fav homemade salad dressing (adapted from Spoonful of Flavor 's cilantro cream drizzle). See below for ingredients. Enjoy! Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing 1/2 c plain Greek yogurt 1/4 c olive oil 1 bunch of cilantro Juice of 3 small limes 3 cloves of garlic Salt to taste 1 tsp. honey Mix the above ingredients in a food processor and that's it! You have a salad dressing. Salad Salad mix of your choice Black beans, rinsed Corn Pico Fajita chicken (HEB sells a frozen, pre-cooked, pre-seasoned bag of this! It's delicious and saves time when you're looking for  Creamy cil...

Bananas ✅ Chocolate chips ✅ Magic ✅ These muffins have been my best friend and favorite breakfast since college. They are deliciously magical, keep me full all morning, make a fantastic snack, and make you lots of friends if you share them. They are my go-to recipe when I forgot about the bananas I bought during last week's grocery trip, and I will even buy bananas to let them go brown sometimes just so I can make these babies! I got the recipe from "The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick. Cheap. Easy." (which is a great name, by the way) I've used and overused this recipe through the years and it has never disappointed. Prep Time: ~10m Bake Time: 25m Makes about 12 muffins Ingredients 1c sugar 1/2c vegetable shortening (I use butter flavored Crisco. I know, so healthy, right? ) 2c all-purpose flour 2 eggs 3 large (or 5 small) overly ripe bananas, mashed 1tsp baking soda 1tsp baking powder 1/2tsp salt 2/3c mini chocolate chips Directions 1.  Cre...

I have some family in Alaska. For Christmas this year, they sent us all kinds of goodies. Meats and fish galore, and I was so excited to cook with the salmon! The fiance and I have recently started eating salmon... a lot. I've been generally opposed to fish for as long as I can remember, but I've started to come around. I started with catfish (fried, duh), moved on to tilapia, and then eventually salmon. My favorite recipe is one that I got from my mom, comes together super quickly after a long day of work, and has a short cook time. Ginger Soy Salmon with zucchini noodles You know what's fun about salmon that doesn't come from a big chain grocery store? Bones.  Millions of tiny, thin bones in the stinky little fish. Okay maybe not millions, but it sure seemed like it. Have you ever de-boned a fish? Because I hadn't, and had to wash my fish germ hands and do some internet searching. The internet concluded that I needed some needle nose pliers, but the fiance...