YAY for a Successful Dinner!!

So, if you check out my blog list over on the right hand side of this blog you will see that I read several cooking blogs!!  For the first time today I finally tried a recipe (actually 2 recipes) off of one!!  I'm so thrilled that I had success I thought I would share!!

The first thing I tried was the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing--I am a big fan of ranch dressing, especially homemade.  We have our own personal preference of ranch dressing in the Conner household, it's the one I grew up with, but I thought I would give this one a whirl!  It really is very good--nice and creamy and I made it with lowfat mayo and lowfat buttermilk to help knock down some of the fat.  I will warn you that it has 1/8 of a tsp of Dill--Jason is not a huge fan of dill so I'm not sure I'll be able to trade out our old dressing, but I will use this recipe again, maybe I'll even try it without the dill (or maybe he won't read my blog and won't notice, but it's a pretty strong flavor in the dressing)!!  Camden LOVED it!!!

The next recipe I tried was the Spicy Honey Chicken--the boys LOVED it!!  Now they suggest using chicken thighs, but I used regular old chicken breast and it turned out great!  I only cooked one pack of chicken, so I mixed up the rub as instructed and saved 1/2 of it for the next time.  Before realizing what I was doing I put all of the honey mixture on the chicken (I should've cut it in half)--but it turned out just delicious!!  I paired it with brown rice, and steamed broccoli and carrots--CAN YOU SAY CLEAN PLATES???  Camden even went back for MORE chicken!!  It is not "spicy" as in "hot", it's "spicy" as in a lot of spices!

Don't you love when you find a good recipe and your family just chows down?!  I sure do--this has given me inspiration!   I'm going to start my "try one new recipe a week" tradition!  It usually doesn't last long, we get so busy--but if I can get a few more recipes to throw in the mix it's totally worth it!!!

Have a great week!!