Chicken Thighs and Tomato Soup

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I use a broiler pan when I bake my thighs so that the fat can drip to the bottom and it's not swimming in grease.

Srinkle chicken with salt and pepper, marinate in olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings of your choice, or Itallian dressing if you have it. Place on a broiler pan and cover with garlic and onion. Bake uncovered at 350 for an hour.

Cook pasta and set aside.

Saute frozen veggies in olive oil, with garlic, onion, oregano, basil, and whatever spices sound good. Toss in pasta with a tiny more olive oil and whatever cheese you have like, parmesan or feta.

Voila! Dinner.

OMG, we're living parallel lives! Glad to meet you!

My son is also at a Band competition. I have chix thawing. !!!

My plan for dinner: crockpot soup. I'm going to bake the chicken 1st. Then I'm going to throw the chicken, some onions/garlic, vegies, canned tomatoes into the crockpot. I haven't decided if I'm going to use Mexican, cajun, or Italian seasoning. Leaning toward cajun, because I do have a box dirty rice which I can throw in there, too (or make separate & pour the soup over it).

I live in MO & it's a colder day today. My son's not going to make it home until either 10pm or 1am....depending on whether they make it to the finals. I figure either way a hot bowl of soup + bread will hit the spot for him....& warm him up inside/out! Enjoy today.....

I would do something interesting to the chicken, I usually have some sort of sauce stuff in the fridge like BBQ, Teryaki, Worcestershire, some sauce or another. marinate the chicken for at least half an hour then cook it in a skillet or bake it. Make some over steamed rice and use some other fresh stuff as a side.

Oven steamed rice:

2 cups boiling water
1 cup long cooking white rice
1 ts. salt.

Put in a heat proof bowl with a lid and bake at 350 degrees 30-35 minutes. fluff with a fork and it is perfect every time. I use a Pyrex clear glass bowl with the glass lid. It seals enough to keep the moisture in.

If you were in the mood for hominy or mexican- I'd say make something like tortilla soup.
For dinner last night we had chicken stir fry with vegetables and teriyaki sauce. If it's going to be a leftover, store it before adding the sauce and then you can add a different seasoning(such as italian) when you reheat it. We had leftover rice from another night and turned it into fried rice by adding scrambled egg, frozen peas and carrots, and soy sauce.

My Gram used to make Chicken in the Pan:
Put onion slices on the bottom of the pan.
Put chicken on top.
Sprinkle with garlic, parsley, oregano or whatever else moves you.
If you have a can of stewed tomatoes, put that over top, too.
If you have some potatoes, cut them into steak fries and put them in the bottom of the pan around the chicken. Sprinkle them with spices, too.
Bake until done... It will turn golden brown and be oh so juicy.
Serve with veggies and a side of pasta with butter and cheese.
LBC