Freshen up the menu by adding in some mouth watering flavors to this Firecracker chicken dish. Ohhh aaahh!

Chicken dinner sounds so ..blah blah, but if you add all the right ingredients, your family is going to be amazed at what you serve up!

What are the right ingredients? Well, let’s start with garlic, bell peppers and PINEAPPLE!

I know there are a lot of chicken breast fans but I happen to be partial to boneless skinless thighs. They don’t dry out and are super flavorful.

Having a recipe that can easily be re-heated is awesome as well. Face it, not all meals taste as good the following day, but a recipe like this really allows the flavors to mix together. Hello left-overs!

I love being able to put rice in the rice cooker and know that by the time it is ready, dinner will be ready to serve.

This is what Rachael of Eazy Peazy Mealz has to say about one of her favorites mash-up recipes.

One of my favorite things to get at a local restaurant is their firecracker chicken, seconded by sweet and sour. I started thinking about it, and thought how yummy it would be to make a cross over of sweet and sour and firecracker, and so I came up with Pineapple Firecracker Chicken. It has that heat you expect from firecracker chicken, with the sweetness of sweet and sour.

GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS.

Next Page »

Quick Tip: If you don’t have frozen pineapple chinks you can use canned pineapple in its own juice or even fresh pineapple!

Another time saving idea is to have the chicken already prepped ahead of time. If you are making something like chicken enchiladas, go ahead and buy more meat, cut it up and put 2 pounds in the freezer. Make sure to mark the bag what you are planning to use it for.

Photo and recipe courtesy of Rachael at Eazy Peazy Mealz 

The post Stuck in a Dinner Rut? How about a Meal Makeover Tonight! appeared first on Urban Retro Recipes.

Celebrate the warm days of summer. Sit in the shade and savor a real fruit treat.

Some of my favorite memories with are kids involve being together on long summer days. School was out, and being able to sleep in a bit, stay up late enough to watch the stars overhead in hope of wishing on one as it sped across the sky, disappearing before you could even point it out to the person sitting next to you.

We loved our big lawn. Sometimes the neighbor kids would join in a game of football or hide and seek. It was a lot of mowing, but even the smell of freshly mowed grass was savory. And then there was the sprinkler.

The one that sprayed tiny streams into the air, looking more like a curtain than actual water drips. The basic sprinkler would move on simple gears to the setting we had put it on. But, in our minds, it was always trying to tag us with its watery fingers. There were the times where the kids would squeal with delight as they ran and jumped to the other side.

Bathing suits dripping wet, they would sit outside while I ran in to pull popsicles out of the freezer.

While we used to just get the basic juice popsicles, I love that these are made with real fruit.

This is what Martyna of The Wholesome Cook says about her recipe.

Healthier than their ice cream counterparts they are low in fat and have no added sugar. To spice them up a little, I have added some coconut milk and ground cinnamon.

GO TO THE NEXT PAGE LINK FOR THE INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS.

Next Page »

Quick Tip: If you have a few bananas feel free to add those to your popsicle mix instead of coconut milk.

Photo and recipe courtesy of Martyna Angell of the Wholesome Cook

The post You Are Never Too Old For a Good Popsicle..Or Running Through The Sprinklers appeared first on Urban Retro Recipes.