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Chicken with a Mustard Crust Leftover Lentils Brown Rice with Onions

Cooking time:  40 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for "menu" instructions

Baked Chicken Breasts with Mustard Crust                        Time: 40 minutes

2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
2 tbs Dijon mustard
2 tbs olive oil
1/2 tsp dried tarragon
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2/3 cup bread crumbs

In small bowl mix mustard, oil, tarragon and garlic.  Spread over both sides of chicken breasts.  Put bread crumbs on a plate and roll to coat completely.  Placed on a baking sheet either nonstick or coated with a bit of oil.  Bake at 400F (200C) for 30 minutes or until topping is light brown and chicken is done (test if not sure - see techniques). Remove and serve.

Southwestern Lentils leftover                                          Time: 15 minutes

lentils from Saturday

Remove from fridge and reheat, either in the microwave or, over low heat on the stove top. 

Brown Rice with Onions                    Time: 25 minutes or whatever your package says

1/2 cup brown rice - I use 'Uncle Ben's' which is all I can get and it is quick cooking.  It looks like
             brown Basmati and cooks in 15 minutes.
1 cup chicken stock or whatever your rice calls for
1 onion
1 tbs olive oil
1 tbs fresh snipped oregano substitute 1 tsp dried

Chop onion.  Heat oil in small saucepan.  Add onion and sauté until tender.  Add rice and sauté another 2 minutes.  Add stock and cook rice according to package instructions.  Add oregano during last 5 minutes of cooking time.  Fluff and serve.  
                                                                                                         

Cooking schedule: 40 minutes Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes Turn oven on Mix mustard, oil, garlic and tarragon Spread mustard mix over chicken Roll in bread crumbs and start to bake Chop onions Start to sauté onions

Add rice, sauté Add stock, cover and cook Get lentils from fridge Make the decision - then do it - reheat the lentils Take a wee break Practice thumb twiddling...or maybe, sudoku.. Times up. stir lentils, fluff rice, get the chicken Serve

 

 

 

 

 

 

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