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Recipe and picture courtesy of Food.com

I just stumbled upon this chicken recipe and thought it might be a good recipe for those of you who are thinking about staying in tonight! As long as you have chicken in your stockpile, garlic and brown sugar, you have all of the necessary ingredients to make this yummy looking recipe!  I haven’t tried this recipe yet but when I read the reviews some were saying it turned out a little bland so you might want to add a little salt or hot pepper (or both) to zing it up!  Along with this you could make a salad or a cooked veggie and then a carb side like rice or potatoes.  Easy!

Easy Garlic Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 garlic cloves , minced
4 tablespoons brown sugar
3 teaspoons olive oil

Directions
1) Preheat oven to 500°F and lightly grease a casserole dish.
2) In small sauté pan, sauté garlic with the oil until tender.
3) Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar.
4) Place chicken breasts in a prepared baking dish and cover with the garlic and brown sugar mixture.
5) Add salt and pepper to taste.
6) Bake uncovered for 15-30 minutes.

Leave a comment if you end up trying this recipe!   Would love to hear your feedback!

So – I’m not a huge Valentine’s Day girl.  Sometimes I think that once we have kiddos I will be more into the holiday.  For tonight, we are going to have a quiet day and night – for dinner we will probably order in – either pizza (maybe using our free Papa Johns coupon code from Super Bowl) or if I get the gumption,  I may make a nice meal although I need to thaw out meat or fish if I’m cooking.  We’ll have to see where the day takes us 🙂

This morning hasn’t quite started off smoothly.  Do you see the picture above?  Can you tell what that is?  Yes – a coffee up that is split down the middle.  Hubby was kindly making me a cup of coffee and after pouring the coffee into the cup and filling it to the brim, he noticed it had a crack.  Well, the next thing I heard was half of the glass dropping into the sink and coffee going EVERYWHERE.  Fortunately our dogs weren’t in the kitchen at the time.  We now have a sparkling clean kitchen floor after mopping up the spilled coffee.  So that is definitely a perk of coffee spilling everywhere!

Hopefully our day goes smoother.  And hopefully you have a smooth and wonderful Valentine’s Day as well! 🙂

I wanted to take a break from couponing for a moment to introduce you to an awesome website devoted entirely to autism. Are you affected by Autism? Be it directly or indirectly?  It seems that as the years go by, the numbers of children diagnosed with autism is growing. That is why this website is such a valuable resource.  The website is called AutismUnited.org. This empowering website is filled with information like Early Signs of Autism, Types of Autism, Developmental Activities for Autism and so much more.  Autism United works to educate and bring information, research and specialist studies to their website so that you can find everything at one place.  Go HERE to check out AutismUnited.org. Autism United also has a shop where they feature exclusive offers and discounts for their readers which they obtain from working directly with their merchants. Go HERE to view the online stores that are participating.

I know that there is a great possibility that many of you have children who have Autism and this website is a great place to go to stay up-to-date on all things related.  And, there is a blog that goes along with the website.  Go HERE to check out the blog.  The blog posts weekly articles on everything from How to Teach Your Autistic Child to Communicate, Teaching Your Autistic Child to Understand Emotions, Helping Your Child Learn a Routine Through the Use of Picture Schedules and more.

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