Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Maple Chicken- a meal steeped in cinnamon

We are having a warm week around here, but I'm not quite ready to give up on my fall and winter menus, especially not one this good! It is like a whole meal full of dessert, but since it uses lots of cinnamon and honey it has tons of nutritional benefit and hides the veggies the kids just can't wait to eat up!

Maple Chicken
2 chicken  breasts
4tbsp pure maple syrup
2tbsp vegan butter
1tsp paprika
1tsp cinnamon

Melt the butter, mix in the syrup and spices and baste chicken. Place in oven on 350 for 30 min, then baste chicken again. Continue basting every 20 min until you have a good coating.

Cinnamon Butternut Squash
1 cooked and mashed up small butternut squash. Or you can buy frozen pre-chopped squash and just mash it up after steaming in the microwave. Add a small amount of butter. 1tbsp brown sugar and 1/tsp cinnamon and mix.

I also serve  steamed broccoli with this meal and make a fruit cobbler with cinnamon in the crust mix for dessert.

Quick Fruit Dessert.
1cup GF bisquick
1 1/2c fruit of choice
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp vanilla
1/4c applesauce
1/2tsp baking powder
sprinkle of salt
1tbsp oil
Rice milk

Mix the bisquick, cinnamon, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the applesauce, oil, vanilla and stir. Add rice milk until all in well mixed, but still a thick batter. Stir in your fruit and pour into baking dish. Bake at 350 until golden brown on top. Serve with a sprinkle of brown sugar and cinnamon on top.

Enjoy

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