Cheater Chicken Parmesan

Let's face it. It is exhausting always having to put together a perfect meal from scratch. Where I live I do not have the luxury of just picking up a phone and ordering take out. Plus, sometimes I don't want to spend over an hour preparing a meal. So, that is when I came up with a way to have Chicken Parmesan, with out a lot of hassle.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breasts

Shake and Bake

Garlic Powder

Parsley

Left over hamburger buns

Mozzarella cheese

1 jar of pasta sauce

Spaghetti noodles

Butter

*Optional*

The makings for Caesar salad (Roman lettuce, dressing, etc)

Instructions:

1. In the bag provided by Shake and Bake add coating mix, 1/2 tsp of garlic powder and 1/2 tsp of parsley. Mix and coat chicken. Bake for 30 minutes.

2. While chicken is cooking begin cooking your noodles.

3. Mix butter and 1 tsp of garlic powder in a bowl. Spread over hamburger buns. Top with cheese and parsley. Bake for 8 minutes.

4. When chicken is almost cooked pour a little bit of your pasta sauce over the chicken and top with cheese. Return to the oven for last 5 minutes.

5. Add the rest of the sauce to the spaghetti and heat.

6. Serve altogether and enjoy! :-)


This meal is done and sitting on the table in 30 minutes. It has staple ingredients that I usually always have. I plan this meal around a week where I am already using hamburger buns. There is nothing that I hate more than throwing away 2 or 3 moldy hamburger buns. Plus, they make delicious garlic bread. It may not be an overly fancy meal but it is inexpensive, quick and tasty! Yum!

Have a great weekend!

xo