Valentine's Day ~ Chicken Parmesan

So this is the meal I had every Valentine's Day growing up. It is truly fabulous and tastes like you spent hours in the chicken. It is one of the easiest dinners ever.

Chicken Parmesan
Chicken Breasts - boneless
Club Crackers
Parmesan Cheese
3 eggs
Oil
1 jar of Classico Pasta Sauce
Mozarella Cheese - 1 Package
Rotelli Pasta

Oven 350 degrees. Crush crackers then add a handful of parmesan cheese, put mixture aside. Beat eggs, put aside. Pound chicken just a bit. Dip in egg, then in crackers. Lightly fry both sides of chicken in non-stick pan. You are not cooking it through, just giving it a crispy coating. When golden brown place in baking pan that has a thin layer of pasta sauce on the bottom. Pour remaining pasta sauce over the top of the chicken. Top with mozarella cheese. Bake until bubbly and cheese is light brown.

Serve over rotelli pasta.

I like to serve with salad, garlic bread and a green vegetable. This year it will be asparagus or brussell sprouts.

This freezes really well, so make lots of extra and pull it out when you want to pull your hair out!

Wintertime Steak Dinner

Steak can be just as flavorful cooked on a stove in the winter as it can be on a grill in the summer. Tonight's dinner is Seared Sirloin Steak with a White Wine Mushroom Sauce. This dinner is fabulous and is easy to prepare.
You will need:
1 lb Sirloin Steak (Room Temp)
1 quart fresh white mushrooms
1 onion
1 cup white wine (I used Pinot Noir) Marsala would be an excellent choice as well.
1/2 cube of butter (1/4 cup)
1 TBLS flour
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper

Saute onions in olive oil. Add mushrooms when onions are almost tender. When mushrooms are soft add white wine and let simmer until it is 2/3 of it is gone. Set aside.
Salt and pepper steak to taste. Sear in hot pan on cooktop for 4-5 min a side. Turn once only, Turning over and over will make steak tough. When done let sit for 5 min before serving.
Put onions and mushrooms back over heat. Whisk in flour and butter. Serve over steak.

I served baked potatoes and a green salad with this dish, but asparagus would be wonderful as well.
Enjoy!