Microwave Au Gratin Potatoes

Want to avoid turning on the oven with the summer heat coming? This is the solution for Au Gratin potatoes. The best part is they taste like they came out of the oven.

Ingredients:
5-6 peel, washed, sliced potatoes
1/2 c milk
1/3 c butter
1/2 c grated cheese
salt to taste
Pepper to taste


Directions:
In a microwave safe baking dish arrange the potato slices along the bottom. Add in your salt and pepper, pour in your milk and add in your butter. The butter is blobbed in, in tablespoon blobs arranged around the potatoes. Cover and microwave for 5 minutes. When the 5 minutes is up take the mixture out and stir the ingredients together making sure to coat both sides of the potato slices. Cover and microwave an additional 10 minutes. When the timer goes off again once again stir the mixture to make sure the potatoes are and will remain cooking evenly. Add the cheese to the top, cover, and return to the microwave for an additional 10 minutes.


Microwave times do vary so check tenderness of the potatoes with a fork. 

Crackle Barrel Grilled Chicken

This is a super easy way to prepare chicken that is amazing in taste (seriously my kiddos ask for more). I got the recipe from my sister and haven't had to change a thing, it's awesome.

Ingredients:
4-5 Chicken breasts (you can leave them whole or cut them into pieces to infuse the flavor more)
1 8oz bottle of Italian dressing
2t lime juice
4t honey

Directions:
Add all the ingredients into a skillet and fry until the chicken is done. The mixture becomes pretty soupy as it cooks but the liquid cooks down to a really nice sauce. That's it 1 step, 20 minutes and chicken is done.

We've had it over rice, over pasta, and with potatoes it's good with all of it. The flavors in the Italian dressing compliment a variety of sides.