Chicken Taco Salad...and a kid craft!

Ok, so Im sure most of you will read this post and be like "Well Duh! You've never done that before?" But this was a first for me and I loved it!
  I love Mexican food! (well ok I love all food!) I have really been craving Tacos lately, but I dont have ground beef in my freezer and since Ive been trying to use stuff up I have made sure I havent been buying any either. So Yesterday for dinner I was supposed to put a rub on my chicken... but as I was staring at my pantry I couldnt decide on a rub and my taco seasoning kept on catching my eye... so I thought Why not? I made up a thicker version of Taco seasoning. I think mine calls for 1 cup of water to 3 Tbsp of seasoning... but I just added enough water to make it into a paste. Then I poured it over the chicken and baked it in the oven. Then I cut it up and put it on top of a salad. MMMMMMMM... it was really good! You should try it!
   I have also been trying to make more crafts with my kids... mostly Ive just been trying to keep the TV off more. So yesterday we made one that was really fun and CRAZY simple. All I did was trace and cut out their hands and then let them color on Tatoos. (ok I lied a little... I like Owen color on the paper before I cut out his hands as I didnt think my 19 month old could stay on his little hands too well!) But then we taped them to the window in their bedrooms. My Boys loved it!

Naan Bread

I love Naan Bread and I also love pizza... so here is my tip for you tonight... instead of pizza crust try making a pizza on Naan Bread. Im sure an Indian flavoured pizza would be awesome on it... but I even just did a traditional BBQ Chicken Pizza on Naan and it was Fabulous!

Japanese grilled Chicken

This is a tasty quick recipe that I picked up from one of those quick meal ideas shows... Fixing Dinner... or something like that. I really like it and its super simple. Which is what I always like to do on a saturday... because I dont know about you but I always wake up saturday morning feeling very ambitious and make a HUGE to do list and truly believe I will get it all done... and well its now early evening and I think Ive accomplised 3 things on the list.
  A little side rant here... its Jaxons birthday in a couple weeks.. we are having a HUGE swimming party... I have been working on cutting out 36 mini favor boxes all day! It SUCKS...they better turn out they way I want them too... jobs like this make me wish for a silloutte.

Japanese grilled Chicken

1 egg

1 Tbsp Paprika

1/4 cup Honey

2 Tbsp sesame oil

2 Tbsp Soy sauce

1 Tbsp lime juice

12-16 boneless skinless chicken thighs (I use a few chicken breasts instead)

Stir all ingredients (except chicken) together. Add chicken, turn to cook and refrigerate over night. Preheat grill and cook chicken until cooked through.

Here is a freezer meal tip for you... I often take all these recipes that have chicken in a marinade and make them up in freezer bag, add enough chicken for a meal (in our house thats 3-4 pieces) and then put the bag in the freezer. Then you just have to pull it out and the chicken marinades as it defrosts.