It’s a new week and we’re coming off of a beautiful May weekend. The weather in Charlotte has been a little on the cooler side with zero humidity… highs in the 70s and lows in the high 50s, low 60s, perfect in my opinion. We try to savor every moment of the mild spring weather as it usually turns hot and humid quickly here in the south.
I haven’t posted many recipes lately. Honestly, I feel like I lost my cooking mojo during the pandemic. We did have our April birthday palooza cake baking blitz, but otherwise, my love for cooking has been on a hiatus. I’m trapped in a motivation lull. With everyone home more (perhaps too much), I’ve gotten lost in the kitchen grind of breakfast, lunch and dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner… add in the snacks and all of the clean up and you get the idea. Cooking and food prep has turned into a total grind and sucked the joy out of what I usually enjoy. And if one more person asks me, “What’s for dinner?” – like I’m the primary and only food source, I may seriously move. So, I’ve taken a much needed break from my head chef position in the Van Devender house. In an effort to keep everyone fed, we’ve tried Hungry Root, Blue Apron and The Green Chef. And by the way, those get old fast. We’ve gotten more take out. We’ve gotten more precooked meals. We’ve eaten more convenience foods and thrown together meals. My husband has stepped up on the cooking front. We’ve made it work, and it’s all good.
My youngest son has been requesting these chicken sandwiches for months now. We used to make them pretty frequently to satisfy our fried chicken sandwich cravings (and that’s a serious thing in our house). His cute little face got to me, and I finally had to say yes! This is a recipe from the Food Babe and is her cleaner version of the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. They can be made gluten and/or dairy free. These get five stars in our house and hope they will be a winner for you too. Crossing my fingers for a big beam of renewed inspiration and creativity in our kitchen, or maybe it will just come in the form of special requests from cute little faces!
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