Simply Delish ~ Cheesy Tomato Basil Chicken Breasts

Sauce

2 tbsp butter or marg
1 cup of cubed tomatoes
1/2  chopped onion
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 tbsp chopped basil
salt and pepper
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 boneless chicken breasts (halved)


Topping

1/3 cup of breadcrumbs
1/4 cup of chopped parsley
1 tbsp melted butter or marg
strips of cheese to cover chicken



To Prepare

Heat oven to 350 (180)
Melt 2tbsp of butter in oven in a baking pan
Stir together remaining sauce ingredients except chicken
Place chicken in baking pan, turning to coat with butter
Spoon sauce over chicken and bake for 30/40 mins until chicken is no longer pink
Stir together all topping ingredients except cheese
Place cheese strips over chicken, sprinkle with topping mixture
continue baking 5 to 10 mins


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Our Veggie Patch

Whitesnake and I are on a mission to be more aware of the food we eat. We want to know where it's been and  how it's has been treated before we eat it. We've already stopped buying our meat from the supermarket and have found a local butcher instead. The meat is much cheaper because we're not paying for all that fancy packaging and it tastes so much better.

We've also started buying free range eggs from glenpark.co.nz. We bought a free range chicken a little while back which was twice the price of a chicken bought from the supermarket and to be honest, it didn't taste as good. We're going to look for a different place to buy our chickens from in future.

I haven't done much gardening in the past but I've always wanted to grow my own veggies. Whitesnake and I headed out yesterday to buy a few plants and containers so we could make a start on growing our own.  We bought some radish seeds and  tomato, strawberry and lettuce plants. We also planted our basil which we had been growing in the kitchen.

It was fun getting my hands dirty and I felt excited to have made a start. I feel like the plants are my babies and kept going outside to check on them and to chase away birds.

We'll let you know how we get on with our little veggie pots.

Bye for now
Love KB
xxx