Please Pass the Salad Dressing....

It's not just for salads anymore! Salad dressing is a great shortcut for adding flavor to meat. And since there are lots of varieties, you have tons of options. On top of this, the recipes are really kid friendly to boot. The salad dressing are flavorful without being overpowering and their flavors are familiar so kids have an easier time enjoying these recipes. Here are a few to get you started.

The nice thing about these recipes is that they work equally well for pork or chicken, so they are two for one special here. Start with either 5 lbs (or 5 meals worth) of chicken or pork chops. If you use more than a pound of meat per meal, increase the sauces accordingly.

Pre heat oven to 350F.

Catalina Chicken
Mix together: 1/2 C Catalina salad dressing, 2T dry minced onions and 2 tsp beef bouillon (I heat it a little in the micro to dissolve the bouillon). Spray an 8x8 baking pan with Pam and place 4-6 pieces of chicken in it. Pour sauce over top.

Italian Chicken
Mix together 1/2 C Italian Salad dressing and 3-4 T parmesan cheese. Spray an 8x8 baking pan with Pam and place 4-6 pieces of chicken in it. Pour sauce over top.

Raspberry Vinaigrette Chicken
Place 4-6 pieces of chicken in a sprayed 8x8 baking pan. Pour about 1 c of Raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing over top.

Parmesan Ranch Chicken
Mix: 1/2 C Ranch salad dressing, 2 T flour, 2 T parmesan cheese. Spray an 8x8 baking pan with Pam and place 4-6 pieces of chicken in it. Pour sauce over top.

Honey Dijon Chicken
Place 4-6 pieces of chicken in a sprayed 8x8 baking pan. Pour about 1 c of honey Dijon salad dressing over top.

Place all of this in the oven and bake 20-30 minutes, or until all the meat is just barely done. Times will vary according to the thickness of the meat and whether or not you have the bone in or not.



Dinner Salads
As an extra bonus, you can serve these as simple main dishes or you can add them to salad greens with croutons, your favorite cheese, tomatoes or other bright veggies and the dressing you cooked them in and you have a great dinner salad! So now we're up to 20 different meals for the price of 5 recipes! Not too bad, huh?