Baked Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

This recipe is great for a breakfast, a brunch, or a mid-morning snack.  It makes enough to provide you with a week's worth of breakfasts or will cover breakfast for the family for two days.  I have been using this for a mid morning or pre 5K training snack.

2 cups Old Fashioned rolled oats
3 Tbsp maple syrup
3 Tbsp slivered almonds (you could use whatever nuts you like or even omit them if you want)
1/4 cup craisins (you could use another dried fruit such as raisins)
2 cups coarsely chopped diced apples (I used Golden Delicious)
2 cups milk (I used skim but you could use almond milk or any type of milk I would think)
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp salt

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.  Mix your oats, apples, nuts, and dried fruit all in a large bowl. Then in another bowl, whisk your eggs, milk, maple syrup and spices. Pour over your oatmeal mixture and gently stir.

Pour the mixture into a baking dish.  I used a 9x11 size; and bake at 325 for about an hour, or until golden brown.

This is really good served warm out of the oven.  It will also set up when it cools and can be stored covered in the fridge and microwaved for breakfast later in the week.

Tuesday's Panko Crusted, Baked Chicken

Tried this recipe last night - there were no complaints so I take that as a success.
Panko-crusted baked not fried chicken (makes 8 servings)
8 - 5 ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts (pound thin if too thick)
3/4 cup panko (a type of b...read crumbs)
1/4 cup Dijon mustard (may sub with spicy Asian mustard)
1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 Tbsp. sesame oil (may sub with peanut oil)
3 garlic cloves
1-1/2 Tbsp. dried parsley

Wash chicken, pat dry with paper towel and set aside. In large bowl whisk together wet ingredients and garlic. Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl. Dip chicken in mustard mixture and then roll in bread crumbs. Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick spray and bake at 475 for 20 minutes or until coating is golden borwn and chicken is no longer pink.

Nutrition Info:
Calories: 231 / Protein: 31g / Carbs: 9g / Total Fat: 7g / Fiber: 0.5g

I haven't tried to change up the coatings and the seasonings, but I think you should be able to do that. We actually used Italian seasoning instead of the parsley. I would think you could use taco seasoning, cajun seasoning, or whatever you like. You might want to change the mustard base if you do that though. Let me know if you try this!