Who knew?

i have a quick tip

you havent bothered to marinade anything and you know you have bland meat at home... no problem

take what ever dry seasonings or rubs or wet spices / marinades, rather then cover the meat and then let it sit in the fridge for 8 hours, cover it in generous helpings of spice or marinade and then place in a try in the oven covered at about 100% celcius for half an hour

then either uncover and ramp the oven up or as i like to do, get the BBQ or griddle pan roasting hot and sear the meat. it absolutely locks any flavour in

Left over kale: chop it up in a blender with garlic and a splash of lemon juice and add to mashed potatoes. I have had kids ask for my green potatoes:).

I make a spice rub and keep it in a zip lock back and marinate whatever meat I want to have that night in the morning in a zip lock bag and leave it in the fridge until I pull it out to cook that night. My favorite is pork tenderloin with cumin/cayenne/cinnamon/salt/pepper/groundmustard/brown sugar. I serve this with couscous and raisins and a veggie. I also look for any type of unusual spice rub for chicken such as a Middleeastern Blend and if I want a Mexican-inspired chicken I buy Mojo brand marinades which are in a bottle and usually only found in large international type stores.

I love, love, love Adobo seasoning! I made Kale chips for the first time in my life last night and actually went too heavy with it, so they are very salty. Normally I through a tablespoon of it on top of a couple of pieces of chicken before I cook it and it is sooooooooo yummy! It really doesn't matter what veggies I add to dinner because the meat is so flavorful that my veggies do not taste bland.

kale chips?! how do you make them, that sounds yummy!

Kale chips are vile... LOL at least the two times I tried them.

Adobo is a great spice to use with chicken. I also like to use Cumin...

I also have stopped cooking chicken breasts... and switched to thighs... SO much more flavor and they are basically imposable to overcook or dry out. I will season then, saute them in a pan.. add in some veggies and deglase the pan with white wine make a batch of quinoa in the rice cooker and BANG great dinner.