Let me begin by extolling the virtues of Soul Seasoning. What is Soul Seasoning, you might ask? Oh, only the most delightful form of ambrosia I've found. It's all the seasonings that we in the South use on a daily basis rolling into one little shaker of goodness! There's salt, pepper, paprika, tumeric and so much more! I used this seasoning on everything... well, not desserts, but pretty much everything else. Did I mention that this little find is a STEAL at Fred's for $.50 a bottle??! Yesiree, Bob! So that being said, if you don't have access to a Fred's, let me know and I will indeed send you a shaker of this spicy yumminess.

Now, the reason for that post was to let you know that you can substitute the spices in this recipe by using one single bottle of Soul Seasoning instead.

Easy Chicken Marsala

Ingredients:

• 4 chicken breasts (I prefer bonesless, skinless breast)
• salt
• pepper
• paprika
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 8 oz sour cream
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup cooking sherry

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350.

Place chicken breasts in bottom of 9 x 13 baking dish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika.

In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over chicken and bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes.


Now, I, of course substituted Soul Seasoning for the spices and I added a can of sliced mushrooms to the mixture. The original recipe, I got from my stepmom and just tweaked it a bit to our liking.

I served this with breaded eggplant slices and white rice. 1) Can you guess what went in the batter for the eggplant slices? and 2) The creamy delisciousness of the gravy is most excellent over rice.

Let me know if you guys try this recipe and what you think. Here's how we gauge the success of a recipe at our house: At dinner, I cook enough for both Brian and myself to have lunch the next day at work. If a recipe is TRULY successful, at least one of us is dining out the next day!

Well, actually, I'm always late. Argh... it's a curse. I actually have friends who tell me something starts 30 minutes before it does just so I'll be on time. That being said, time management is something I struggle with on a daily basis. Now, mind you, we like to eat at our house... and we like to eat well. Unfortunately, a lot of eating well seems to take a lot of time, which I don't have.

Now, I choose to believe I'm not the only wife out there with this issue. There are, I'm sure, other wives who work, moms who carpool, dance lessons, soccer practice... so on and so forth, ad nauseum. Soooooooo... I decided to create a blog about it. Crazy, huh, when I'm complaining about not having enough time? I wanted to share my shortcuts and quick and easy but mouth-wateringly delish recipes with other frazzled women. Hopefully, I'll be able to do so with a bit of humor and a lot of honesty.

Don't get me wrong... it won't be ALL about food. It will be about saving time, saving money and sometimes even saving face. Bye for now! Check back tomorrow... I'm trying two new recipes tonight!