Slow week.. Starting the homemade journey.

I have generally always been a little bit of a Suzie Homemaker.  In high school, friends called me Betty Crocker. Since having kids I'd say the urge doubled. Now being married, quadrupled. Everything I can get my hands on, everything I see, I want to make myself, both for the money saving benefits and the satisfaction of creating something myself. So, for homemade items this week, I decided to try a homemade ranch recipe and a version of the popular Bisquick chicken tenders recipe. To start that is. For the ranch, I ended up not having all the ingredients I needed. I forgot sour cream and the store didn't have fresh dill or chives. Here is a general recipe I came up with. 

Homemade Ranch Dressing

3/4 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. buttermilk
Juice of half lemon
1 tsp fresh chopped parsley
1/2 tsp. dill seasoning
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper

Mix together and refrigerate for up to a month.

I have to say, I do think sour cream would've helped the recipe.  This still was delicious. If you have sour cream, I would do half cup mayo and half cup sour cream. But if not this works too. Yum!

Next, I took the Bisquick recipe and turned it into an Italian seasoning recipe.

2/3cup Original Bisquick® mix
2 tbls grated Parmesan cheese
1/2teaspoon salt or garlic salt
1/2teaspoon Italian seasoning
3boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips
1egg, slightly beaten
3tablespoons butter melted

1Heat oven to 450ºF. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray.
2Mix Bisquick mix, cheese, salt and paprika in 1-gallon resealable plastic food-storage bag. Dip half the chicken strips into egg; place in bag of Bisquick mixture. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken. Drizzle butter over chicken.
3Bake 12 to 14 minutes, turning after 6 minutes with pancake turner, until no longer pink in center.

I cut and pasted from the Bisquick website, but I tried to fix any mistakes. I also changed the Italian seasonings I added. The kids ate it up! I thought it was good too although if I make it again I might try a deep fry version.  I don't prefer the flour-y taste of the baked version. Simple and easy dinner though!