Baked wings, a gametime favorite

A long delayed round 2 for our new section "What's for Dinner," everyone's gametime favorite, wings!  I meant to post this prior to the College Football National Championship but I obviously didn't, I think the NBA Finals are coming up so now seems like as good a time ever, plus you'll have time to perfect your recipe before the 2016 season starts!

We ran across this delicious nugget a few years ago when we were dieting but still wanted to enjoy some gameday fare and it's been a household favorite since.  These are on the ish side of healthy but certainly better than deep fried and battered!

Wings:
Preheat oven to 400
Prep:
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1 Tsp salt
1/2 Tsp pepper
Mix up and toss wings in
Bake for 45-50min, preferably on a cooling rack with a cookie sheet under it to ensure even cooking.  After that toss in your favorite sauce and throw back in the oven for ~20 more minutes

Sauces:
Buffalo
1 Tbs butter, melted
1/4 Tsp pepper
1/4 Tsp salt
1/4 cup hot sauce

Sweet Chili
3/4 cup sweet chili sauce
2 Tsp soy sauce
2 Tsp chili paste

Garlic Parmesan
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tsp garlic powder
1/2 Tsp onion salt
1/4 Tsp pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan

Gold Rush (family favorite)
3 Tbs butter, melted
1/2 cup honey mustard
1/4 cup hot sauce
Pinch of salt and pepper

Enjoy!

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Roastest with the mostest

We thought it might be helpful to pair some of our favorite recipes with our budget saver posts in case anyone is thinking "alright, I've got all this meat, now what the heck do I do with it??"  While chicken is our primary protein, we splurged on some beef this month in the form of a roast at a more than 2x chicken price of $4.99/lb.  The weather's cold, we're fresh off another Cash Back Christmas, why not.  

Quick and easy one here:

$18 for ~3.5lb roast

$2 for 3 cans of taters, drained

$1 for half bag of organic baby carrots

and the rest we'll call $3 to make the math easy:

1 pack Low sodium brown gravy mix

1/2 an onion

1 Packet of Ranch mix

That's it, $24 and a few minutes and dinner (+ a couple lunches) is on it's way.  Just throw it all in the crock pot with 1/2 cup water on low for 6-8hrs (until the meat's tender) and you've got ~6 very large and delicious servings at $4 each!

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