So today I start week 1 of my online Summer courses for college. From the work that I already have to do (its only day 1!) I can already tell that its gonna be a tough semester. I only have three classes though. (English 102, History 202, and Psychology 101) But it's day 1 and I already have to write three papers and have a test coming up on the 8. Go figure. For those of you that are wondering about online courses, they are actually very easy. The hard thing is time management. With being at home you run into all sorts of distractions. Instead of sitting in a quiet classroom, you're at home where you need to do the dishes, look after the baby and the dog, cook supper when the husband gets home, etc. And then there's the distractions that aren't thing that need to be done but they are things like the couch calling you to come take a nap or the PlayStation begging you to turn on Netflix and watch the show you've been trying to watch forever. Whatever it may be, with online courses you just have to set you up a schedule. Like for instance, I am going to try to get on 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) and those time will more than likely occur at night when everyone's asleep. My last semester was all online except for one class and I wound up with a 3.5 GPA for the semester. (If it weren't for the one campus course I would have had a 4.0) So enough about boring ole school.

Today I'm going to share a recipe that I found on Pinterest. I'm a major Pinterest addict. I'm serious I seriously thing I have a problem. HaHa. Anyways the recipe I found came from another blogspot blogger  (http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html) and she found it on http://www.melskitchencafe.com/...This recipe has become a family (and friend) favorite in my household. I only make it once a month though because all together it takes about two hours of constant attention (once it's in the oven you have to flip it every 15 minutes) But it's completely worth it. Anyways this absolutely AMAZING recipe is for baked sweet and sour chicken. Whoever originally came up with this  recipe was an absolute genious.

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

The chicken coating:

3-4 boneless chicken breasts
salt + pepper
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup canola oil

The sweet and sour sauce:

3/4 cup sugar
4 tbs ketchup
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp garlic salt

       Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat then dip into the eggs.  Heat your 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and cook your chicken until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for one hour and during the baking process you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes.

This is the wonderful outcome of all that hard work (:

In my house we usually serve this with plain rice (I put salt and pepper on mine and my husband puts butter on his) and some yeast rolls. 

I'd say there are about 6 servings in this recipe so the nutritional values for this dish per servings are:

Total Fat 15g

23 %

Sat Fat 2g

10 %

Total Carb 49g

16 %

Fiber 0g

0 %

Sugars 29g

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Cholesterol 105mg

35 %

Sodium 1077mg

45 %

Protein 19g

38 %

For the ENTIRE recipe, the nutritional values are: 

Total Fat 89g

137 %

Sat Fat 11g

55 %

Total Carb 294g

98 %

Fiber 1g

4 %

Sugars 174g

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Cholesterol 629mg

210 %

Sodium 6459mg

269 %

Protein 114g

227 %

The information found above was calculated with a nutritional calculator provided by saymmm.com. I really hope you guys enjoy this recipe as much as my family has. (: