Baked Chicken Tender Dinner

I made this meal for dinner this past Monday. It came out well, especially the sweet potatoes, which Blake said were restaurant worthy. He also liked the broccoli salad which was unusual because he said he usually doesn't like raw broccoli. The sweet potato recipe came from Sweet Pea's Kitchen and I followed the recipe exactly. Then for the chicken, I basically used a recipe from dlyn, but I changed it according to what we already had in Blake's kitchen. I didn't measure for this one. I looked at some recipes for broccoli salad, but ended up just making it myself. I probably didn't need to buy 3 broccoli crowns, because we had plenty left over.

Chicken Ingredients:
1 package organic chicken tenders
about 1 cup of milk
about 1/2 tsp of salt. pepper, garlic powder, paprika
about 1 cup bread crumbs
about 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme, garlic powder, italian seasoning, cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt, pepper
a pinch of fresh thyme
olive oil

Directions:
Marinate the chicken tenders in the milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika for up to 24 hours. When ready to prepare, preheat oven to 400. Mix bread crumbs and seasonings on a plate. Shake off chicken so it is not dripping, and press into breadcrumbs until evenly coated. Set on a rack over parchment paper for about half an hour so breading sets. Drizzle with olive oil and place oiled side down on a parchment paper covered baking sheet. Drizzle the other side with olive oil and bake for about 12 minutes. Then flip over and bake another 9 minutes. Serve immediately.

Sweet Potato Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes
2.5 tbsp olive oil
2.5 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
honey

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400. Peel and cut sweet potatoes into 1 inch chunks. Place in bag and add olive oil, sugar, chili powder, salt and pepper. Mix and let sit for about 15-30 minutes. Grease a pyrex and dump in potatoes. Drizzle with honey. Bake for 40-45 minutes, stirring about every 10 minutes.

Broccoli Ingredients:
3 broccoli crowns
about 1/4 red onion
1/2 cup dried cherries and golden raisins
1/4 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
Brianna's poppyseed dressing

Directions:
Cut broccoli crowns into small pieces. Dice onion small. Mix all ingredients together and dress. Chill and serve.