Can this get any more All-American?

Citrus Stuffed Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

Ingredients:

For Chicken:

• 1 Chicken Thigh (skin on, bone in)
• ½ lime Side note 1: Any citrus would work
• 2-3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

Sides:
Mashed Potatoes:

• 1 Potato
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/3 cup milk

Green beans:

• ¼ lb green beans
• 1 clove of garlic

Stuffed Chicken
1: Slice lime.

2: Take chicken thigh and pull skin away from meat, but leave attached. Cut into the middle of the meat.

3: Stuff the two pockets of chicken with lime, butter, and Italian seasoning

4: Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes

5: Crank heat up to 400 degrees and bake uncovered for an additional 10~15 minutes

Side note II: You could do this with any chicken; pieces or whole. If whole stuff under skin with citrus, butter, and Italian seasoning. Also fill chicken cavity with Italian seasoning and citrus as well. Adjust baking time accordingly

Mashed Potatoe:
1: Peel and slice potatoes.

2: Boil for about 10 minutes or until fork slides easily into potato chunks

3: Mash potatoes, add milk and butter.

Green beans:
1: Chop garlic

2: Stir fry garlic and green beans in oil. Add salt and pepper.

Plated:

Cost Breakdown:
Citrus stuffed baked chicken:
Chicken: $1.19/lb x ¼ lb= $0.30
Lime: $0.10/2= $0.05
Butter: $0.09/tablespoon x2= $0.18
Italian Seasoning: Negligible/Too much work to calculate

Chicken Total: $0.30+$0.05+$0.18= $0.53

Mashed Potatoes:
Potato: $0.06
Butter: $0.09
Milk: $0.30/cup x 1/3= $0.10

Potatoes Total: $0.06+$0.09+$0.10= $0.25

Green beans:
Green beans: $1.03/2= $0.51
Garlic: $0.03/clove

Green beans total: $0.51+$0.03= $0.54

Meal Total: $0.53+ $0.25+ $0.54= $1.32