Everyday Food for Busy People
I think tortillas are a fantastic food. You can wrap almost anything in them and suddenly it feels like a pulled-together meal.
One thing that’s been on my to-make list forever is homemade tortillas. I’m sure the homemade kind taste much better than store-bought.
Here are a few of my (many) recipes that use tortillas: [Read more...]
Chicken and Dumplings is one of my family’s favorite meals, but I don’t always have time to make the homemade version. This time, I decided to try a reader suggestion for super-quick dumplings.
The secret is flour tortillas. It doesn’t get easier than that. And I even used frozen chicken tenders, skipping the thawing. Those two time-saving steps make this meal a breeze.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
These have been the handiest things to have stashed away in the freezer. We’ve eaten them for a quick lunch or when someone needs to have dinner at an odd time. The heat up in the microwave and taste great.
I read about the idea on the SC Johnson website in a post written by Sandy of The Reluctant Entertainer. She shared her method for freezer burritos, but didn’t share a recipe. I took her idea and decided to create a black bean and rice filling. In just a little time I had 20 delicious burritos in the freezer.
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You may have noticed that I have a thing for enchiladas.
There’s something about warm tortillas stuffed with zingy filling and covered with melting cheese. Yum!
These were inspired by cans of green chili enchilada sauce I picked up at the grocery. Simple and delicious.
I made these one day when I had a gaggle of giggling girls here for lunch. There were a few boys present too.
Thankfully, these were a hit with all of them and they only took 5 minutes to fix. I’m thinking these may come to the rescue one of those nights when we’re running out to a soccer game this fall.
Oh yum! We’ll be eating these frequently. They have the ease of a slow cooker meal and the crowd-pleasing taste of Mexican food. They are similar to Chicken Fiesta with Black Beans and Chicken Tacos and Salsa Verde Steak.
But they also have a bit more heat (not so much to make them too hot for the kids) and a delicious smoky flavor.
Please forgive my photo. I didn’t take the time to plate this before taking the pictures, so you get to see the serving dish and even the cheesy spatula.
I made these for a quick and easy weeknight dinner after scrounging my pantry and fridge for ingredients to pull together a meal. We all really liked them.
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I have the best neighbors. I asked my boys what they wanted for dinner the other day, and they both requested Fish Tacos. The Chipotle Dressing calls for cilantro. I have some growing in the garden, but there wasn’t much. I took it in the house, determined to make it work and then the phone rang. It was my neighbor asking if I needed cilantro. She had a bunch that she wouldn’t be able to use up and offered it to me, not realizing that I needed some at that exact moment! It’s such a blessing to have neighbors like that!
Back to the tacos – I had 1 bag of Tilapia fillets in the freezer and also a bag of shrimp, so I decided to make both kinds. I seasoned the shrimp with plenty of Old Bay Seasoning and sizzled them in a hot, iron skillet. This time I only had romaine lettuce, instead of the slaw mix or cabbage, but it made a good substitution.
Every once in a while I think I might be losing my mind. Okay. I think that more than just every once in a while.
Regardless, this recipe has made me question my cognitive bearings. The other night I decided to whip up some quesadillas for dinner. Not wanting to reinvent the recipe, I did a search on my blog to find out how I made it before. I know I made them once before. I’m sure I posted it here. I remember some of the comments.
However, I couldn’t find the recipe on here anywhere. I dug through my wordpress files. I searched various titles, categories and tags. Nothing. Squat nada.
So, I started from scratch making up a new recipe. It still bugs me that I don’t know what happened to the other one. Maybe I never posted it. Maybe I really am losing my mind. Oh well. Let’s have a quesadilla and it will all be okay.
This is a beef spin on the Black Bean and Corn Chicken Taco Bake. I was trying to come up with a dinner idea the other day and had all the ingredients except chicken. But I had cooked ground beef in the freezer, so decided to give it a try. It turned out really well. Just as easy as the chicken version and just as tasty. [Read more...]
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