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15 Minute Meal Series – Pepperoni Pizza Pasta

September 3, 2014 by Tiffany King 1 Comment

Pasta meals are often quick to fix. They also tend to be inexpensive. Win-win.

This recipe uses pepperoni for protein and flavor. That means that there’s no meat that has to cook. You can’t get easier than that.

I make mine chock full of bell peppers and onions. Feel free to add any pizza topping that your family likes. Mushrooms, banana peppers, olives or anything else your imagination and pantry yield.

Click here to see the recipe for Pepperoni Pizza Pasta.

This post is part of our new series on 15 Minute Meals. You can find the other posts in the series linked here.

15 Minute Creamy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

September 2, 2014 by Tiffany King 18 Comments

I do a lot of recipe creation. Sometimes the recipes don’t turn out well and I never share them with you. But sometimes, I come up with a winner.

This chicken noodle soup is a winner!

First of all, it takes just 15 minutes to fix.

It’s also homemade. Okay, I’m using that term a little loose. The broth isn’t homemade. And my mom asked if the noodles were homemade (she’s hard to impress!).

But there’s no cream soups or mixes in here. And that’s what I mean by homemade.

And if you’re smart enough to make your own broth and freeze it and use chicken you’ve cooked and frozen, then it really can be homemade. (I’m not even going to talk about making the noodles though.)

I used boxed chicken broth and frozen rotisserie chicken for mine. Everyone loved it! It’s creamy, nourishing and hearty.

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Peach Chutney Chicken Salad – 15 Minute Meal

August 26, 2014 by Tiffany King 2 Comments

This is some of the best chicken salad I think I’ve ever eaten.

The addition of peach chutney and curry powder really elevates this stand-by.

The Peach Chutney gets made in the slow cooker and then frozen in small batches. I’ve loved having it in the freezer. I’ve made 15 Minute Chicken Curry Skillet using the chutney several times already.

You can have this chicken salad ready in less than 15 minutes, providing you have chicken cooked and ready to go. I keep chicken in the freezer for fast meals like this.

And although I used homemade chutney, you can also use a jar of store-bought.

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Sausage and Corn Quesadillas – a 15 Minute Meal

August 21, 2014 by Tiffany King

One way to make quick dinners is to wrap something – almost anything, really – in a tortilla. I keep tortillas on hand in the pantry, because they’re great for nights when I’m wondering what I’m going to fix.

Oh yes. I have those nights too, where I stand in front of the pantry and fridge surveying the contents. Some of my best recipes come from those forced cooking sessions.

Here’s how I create those recipes. I’m going to share my system so you can do the same thing. Some of you already cook this way, but for others, it’s a new experience.

Let’s say you’ve got a pack of tortillas handy. Knowing a quick meal can be pulled together using those, we’ll start there.

Next, check your fridge and freezer for any meat you may have. Leftover cooked chicken, ground beef or pork and even sausage can be used. For this meal, I chose Italian sausage. It doesn’t have to be Mexican to be wrapped in a tortilla. No rules here!

You’re also going to want cheese. Tortillas and cheese are like peanut butter and jelly. They belong together! For this recipe, I grabbed a block of Monterey Jack and started grating.

You could stop there if you wanted. Sausage and cheese would be filling all on it’s own. But since I had half a jalapeño and some frozen corn, I decided to add those. You could also use red or green bell peppers, onion, garlic, zucchini…let your imagination and pantry guide you.

Now it’s just a matter of deciding how to cook what you’ve got. This would make wonderful enchiladas. Just add a simple red sauce to the top and bake.

But I was in a hurry, so I chose to make quesadillas. Crispy on the outside and melty on the inside. Everyone loves these!

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Sausage and Corn Quesadillas – a 15 Minute Meal

Servings: servings

Ingredients

1 lb. Italian sausage
1 cup corn
1/2 jalapeño seeds removed and diced
8 oz Monterey Jack cheese shredded
8 - 10 Azteca tortillas
oil or cooking spray

Instructions

Cook sausage over medium heat in a skillet until done.
Add corn and jalapeño and heat through.
Spread sausage/corn mix on one half of tortilla.
Top with cheese and fold tortilla over.
Cook over medium heat in large skillet or griddle until toasted on the outside.

15 Minute Skillet Chicken Curry with Peach Chutney

July 29, 2014 by Tiffany King 7 Comments

When I got the idea to make Peach Chutney in the slow cooker, it was on a morning I was in the mood to create something. I started the chutney, spray painted a giant fork and spoon to hang in the kitchen, and started painting an end table.

While all of that was happening, I pondered lunch. I knew it needed to be quick. And I wanted to use the chutney as part of the recipe.

This Skillet Chicken Curry is the result. I had leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge, so that made the recipe really easy. If you don’t have chicken already cooked, you can use this Basic Chicken Skillet method to get this dish started.

I altered this recipe from Slow Cooker Chicken Curry. Instead of coconut milk, I used the chutney to balance the spices in the dish. It turned out wonderful. Everyone loved it!

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