Mexican

7 Layer Dip End Zone Recipe

January 11, 2016 by Tiffany King 2 Comments

Football season is in high gear and it won’t be long before the Big Game is here. I’m not much of a football fan, but I do love the food that gets served while the TV is on!

7 Layer Dip is a classic for parties. This one gets a little football theming with a tortilla goal post and easy field striping using Daisy Squeeze Sour Cream. Daisy Squeeze is really convenient and easy for kids (or grownups) to top tacos, chili, potatoes and more without making a mess. Use it to decorate other foods for the big game too – like making football laces or football field lines.

Daisy Squeeze made it really easy to decorate the top of the dip. This is a great project to do with your kids. From spreading the refried beans on the bottom layer, to mashing avocados to decorating the top with sour cream stripes – the kids can do it all!

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own 7 Layer Dip End Zone:

15 Minute Chicken Fiesta Skillet

May 6, 2015 by Tiffany King 4 Comments

This is one of those fall-back kind of recipes. You can vary it in a million ways. And as long as you have cooked chicken in the freezer, you can have this dish on the table in just 15 minutes. If you have to cook the chicken it will take a bit longer, but it’s still a quick meal. Use the Basic Chicken Skillet instructions to get started if you’re using raw chicken. You could also go vegetarian and leave out the meat altogether.

I came up with this on the way home from church last Sunday. I hadn’t made any kind of plan for lunch, so while we drove home I took a mental inventory of ingredients in the kitchen. I do this on purpose sometimes, because it forces me to create easy recipes with common ingredients.

This skillet dish is an adaptation of Chicken Fiesta with Black Beans in the Slow Cooker. That post is old – one of the first posts I ever wrote on this site over seven years ago! The photo is terrible (I really need to snap some new ones). The recipe is stellar though and it’s one of our family favorites.

Unfortunately, on Sunday I didn’t have any black beans so I subbed kidney beans instead. I don’t have an ingredient photo for you this time either. We were in a big hurry to sit down and eat. I didn’t think to take photos until a day or two later, after we’d eaten nearly all the leftovers. You’d think after seven years that I’d be a better food blogger!

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15 Minute Chicken Fiesta Skillet

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Servings: -8 servings

Ingredients

2 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 onion chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 clove garlic crushed
2-3 cups cooked chicken chopped
1 can diced tomatoes with juice
1 can corn drained
1 can black beans or kidney beans drained and rinsed
1 Tbs. cumin
1 tsp. chili powder
salt to taste

Instructions

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat.
Add onion, green pepper and garlic to skillet and cook until onion is soft.
Add chicken, tomatoes, corn, beans and spices.
Heat over medium heat until it's all hot through.
Serve in tortillas, over cornbread or with tortilla chips.

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26 Recipes for Cinco de Mayo

April 30, 2015 by Tiffany Leave a Comment

Mexican food is always a hit at our house. I’ve shared a lot of our favorites here on the blog over the years. These are recipes we come back to time and time again. Whether authentic or some of our favorite “Americanized” versions, it always seems to hit the spot! Plus, there are so many delicious sides you can serve with Mexican inspired meals. And the great thing about many of these recipes is they are so easy and quick to put together. That makes weeknight meals a breeze. A bit of homemade salsa and fresh guacamole, and it’s perfect.

So in the spirit of Cinco de Mayo, here are 26 of our favorite Mexican inspired recipes for you to enjoy. Whether you are planning to celebrate Cinco de Mayo or not, you’ll love these meals!

Sausage and Corn Quesadillas

Salsa Verde Steak

Barbeque Chicken Fajitas

Bean and Cheese Enchiladas

Beef and Black Bean Taco Bake

Black Bean and Corn Chicken Taco Bake

Sloppy Slow Cooked Chicken Tacos

Creamy Jalapeno Chicken Tacos

Smoky Chipotle Chicken Tacos

Taco Soup

Quick and Easy Chipotle Burrito Bowls

Chicken Enchiladas

Chuck Roast Enc hiladas

Crisp Black Bean Tacos with Feta & Lime

Crockpot Beef Fajitas

Crockpot Chicken Fajitas

Pork Carnitas

Shredded Taco Beef

Grilled Chicken & Cream Cheese Enchiladas

Fish Tacos with Chipotle Dressing

Mexican Beans & Rice

Chipotle Chile Chicken Nachos

Mexican Vegetables on Cornbread

White Queso Soup

Oven Baked Chicken Tacos

15 Minute Tacos with Chipotle and Garlic

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15 Minute Tacos with Chipotle and Garlic

October 29, 2014 by Tiffany King 1 Comment

We love tacos at our house, and we love trying different types of taco recipes.

Last week we had one of those nights when everyone needed to eat at a different time. Tacos are perfect for those nights. The meat can be made ahead of time and in just a few minutes. Then each person can assemble their tacos when they’re ready to eat.

Lucky for me, McCormick had just sent me a bunch of their new Skillet Sauces.

I had ground pork in the freezer, so I browned that out quickly and chose the Taco with Chipotle and Garlic Sauce to add to the meat.

We loved the flavor of it. The tacos were saucy, with a nice amount of chipotle taste. Not too hot at all, but just a great flavor. The sauces are made with McCormick’s all natural herbs and spices.

Did I mention that the meat was saucy? We don’t like dry taco meat. These didn’t even need extra taco sauce added.

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15 Minute Tacos with Chipotle and Garlic

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef or pork
1 packet McCormick Taco with Chipotle and Garlic Skillet Sauce
Lettuce tomato, cheese and other taco fixings
12 taco shells

Instructions

Brown the ground meat in a large skillet.
Pour in McCormick Skillet Sauce and heat over medium heat.
Serve in taco shells with all the fixings.

McCormick’s new Skillet Sauce comes in a variety of flavors. Some are even able to be used in the slow cooker too.

Smoky Applewood BBQ Chicken with Bacon

Taco with Chipotle & Garlic

Sesame Chicken Stir-Fry

Sweet & Smoky Sloppy Joes

Fire Roasted Garlic Chili

Fajita with Roasted Chili, Garlic & Lime

Sicilian Chicken with Tomato, Basil & Garlic

We also tried the Sesame Chicken Stir-Fry last week. Since I’d been sick with a cold, these came in so handy! I used frozen popcorn chicken and broccoli with the Sesame Chicken Sauce and it turned out great! So easy!

Disclosure: I have been compensated and was provided McCormick Skillet Sauces. However, all opinions are my own.

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.