Au Jus Sandwhiches!

A friend shared this meal with us the other day and I just HAD to get the recipe! ESP since it's EASY!!

2-3lb roast

4C Beef broth

1 packet Onion soup mix

Throw these into a crock pot for 6-8 hours on high, shred and use the juice as the dipping sauce

Bread: A few options, make own french bread, 2 loafs rhodes dough OR get a loaf of french bread  from the store

Melt provolone cheese on both sides of sliced french bread in oven on HI Broil top with roast, Dip and EAT!!! YUMMMMMM!! 

Shrimp...EASY AND DELICIOUS!

If you want EASY here it is!! SO GOOD TOO! You can have ANY side with this! ENJOY!

Melt a stick of butter in the pan. Slice one lemon and layer it on top of the butter. Put down fresh shrimp, then sprinkle one pack of dried Italian seasoning (or in my case about a tablespoon or two from my costco container). Put in the oven and bake at 350 for 15 min. Best Shrimp you will EVER taste:)

Tortellini Bacon Spinach Bake

This recipe was SO GOOD!! My whole family LOVED it and it has bacon in it so hubby couldn't get enough!! YAY!! Easy to make too!!

Tortellini Spinach Bake in Creamy Lemon Sauce
Recipe by Our Best Bites

12 oz bag Barilla Cheese & Spinach Tortelini (find them in the dry pasta aisle)

4 oz bacon or pancetta, (about 4 strips bacon)*
3 cloves garlic, pressed in garlic press or finely minced
2 Tbs flour
2 C milk
¾ tsp kosher salt
⅛ tsp black pepper
1 1/2 tsp dry basil
¼ tsp red pepper flakes (1/2 tsp or more if you like spicy)
1 medium lemon
2 C loosely packed fresh spinach, roughly chopped
¾ C grated mozzarella cheese, divided
¾ C grated Parmesan cheese, divided

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Fill a large stock pot with water and bring to a boil.  Add tortellini and cook according to package instructions.

Place bacon in a medium sized skillet on the stove-top at medium-high heat.  Cook until crisp.  Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon and set on paper towels to drain.  Reserve two tablespoons bacon drippings in pan and discard the rest.  Add garlic to pan and cook until fragrant and tender, about 1 minute.  Add flour to pan and stir with a whisk for about 1 minute. Slowly add milk and continue to stir with whisk until smooth.  Add salt, pepper, basil, and red pepper flakes and bring sauce to a simmer.

While sauce is heating, use a microplane grater or a fine-holed cheese grater to zest lemon.  Then cut lemon in half and remove juice.  Add 2 teaspoons zest and 1 tablespoon lemon juice to sauce.  (Note:  I really love lemon so I added this to my tastes.  If you don’t want as strong of a lemon flavor, I suggest cutting it down to 1 teaspoon zest and 2 teaspoons lemon juice) .  Continue to stir until thickened, 2-3 minutes.  Remove from heat.

Drain tortellini and place back in stock pot.  Reserve 1 tablespoon of the cooked bacon and add the rest to the pasta mixture.  Add spinach, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.  Add sauce and gently stir to combine.  Place pasta mixture in an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish and top with remaining 1/4 cup mozarella and 1/4 cup parmesan and also crumbled bacon.

Cover pan with foil and bake for 20 minutes.  Remove foil and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, until cheese on top is melted and pasta is bubbly throughout.  Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes before serving.

* For a vegetarian meal, omit bacon.

Serves 4-6

Muffin tin mini TACOS

• This recipe was DELICIOUS and loved by the whole family!!!

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  24 

  wonton wrappers
• 1  lb.

  lean ground beef

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• 1  pkg.

  (1.25 ounces) taco seasoning mix
• 2  tbsp.

  Pace® Picante Sauce
• 1/2  cup

  Pace® Chunky Salsa
• 4  oz.

  shredded Mexican cheese blend (about 1 cup)
•  

  Sour cream (optional)
•  

  Sliced pitted ripe olive (optional)

directions

1.

Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. Press the wonton wrappers into 24 (1 1/2-inch) mini muffin-pan cups.

2.

Cook the beef in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until it's well browned, stirring often to break up the meat. Pour off any fat. Stir in the taco seasoning mix and picante sauce.

3.

Spoon the beef mixture into the wonton cups. Top with the salsa and cheese.

4.

Bake for 5 minutes or until the wontons are golden brown and the cheese is melted.

5.

Garnish with sour cream and olives, if desired. Serve immediately with additional salsa.

Baked sweet and sour chicken!!

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

This recipe is So easy but AMAZING!! Just note that it takes an hour to cook in the oven so give yourself the time! Just cook some rice to serve it over! ENJOY!!

The chicken coating:

3-4 boneless chicken breasts

salt + pepper

1 cup cornstarch

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup canola oil

The sweet and sour sauce:

3/4 cup sugar

4 tbs ketchup

1/2 cup distilled white vinegar

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp garlic salt

       Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat then dip into the eggs.  Heat your 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and cook your chicken until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for one hour and during the baking process you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes.  

                                 Below is the greatness you will get when it's all cooked:

YUM!

Chicken/Black bean stuffed Burritos!

No picture, but these ARE AMAZING!! BOTH delicious AND Super Easy!! TRY IT!!

A friend of mine shared this with me the other day and so I have to share! It was, again, so yummy! There is 2 parts to this...possibly 3. And the cook your own tortillas (or your own homemade tortillas) are SO GOOD with it!

Part one:
Throw in these 4 incredients into the crockpot and cook on low for 6-8hrs or high for 4hours
2chicken breasts
1 can of drained black beans
1/2 can of corn (optional)
1 1/2 cups of your favorite salsa

Part Two:
RICE. Start this 30mins before you eat. Just cook rice how you normally do (double the water, bring to a boil and, put on the lid and turn on low. Simmer for 20mins)
Replace the water with Chicken broth  (or chicken boullion)
add chopped green onions, garlic (minced or powder) and salt and pepper

Optional part 3
Avacado Salsa (SO SIMPLE! GIVE IT A TRY!!)

INGREDIENTS

 

• 3 avocados diced chunky
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 3 Roma Tomatoes diced
• 1/8 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
• 1 Tbsp. lime juice
• 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
• 1/8 tsp. pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After you have diced and chopped the avocados, red onion, Roma tomatoes and cilantro, combine in a medium bowl. Add lime juice, pepper and garlic salt. 
2. Toss and lightly stir to combine flavors.

Taco Soup -- Thanks to Camille

When Camille was in Arizona visiting and taking care of Kathryn after her baby was born, she made us some yummy Taco soup!

We had all been shopping together at Charlies (for fun jewelry and accessories) We had 6 adults (Kathryn, Camille, Nikaela, Jenelle, Delight, Joyzelle - 3 kids: (Kimree, Joyze and her friend Shirley - thankfully all older and very helpful) and 5 Babies (all under 3 months!). Right after shopping for hours we came back here and ate yummy, yummy taco soup and partied some more showering Kathryn with a few things for her new baby.

Taco Soup


1 lb ground beef (brown and strain)
1 onion (chopped)
1 can each of Pinto Beans, Chili Beans, and Black Beans (undrained)
1 can Diced Mexican Tomatoes
1 can diced Reg Tomatoes
1 pkg Dry Ranch Dressing mix
1 pkg Dry Toco seasoning mix


Add all in the crockpot and cook on High for 3 hours
Add one can of corn during the last hour


Top with cheese, sour cream and Totilla Chips
ENJOY!!