Adore these Tex-Mex flavors and the fact that you get your entire meal cooked in one skillet! This Beef Tamale Skillet Dinner was originally shared with me by a reader and I couldn't not make it. Tamales are a traditional Christmas food around San Antonio and we enjoyed a round (or three!) of tamales this past Christmas. While we aren't adding the corn 'masa' that you would … [Read more...]
Easy One Skillet Chicken Dinner
Dinner just got hacked, my friend! This is a fantastic and delicious skillet dinner of a lemon tainted sauce with chicken cutlets and green beans that steam on top! Serve with side of warm bread or some rice or pasta....so so so simple! This is what I love so much about skillet dinners...they pack a powerful flavor punch and you get to 'hack' dinner at the same time! Get … [Read more...]
Pork Chops, Red Potatoes & Apple Skillet Dinner
My boys love pork chops. I like pork chops with apple sauce. Because it just seems like the right thing to serve with pork chips. Well, here's a non-applesauce version of pork chops...using fresh apples instead. Because I'm a rebel like that. Seriously, this is some amazing food. Also, please pardon the iphone photos here. The baby ran off with my SD card for my camera … [Read more...]
13 Best Pork Chop and Pork Roast Recipes
In case you haven't seen this AWESOME pork chop and pork roast sale at Costco...you need to take advantage and stock up your freezer! Costco has their Pork Chops and Pork Roasts on sale for $3.49 off any package, which is basically the same as getting ONE POUND free! Now, you can totally just stock up on pork and throw them in the freezer...or make your life easier by making … [Read more...]
Freezer Friendly Black Bean Tamale Pie
A Mexican New Year's food tradition is tamales. These are made of corn flour and are wrapped and steamed in a corn husk. They are very pretty and have a wide variety of flavors that can take you from breakfast to dinner. I enjoy tamales as long as someone else makes them. They take up a lot of space to store and cook, are challenging to reheat in large quantities, and … [Read more...]
Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread
I couldn't host a 31 Days of Skillet Dinner Recipes without including my Skillet Cornbread recipe. While it's not a dinner in and of itself, you could make it while a pot of chili simmers on the stovetop! My cornbread has a secret ingredient that keeps it super moist as it bakes in the skillet. Also, if you like your cornbread sweet...add a couple extra tablespoons of sugar … [Read more...]
Tex Mex Chicken Skillet
This is one that I can make and we'll polish it off. I'm raising a bunch of boys who adore Tex-Mex food and this is one of their faves. (Minus the oldest who still picks beans out of everything! As long as he is the one separating them from the rest of the meal, that's fine with me!) If you don't have leftover shredded chicken, you could also cut up some boneless skinless … [Read more...]
Sourdough Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate + Muffin in the same recipe title. OH YEAH BABY! These are perfectly moist, delicious and sweet with a simple powdered sugar topping and a side of fresh fruit. (Because the fresh fruit accompaniment means that we can have more chocolate, right? right? right?) Bake them up, dust them with a little powdered sugar, toss a couple berries onto the plate and you are … [Read more...]
Cast Iron Skillet Chicken Enchiladas
I have a request from you. Can you please start making your own red enchilada sauce? Pretty please. In addition to the cast iron skillet enchiladas recipes, I've also shared my favorite homemade red enchilada sauce recipe. It's pretty basic, starting with a can of tomato sauce with the addition of some broth and smoky, spicy TexMex spices. All pantry staples that you likely … [Read more...]
7 Droolworthy Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes
Morning friend! Here's a list of my favorite Droolworthy Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes! Tap to see each recipe... Slow Cooker Pear Blueberry Crumble Slow Cooker Caramel Apple Crisp Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler Slow Cooker Cherry Cake (just 3 ingredients) Slow Cooker Raspberry Blackberry Crisp Slow Cooker S'mores Dip Slow Cooker Mocha Lava Cake *passes a … [Read more...]