Colorful. I love colorful food. Tasteful. I love tasteful food. (Who doesn't right?!) What you see above is what came straight out of the slow cooker. No styling, no color editing, what you see is what you get. I think this is slow cooker food at its finest! Oh and the #2 reason that I love slow cooking it's usually dump and run. This is one such recipe and I love that … [Read more...]
Quinoa Primavera
I love quinoa. I love how it's so filling. I love that my kids lick their bowls when I make it for them. I love that it's packed with protein. I love that it's an inexpensive way to make a gluten free meal. And I love that you can mix just about anything with it for a delightful one dish dinner. Tonight we have on the table a Quinoa Primavera with diced grilled chicken, … [Read more...]
Roasted Chicken with Tomatoes, Zucchini & Garlic
Simple. Who doesn't love simple. I'm not sure such a tasty meal can be much simpler than this. Here's what it looks like, getting ready to toss in the oven. Place chicken pieces into the baking dish(es). Slice up the zucchini and drain the tomatoes. Drop around the chicken pieces. Drizzle olive oil over everything. Season to your heart's content. Dinner … [Read more...]
BBQ Chicken Street Tacos
This recipe is featured in the 21 Freezer Cooking Recipes from Costco Meal Plan #5. This recipe is part of the latest 21 Gluten Free Meals from Costco Plan. Please note the following about the way that the recipe is written below and how it is written in the plan. The recipe below is written for 1 meal. The plan calls for the recipe to be doubled, so I suggest that you cook … [Read more...]
4-Ingredient Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner...and you know what that means... Tex-Mex food abounds at our house. All.week.long. There are many reasons that we moved our family from Ohio to Texas in 2012. And I'm beginning to think that one of the sub-conscience reasons for moving was to be back in the land of amazing Tex-Mex food. (Please pass the homemade flour … [Read more...]
Chicken Pineapple Stir-fry with Coconut Rice
Sometimes the ingredient stars just align and the meal that I was thinking about, turns out even better than I imagined. I wanted to make something that I knew the boys would love, using a can of coconut milk I've had in the pantry for a few weeks. (I purchased it with this recipe in mind, but just haven't made it yet.) I also picked up a can of pineapple recently with a coupon … [Read more...]
Basil Balsamic Chicken
This recipe is part of the latest 21 Gluten Free Meals from Costco Plan. Simple y'all. It doesn't get any simpler than this. This is your very basic, but very tasty, chicken and rice meal. I often encourage people to set up 'theme nights' in their meal planning efforts...to take some of the guesswork and edge off of the meal planning process and experience. Besides pizza … [Read more...]
Ranch Chicken & Potatoes Casserole
Chicken + Potatoes + Cheese + Bacon...it's the perfect 'quad-fecta'...because trifecta doesn't work here. Top with some green onions and/or sour cream and you're in potato heaven. Except these are baked potatoes. This is yet another really simple 'load and roast' dish that comes together easily, and makes for a great filling weeknight dinner...as long as you get it … [Read more...]
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
This recipe is part of the latest 21 Gluten Free Meals from Costco Plan. I love this enchilada casserole. I love that I can make it all at once and freeze it, or that I can make the chicken and tomatoes in the slow cooker in a larger batch and freeze in meal size portion. Then make this casserole using the frozen chicken and tomatoes. When making 'ranchero chicken,' I … [Read more...]
Herbed Goat Cheese Chicken
Y'all. This is divine. Seriously...we all polished our plates. And I had to hide the extra piece I made so we could have it for lunch. Except Steve found it and took it for his lunch...knowing full well I wanted some for leftovers too. I teased him about it...and decided that this might become a weekly 'chicken and rice' meal for us. This one is definite a 'budget gourmet' … [Read more...]