Holy flavor explosion! But it's not just the flavor that I love...it's that I can have this on the table in 20 minutes! BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COOK THE CHICKEN! First off, start cooking the pasta. Then, while the pasta is cooking, you whip up the Chicken Marsala sauce and they both finish cooking about the same time and BOOM. Dinner is ready to serve! Below is … [Read more...]
Spicing Up Shredded or Rotisserie Chicken
Alright friend, a quick recap of the featured posts in the 31 Days series! First, I shared a video on how to pull chicken meat from a rotisserie chicken. Then, I shared the why and how to make your own shredded chicken. Today, I've got 2 amazing recipes that you can make to get "flavorized" rotisserie or shredded chicken. When I'm making these, I like to use an even mix of … [Read more...]
Do It Yourself “Rotisserie” Chicken – Make Your Own Shredded Chicken
As we kick off this month of "rotisserie chicken recipes," I thought it would be important to share this money saving hack with you. When I think of how to serve rotisserie chicken, I think of two things: You can just cut it up and eat the chicken - drumsticks, thighs and the rest of it - along with some sides like rice or cornbread and some fresh veggies. You can pull … [Read more...]
How to Pull Chicken Meat from Rotisserie Chicken
Hello and happy January! It's another month with 31 days, so another 31 Days series here on $5 Dinners. This month, I'll be featuring all kinds of great recipes and "hacks" for rotisserie and/or shredded chicken. Having shredded chicken in the freezer is one of my most popular and most recommended cooking hacks...because we you have the chicken already cooked and … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Spice Fudge
Good luck eating just 1 piece of this fudge! It's ridiculously delicious... P.S. I saw these Pumpkin Spice baking chips on clearance at Target the other day...so if you're there, check to see if your store has any left. (If not, cinnamon baking chips are the perfect substitute!) Pumpkin Spice Fudge The best treat for the holidays! 3/4 cup butter2 cups … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
Here's another great recipe that will help you use up those holiday baking chips...in this case, both white chocolate chips and cinnamon baking chips. These 2 baking chips combined together make a delicious cinnamon roll flavor combo that is perfect in baked oatmeal. Note: this is a "sweet breakfast" and not something I would serve on a school day (I like our teachers too … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Nachos
My boys ask for these Caramel Apple Nachos about once a week. I don't always have caramel sauce on hand...or time to make a homemade caramel sauce...but that goes to show how amazing this little snack is right here! I thought...as we move into the new year that our holiday sweets and treats series should try to be 'quasi-healthy' - so here's a quasi-healthy dessert … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Pear Blueberry Crumble
What I love about crumbles is that they satisfy my sweet tooth and aren't loaded with calories like, say...a brownie or two. A simple topping over fresh fruit is just enough dessert to work without a load of calories. (And if you're like me...you've switched from "eat.all.the.sweet.things" during the holidays to "need something sweet with less calories" mode!) This is the … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
These are for my non-chocolate chip cookie loving friends! If you're like my husband and my Charlie, then you'd prefer a cookie like this over a chocolate chip cookie. This is a basic oatmeal cookie dough with a few fun holiday/fall/winter spices added in with the white chocolate chips and the dried cranberries. These cookies are a holiday staple at our house! See the … [Read more...]
Ginger Snap Cookies
Guilty. Eating cookie dough guilty, that is. I don't usually eat cookie dough. I will eat chocolate chips out of the bag, but I don't usually eat chocolate chip cookie dough. I am, however, very guilty of eating ginger snap dough. I KNOW...you're not supposed to with the raw egg. (Safe if you are using pasteurized eggs, though!) But it's a risk I'm willing to … [Read more...]