Chicken & Black Bean Burritos

I made some chicken & black bean burritos today, they were sooo good!

Chicken & Black Bean Burritos

Filling Ingredients:

Cooked, shredded chicken

Black Beans

1 C cheese

2 cans Fiesta Corn 

1 can rotel

1 C sour cream

1 clove minced garlic

1 tsp lime juice

1 tsp ground cumin

salt & pepper (to taste)

8 lg tortillas, burrito size

Sauce:

Enchilada sauce

1 C sour cream

Top with shredded cheese

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine all filling ingredients.  

Take a burrito-size tortilla and scoop some of the filling down the midldle. Roll-up burrito-style and place in a pan.  ** If needed cut the burritos in half, they sometimes fit in the pan better. **

After all the burritos are in the pan, pour almost all the sauce on top, reserving about a cup.  Top with cheese and bake 350º for 25 minutes.  

When the burritos come out the oven add remaining sauce and top with some chopped cilantro.  Serve with mexican rice.  Serves 4-6

Chicken & Spinach Lasagna

White Cheese & Chicken Lasagna

Today I probably made the best meal I ever have.  My Tuesdays and Thursdays are normally very busy days for me, but today I was in the kitchen non-stop from 8am until 1pm.  I had two Chicken & Spinach recipes and I couldn't decide which to use.  I made one recipe last night and did not like it.  So I went with the other today.  WOW!  What a difference between the two, like day and night. I will not post the one I didn't like, but the one I did use for today's meal can be found here.

This recipe is definitely worth a try.  The original recipe called for ricotta, but I am not a fan, so I substituted it for cottage cheese.  This recipe has lots of freshness.  I used fresh garlic, baby spinach, onion, basil and parsley.  Northing from a can or jar in this recipe.  The homemade sauce is very easy to make as well.  

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Broccoli, Chicken & Rice Casserole

Made one of my daughter's favorite meals tonight.  Chicken with broccoli, cheese and rice.

What makes this so tasty is the buttery Ritz Cracker crumb topping.  I make this same recipe for our traditional Christmas dinner, but I leave out the chicken, rice & sour cream., its just "broccoli casserole".

This is the recipe I follow:

2-3 C cooked chicken
2 cups cooked rice
1 pkg frozen broccoli, boiled and drained.
2 C cheddar cheese (divided)
1 can cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup.
1/2 C mayo
1 egg
1/2 C finely chopped onion (optional)
1/4 sour cream
Salt & pepper to taste
Lowry's season salt to taste
1 "sleeve" of Ritz crackers crushed and mixed with 1 T melted butter

Mix all ingredients together except 1 C cheese and Ritz crackers.  Pour into a 9x13 prepared pan. Top with remaining 1 C cheese and Ritz cracker crumbs.  Bake 350 for 30 minutes.

Chicken Alfredo

I had a request for Chicken Alfredo, so it was my first meal of September.

I used Pioneer Woman's recipe, but added a few touches of my own.  I added some garlic & herbed butter to the regular stick of butter. I also added a little sprinkle of garlic powder.

If you are on a low-fat diet, this is not for you!  But it is very tasty and it's ok to splurge every now and then!  Gotta enjoy life while you can. 

The recipe I used can be found here.

New Recipe Review - Easy Chicken Dinner

If you are on Pinterest, you probably have seen this recipe floating around.  It looked so simple and good, I just had to try it.

You can see on the chicken where
 my pats of butter were :)

I thought this recipe would be great to try on a Sunday.  After church we are usually famished.  We normally eat at home and we don't want to wait around to have something prepared.  This recipe  seemed like a good one to prepare before church, put in the oven, and program the oven to bake and when we got home dinner would be ready!  Boy was I right!  When I walked in, my house never smelled so good!  We couldn't wait to try it.

The chicken was very tender and moist. I used two forks to split the breasts apart.  The potatoes were perfectly cooked, as well as the green beans.  

The original recipe can be found here.

But in a nutshell here is the recipe.

Chicken, Green Beans & Potatoes

In a 9x13 dish place green beans on one side, chicken breasts down middle and cut up potatoes on the other side.

Top with pats of butter and a package of dry Italian seasoning.  Cover with foil and bake 1hr on 350.

Before

After

It's so easy!

This will be on the menu in October!

Chicken Lazone

This is one of those recipes that was floating around Pinterest.  So I thought I would put it on this month's menu and give it a try.

It was very easy to make.  It was good, but it was just so-so.  I am glad I tried it, but I probably won't put it on the menu again unless it's requested.

If you want to try it for yourself, the recipe can be found here.

My Kids' New Favorite Meal

Creamy Chicken Piccata

On the menu for tonight was "Creamy Chicken Piccata".  This is one of those recipes that I found on Pinterest and it looked so yummy, I knew I just had to try it and put it on the menu.  Needless to say, my meal was sold-out for tonight.  I prepared 5 of these + one for my family,

It turned out amazing and was fairly simple to prepare as well.  ALL my kids ate it.  Which pleasing 5 picky kids is very hard to do!  I was a little worried about the capers because I don't think they have ever had them, but no one complained.  They weren't that strong and they probably thought they were peas LOL!

I suggest that you give this recipe a try.  If you are too busy during the week try it on the weekend!

The recipe I used can be found here

Recipe Review

Roasted Garlic Asiago Chicken & Potatoes

I love to try new recipes and I found a keeper!  Tonight I fixed this wonderful meal of roasted garlic asiago chicken & potatoes.  I found this recipe while browsing one day on Pinterest and I knew I must add it to the menu.  

I roasted 8 bulbs of garlic today and my house smelled incredible.  One interesting fact about this recipes is that all the ingredients I used are found around the perimeter of the grocery store.  I have always heard that you should shop the perimeter of the grocery store and not so much the aisles, and according to the Mayo Clinic, it's because it is healthier.  Who knows? but I did make that casual observation today and it made me feel a little bit better about eating this delicious dish. 

This recipe was quite easy to put together as well.  I pan grilled my chicken first and set it aside. Cooked my potatoes, added the chicken back in with the potatoes, along with the topping (best part), and baked again for 20 minutes on 400º.

The entire recipe can be found here.