Chipotle Spaghetti is a delicious zesty Mexican Spaghetti with a Chipotle Sauce. Spaghetti noodles are cooked in water flavored with onion, garlic, bay leaves, and chicken bouillon. The spaghetti is then covered in a creamy, spicy spaghetti sauce made with tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. This spicy spaghetti makes a wonderful Mexican weeknight…
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10 Back To School Dinner Ideas
With the start of a new school year, parents are looking for quick and easy weeknight dinner ideas for back to school. If this is you, then you’re in luck because I’m sharing ten easy, family-friendly 30-minute dinners that are perfect for busy weeknights, especially for back to school! Time Saving Tips For Weeknight Dinner…
Air Fryer Parmesan Crusted Chicken
Air Fryer Parmesan Crusted Chicken is an effortless and delicious twist to traditional chicken parmesan. Tender and juicy chicken breasts are halved lengthwise and then coated in a cheesy bread crumb mixture – air fried to crispy golden perfection! If you love my Air Fryer Stuffed Chicken Roll Ups, Air Fryer Chicken Wings and Air…
Easy Huevos Rancheros
Easy Huevos Rancheros. Say whaaaat? Here’s a translation. Huevos means eggs. Rancheros means Ranchers. So Huevos Rancheros translates to “Rancher’s Eggs.” What these traditional Huevos Rancheros provide is a delicious, hearty classic Mexican breakfast that you and your family love and will fill you up! I have lived in Texas all my life. So I…
Shrimp Fajitas
If you’re in the mood for a restaurant-quality Mexican dish then you can’t get better than shrimp fajita! The mix of tender marinated plump shrimp with sautéed red, yellow, and green peppers and onions is nothing short of mouth-watering! Even better is the fact that you get to make this rewarding and flavor-packed dish in…
The Best Shrimp Dip (with Cream Cheese)
This easy, creamy Shrimp Dip Recipe, made with tiny shrimp, cream cheese, mayonnaise, chives, or green onions, and a dash of hot sauce, makes a great make-ahead game day party appetizer. Serve the retro recipe with your favorite tortilla or pita or chips, crackers, or baguette slices, and let the party begin! My husband can…
Grilled Mahi Mahi
Grilled Mahi Mahi is a deliciously seasoned, mild-tasting white fish filet with a smoky grilled flavor, that is super easy to make, and can be ready in 20 minutes! Not only is Grilled Mahi Mahi delicious, but it is also sustainable, eco-friendly, and is a lean, high-protein main dish, so you can feel good about…
Bang Bang Chicken Wonton Tacos
Chicken Wonton Tacos made with Chicken smothered in a Bang Bang Sauce and served in crispy wontons shaped like mini tacos. These Asian – Mexican Fusion Appetizers, Chicken Wonton Tacos, are a mash-up of Bang Bang Chicken and Chicken Tacos but instead of being served inside corn tortillas, they are served instead in crispy wonton…
Instant Pot Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin
Instant Pot Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin is tender and juicy with an easy, delicious maple sauce to spoon over the sliced pork. It is an impressive gourmet pork tenderloin dinner that is very easy to make, and the whole family will love. Whether it is for New Year’s Day or any weekday, it is…
Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck, or as a favorite holiday side dish at Thanksgiving dinner. Broccoli Salad with dried cranberries, or Craisins, bacon, cheddar, and gouda tastes amazing! Add in red onions and walnuts and cover…
Instant Pot Hot Dogs
Instant Pot Hot Dogs are the easiest way to fix hot dogs. Once you try it, you won’t prepare them them any other way. Perfect for parties, picnics, lunch, or game day! My husband is a huge baseball fan. He loves to go to the game. His dream is to travel across the country to…
Maque Choux (A Cajun Corn Side Dish)
Maque Choux is a creamy, spicy Cajun side dish made of corn, onions, red and green bell peppers, garlic, heavy cream, and Cajun spices. Maque Choux is the second recipe in our Mardi Gras Menu for those of you who, like me, can’t make it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. However, this Cajun side…
Marinated Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas
These Marinated Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas, or Fajitas De Pollo in Spanish, are spicy, smoky, sizzling hot strips of chicken breast served with sliced red and green bell peppers, and sautéed onions in flour tortillas. I live in Texas. I was born and raised in Texas. Let me tell you, we Texans LOVE our fajitas…
Instant Pot Chicken Stew
This easy Instant Pot Chicken Stew is a hearty, delicious comfort food that is an easy, dump and go, set it and forget it, 30-minute Instant Pot recipe with pieces of tender chicken, carrots and potatoes with herbs and seasoning. If you don’t have all day to wait for chicken stew in the slow cooker,…
10 Easy (Mostly) Healthy 30-Minute Dinners
These 10 Easy (Mostly) Healthy 30-Minute Dinners are quick and easy, delicious meals your family will love and you can feel good about serving them. What Does Healthy Mean To You? While everyone wants a delicious dinner fast, they want to feel good about the food that they eat and serve to their family. They want…
Instant Pot Chicken Piccata
Instant Pot Chicken Piccata, with a garlic lemon caper sauce, is an easy, simple and delicious way to turn ordinary chicken breast into a gourmet meal and have dinner on the table in under 30 minutes. Instant Pot Chicken Piccata makes a delicious and flavorful main dish for your dinner. What Is Chicken Piccata? Chicken Piccata…
Chicken Fajita Pasta (One-Pot 30-Minute Meal)
Chicken Fajita Pasta is an easy creamy, cheesy chicken and pasta one-pot meal with Mexican Fajita-spiced chicken, pasta, onions, and bell peppers in a creamy, cheesy sauce that can be on the table in 30 minutes! Are you tired of boring chicken dinners? Are you looking for an easy yet delicious recipe to spice up…
Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry
Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry is a fast, easy, healthy, and delicious Asian stir fry with chicken and vegetables in a flavorful teriyaki sauce that can be on the table in 20 minutes. It tastes so good that the whole family will love it! Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry This is one of my go-to weeknight recipes…
Oven Baked Chicken Breast
This Oven Baked Chicken Breast recipe makes an easy, delicious, no-fuss weeknight chicken dinner, or can be used in many other main dish recipes that call for cooked chicken. Why I Like This Oven Baked Chicken Breast Recipe This Oven Baked Chicken Breast recipe is a staple in our house. It is so easy that…
Rotisserie Chicken Breast Tenders
These quick and easy Rotisserie Chicken Breast Tenders are baked on a sheet pan with a Rotisserie Chicken rub or seasoning that make these moist, juicy chicken tenders flavorful and delicious! While I love the flavor and versatility of a moist and juicy whole roasted Rotisserie Chicken, sometimes I want all that flavor in a smaller…
Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha
Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha are covered in a Honey Sriracha Sauce and a crispy panko breadcrumb coating resulting in sweet and spicy crunchy oven-fried chicken that uses only 5 ingredients and is on the dinner table in 30 minutes. These Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha are truly crowd pleasers. The sweet and…
Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Dip
This Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Dip is a sweet, creamy, no-bake, minty chocolatey dessert dip that is perfect to celebrate the Irish for your St. Patrick’s Day party! How do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day? Do you cook Corned Beef & Cabbage or Guinness Stew or some other wonderful Irish dish? Or do you do what we…
Turkey Stir Fry with Sesame Ginger Dressing
Skip the Chinese take-out and have this yummy, healthy Turkey Stir Fry with Sesame Ginger Dressing and broccoli and carrots on the dinner table in 30 minutes. This Turkey Stir Fry with Sesame Ginger Dressing is sponsored by Honeysuckle White Turkey. However, all opinions are 100% my own. I can’t count how many times I…
Irish Soda Bread Muffins with Cheddar and Jalapenos
I transformed the traditional Irish Soda Bread recipe into smaller muffins and added a Texas twist with cheddar and jalapenos. With St Patrick’s Day around the corner, everyone pulls out their Irish recipes. Yes. I know. These are not traditional Irish Soda Bread. History of Irish Soda Bread The true traditional Irish Soda Bread only has flour,…