King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Tried this recipe from the Let's Dish blog. It was pretty good, my kids found it a little too spicy for their liking so I'm thinking of tweaking it in the future.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE
Credit: Let's Dish

Ingredients
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, chopped
1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup chicken broth
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
8 (8-inch) flour tortillas, cut into 1/2-inch strips

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken breasts until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan and shred into bite size pieces. Melt butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and sauté until tender. Add bell peppers and garlic, and sauté 3 to 4 minutes more. Stir in chicken broth, both soups, diced tomatoes and green chilis, salt and spices.

Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spread about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture in the bottom of the pan to coat. Layer with half of the tortilla strips. Top with half of the chicken mixture and 1 cup of cheese. Repeat once. Cover and bake at 350° for about 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for and additional 5-10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Delicious Steak Pizza!

So hypothetically, let's say you have grilled T-bone steaks for dinner on Saturday and then Sunday you have a leftover steak just sitting there all alone in the fridge, and you look at it and feel so sad that it's just been left to it's own devices?

Then you look at the clock and realize that it's dinner time but you were running around all day with the family, and you need to get dinner on the table, but it's also need to use up that steak?

Well, that's when my Honey Pizza dough and the Steak collide in a delicious mixture that will have you crying for more, the kids begging for pizza for breakfast the next day, and your husband's co-workers bribing him for a slice.

This has got to be the easiest pizza I ever made and yet....Oh my word. Phenomenal!

Steak Pizza

1 pizza dough recipe using my Honey Pizza Dough
1 leftover grilled T-Bone steak (I'm sure it would work with any leftover steak from BBQ)
1 medium onion, sliced
Buttermilk Ranch
Shredded Cheese

Make the pizza dough following the Honey Pizza Dough recipe.

Spread it out on your favorite pizza pan, for me this time I used a rectangle pan. Cut the leftover steak into small bite size pieces and set aside.

Spread Buttermilk Ranch on the dough, add the steak and the onion slices. Cover with Shredded cheese and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!

Bisquick Upside Down Pineapple Cake!

I love Bisquick, it's one of those pantry staples that I always keep on hand.

But did you know that's it's not just good for pancakes and biscuits? I think far too many times it's taken for granted because this little box can make so much more, like a delicious fluffy cake.

So here's what happened, I got a craving for something sweet, and I haven't made Pineapple Upside Down cake in a long, long, lonnnnnng time.......but I also wanted to make a super fast recipe without too many ingredients.

Little did I know that Bisquick has a great recipe for just what I was looking for.

I changed a few things, for one, I didn't use pineapple slices because all I had on hand were chunks.

I also omitted the pecans and the cherries. But it's SO SO good, I've had two slices already, so so bad.

QUICK PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
Credit: Bisquick

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 can (8 oz) pineapple slices, drained, cut in half
2 tablespoons chopped pecans, if desired
Maraschino cherries, if desired
1 1/2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk or water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg


1. Heat oven to 350°F. In 9-inch round pan or 8-inch square pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange pineapple slices in single layer over sugar mixture. Sprinkle with pecans. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice (cherries with stems can be added after baking).

2. In large bowl, beat remaining ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes so brown sugar mixture can drizzle over cake; remove pan.

Cool at least 10 minutes before serving. Store loosely covered.

Cheeseburger Pie

Quick middle of the week dinner, my kids loves it, hubby loves it and I love it too.

It's super easy to make and I'm sure you have all the ingredients needed already, why not give it a try?

I actually made two pies from this recipe, I was able to divide the meat mixture into two pies, made one with the American cheese and one with Pepper Jack, this way I have an extra pie in the freezer for a quick weekend lunch.

CHEESEBURGER PIE

1 unbaked (9-inch) pie shell
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 teaspoon instant beef bouillon granules
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
8 slices American cheese, divided

Preheat oven to 425 F. Bake pie shell for 8 minutes, remove from oven.
Reduce temperature to 350 F.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat; add beef. Cook until brown and crumbly, about 5 minutes.

Add tomato sauce, onion, bell pepper and bouillon. Cook until bouillon dissolves; remove from heat. Add eggs and flour, mix well.

Tear cheese slice into small pieces. Stir cheese into beef mixture; spoon into pie shell. Bake pie for 25 minutes or until filling is heated through.

Cut remaining cheese slices into triangles. Arrange triangles in a spoke fashion on top of pie.
Bake for another 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Cut pie into wedges.

Crockpot Nachos

We are a nacho loving family.

They're so easy to make but too many times we succumb to the busy day excuse and pick the drive thru of Taco Bell.

Well, no more....I threw some ingredients together in the crockpot, went about my day and 2 hours later had these awesome nachos ready to eat.

My kids have deemed them "Better than Taco Bell" and that for me is music to my ears.

Go ahead and try them, then come back and let me know what you thought.

Crockpot Nachos

1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained
1 can refried beans
1 can red kidney beans, undrained
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1/2 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
garlic powder
tortilla chips
Mexican 4 cheese salsa con queso
Topping of your choice (I used finely diced onions, sour cream and lettuce, we don't like tomatoes here at home lol)

My crockpot can be used on the stovetop to cook meat etc in, so I browned the ground beef, then drained out the grease. Placed it back on the crockpot base and added the refried beans, kidney beans, tomato paste, taco seasoning, water, salt and pepper and garlic powder.

Cook on high for 2-3 hours.

Warm up the salsa con queso, remember to pour it into a microwave safe container and not use the glass jar it comes in.

Serve the meat mixture over the tortillas, pour over the warm cheese and add the toppings.

Yum, Enjoy!