Taco salad

Okay so my pictures aren't nearly as good as Amber's, but you get the idea.
This recipe is so simple and perfect for summer!
Enjoy

1 Lb. ground taco meat
3 chopped green onions
small can of sliced black olives
1 head of iceberg lettuce broken up
2 large handfulls of cheddar cheese
Low fat Catalina dressing to taste
crunched up Doritos

The BEST Pork Green Chile

Courtesy of: Ruth Ann Daley :]

1 1/2 lbs. Cubed Pork Loin

1 1/2 T. Flour

1-2 Cloves of Garlic, Diced

1 Yellow Onion, Diced

1/2 tsp. Cumin

1/2 tsp. Oregano

3/4 tsp. Salt

1/4 tsp. Pepper

1 Can Diced Green Chiles

1 Jar Ortega Taco Sauce (I used any brand of green taco sauce)

1 Jar Ortega Green Chile Salsa (")

1 Cup Water

1 tsp. Lemon Juice

Flour and brown meat thoroughly with onions, garlic, and seasonings. Add chile and sauces, water, and lemon juice in crock pot and cook on low for two hours.

*I will cheat and just throw everything in the crockpot without browning and it is just as delicious! Enjoy, trust me this is the best green chile!

Soda Cracker Chicken

Yum YUM! I love dinners that take so little time and taste so delectable. I'm sure everyone has had this dinner but here's how I made it the other day :]

4 Chicken Breasts (depending on how many mouths you're feeding.)

1 Pack Soda Crackers

1/2 Pack of a Dry Ranch packet

1/2 T. Garlic Salt

S & P to taste

1/2 Cube Melted Butter

Heat oven to 350. Melt butter in a bowl. Crush up the soda crackers in a bowl, add the ranch, garlic salt, and s&p. Take your chicken breast and dip it in the melted butter, smother it in your cracker mess and place on a pammed up cookie sheet. Bake for 35 minutes or so. (I always guess....) Just keep an eye on it ;] Serve with some yummy salad, rice, or potatoes!

Chile Relleno Casserole

I am a huge fan of Chile Relleno. Every time were out for Mexican food I will always get it. Mmmmm. My mom made this casserole growing up which is where I got my love for this tasty dish. There isn't much too it and I am still trying to find a sauce for the top of it that I might think could be better but for now, this will do!

Here's what you need:

3 Cans whole green chiles (slice down the middle)

1 Can Evaporated Milk

1 Small block of grated Jack Cheese (or Cheddar)

3 Beaten Eggs

1 Tsp. Flour

Salt and Pepper

1 Jar of Pasta Sauce (Prego)

1 Jar of Pace Picante Salsa

Preheat oven to 350. Lay chiles on bottom of 13x9 pan. Combine Milk, Eggs, Cheese, and flour and pour over top of chiles. (Sometimes I add another can of diced green Chiles in the batter). Bake for 30 minutes. Once the time is up, combine Pasta Sauce and Salsa in bowl, use just HALF of each jar. It can be too saucy. Pour on top of dish and bake for another 15-20 minutes.

The Baguettewich

You know how I love Fresh and Easy? Maybe cause it's amazing and you can get everything there. We swim at a girls house I work with every day and today her awesome husband made us Sandwiches. He said he got all the stuff to Fresh and Easy so off I went right after work! They were so yummy I had to come home and make it for dinner!! What you need:

1 French Baguette

Butter

Italian Seasoning

1 Sliced Yellow Onion

Deli Honey Ham

Deli Smoked Turkey

Your favorite Cheese

Light Mayo

Toppings of your choice: Avacado, Tomato, Lettuce, etc.

First: Caramelize your Onion in Lots O' butter.

Second: Cut your baguette right in half

Third: Spread lightly with butter and add a few sprinkles of Italian Seasonings (I just used what I have in my spice rack).

Toast that sucker on Broil.

Fourth: Top on your meats and cheese. Take away your top half of the baguette and toast just the bottom half until the cheese is all melty and delicious.

Fifth: Toss on your caramelized onions. Mmm mmm mmm.

Add some light Mayo (If you prefer, I do :]) and add whichever other fill ins you like.

Devour and Enjoy!!

Bon Appetit!

F & E Chicken Pesto Pizza

On my way home from work the other day I was CRAVING something with Pesto. Then I remembered Oregano's to die for Pesto Pizza. So, I stopped by Fresh and Easy and picked up every ingredient from there.

1 Pack Fresh and Easy Pizza Dough

1 Little pack of Pesto Sauce

Cooked Chicken (I bought some in a pack at F & E too)

1 Roma Tomatoes

Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 375. Lay out pizza dough on the bottom of a cookie sheet nice and flat. Spread on your Pesto sauce, next shred up your chicken, lay down the cheese, top with sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with some parmesan cheese! So simple, yet so delicious!

Bon Appetit!

Creamy Salsa Chicken {E}

So I needed something quick to whip up tonight for dinner since I have scouts in 30 minutes so at lunch today I threw some chicken in the crock pot, added a can of black beans and a jar of pace picante, set it on low and ran out the door. When I parked in my garage when returning home, oh my delicious. It smelled so good. Here is the super easy recipe! And we LOVED it. :]

3 Chicken Breasts

1 Can Black Beans

1 Jar of Pace Picante

1 Can of Corn (optional)

2 Tsp. Cumin

1 Pack of Cream Cheese

1/4 C. Shredded Jack Cheese

Cooked Rice

Combine Chicken, beans, and corn in Crockpot and set on low for 3-4 hours. Then plop that pack of cream cheese right on top and let sit for another 10 minutes then shred the chicken. Stir all together, add the cumin, some S&P and the shredded cheese. Serve over cooked rice. Enjoy!