Air Fryer Salmon Patties with Garlic Butter Parm Veggies and Mashed Potatoes

 

Air Fryer Salmon Patties with Garlic Butter Parm Veggies and Mashed Potatoes

   Pantry staple dinner #2. I'm trying to use up what we have since I have a lot of random stuff just in the pantry. This was excellent, and I even forgot to add the dijon to the salmon patties. I topped it with tarter sauce, and the mashed potatoes were instant so this was a super quick dinner. I did add some dried chives to the mashed potatoes because why not. I love keeping canned salmon/tuna in the pantry because everyone loves the patties and they are quick to make!

  I had a pack of frozen mixed veggies in the freezer for who knows how long, and I was just going to microwave them and toss them with butter and parm. But I found this recipe that warms them up with chicken stock then you make a garlic butter sauce in the saucepan and add a little parm. It's so good! All that butter and parm probably negates the goodness of the veggies, but oh well. 

Click here for the Air Fryer Salmon Patties recipe by Dash for Dinner

Click here for the yummy doctored up frozen veggie recipe by Yellow Bliss Road

15 Minute Garlic Butter Chicken

 

15 Minute Garlic Butter Chicken

    This week I want to use up as much of the random pantry ingredients I have so I can clear out the pantry. This meal used a box of Stove Top Stuffing and some queso for the broccoli. The chicken was really good and really easy, it's definitely a go to recipe when I haven't marinated any chicken. Lots of flavor!

Click here for the 15 Minute Garlic Butter Chicken by Averie Cooks

Sweet and Sour Sheet Pan Meal

 

Sweet and Sour Sheet Pan Meal

    Usually my husband doesn't like fruit in his dinner, but this was a win! It's definitely going in our rotation. I followed the recipe exactly except I didn't realize we were out of smoked paprika so I just used regular.

Click here for the Sweet and Sour Sweet Pan Meal recipe by Cooking in the Midwest

One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta

 

One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta

     Okay it's not a pretty picture but it's delicious! I used to make a pesto chicken dish similar years ago that everyone loved. It was basically cooked diced chicken with cooked pasta, tossed with a jar of pesto and sour cream with a few seasonings. I don't remember the exact ratios but I'm sure I saved it somewhere. We also had a side of green beans that I forgot to grab a picture of. 

    I loved this, my son loved this. My husband said "I don't like the spinach" We can add a little splash of veggies in this heavy dish lol. Next time I'll use broccoli which will be even better. 

Click here for the One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta recipe by BudgetBytes

No Peek Chicken

 

No Peek Chicken

    I've never made no peek chicken but I've always seen it throughout all the cooking blogs and Pinterest. On one hand, son loves Budget Bytes One Pan Chicken and Rice  so I thought he'd like this. On the other hand, I wasn't sure about it because it's all processed ingredients and I usually don't make super processed dinners like that lol. Not to say I cook all organic and stuff, but every ingredient but the chicken is processed, and that never usually tastes that great. 

    We didn't care for it, my son did like the rice though. The chicken was dry, and everything was so salty. Oh well not every recipe will be a hit!

Click here for the No Peek Chicken recipe by The Lazy Dish

   The veggies are a Thai chicken broccoli salad that I made, I'll make a post about it. It's okay, the flavor is really light. 

Click here for the recipe for the Thai Chicken Broccoli Salad by Kalyns Kitchen

Air Fryer Pickle Juice Chicken with Baked Potatoes and Green Beans

 

Air Fryer Pickle Juice Chicken with Baked Potatoes and Green Beans

    It seems like all the chicken I make lately is marinated in pickle juice! It just adds so much flavor and juiciness. I tried a new recipe this time, and it's delicious! Not very low calorie though since there is mayo on it lol. But worth it. The green beans were just cooked/steamed in a skillet in 1/4 cup veggie stock for 3 minutes, then tossed in 1 tbs butter with salt and pepper. I also added a sprinkling of "power seeds" on top. It's just a mixture of hemp, chia etc. The baked potato was just microwaved and topped with some butter, cheese, salt/pepper/garlic, and sour cream.

 It was super fast too!

Click here for the Air Fryer Pickle Juice Chicken Recipe by DailyYum

High Fiber Gnocchi Skillet

 

High Fiber Gnocchi Skillet

     Delicious! I used ground chicken because I wanted to make it lighter, but of course it would be tastier with beef. I didn't even know that you could buy cauliflower gnocchi! Next time I'll make a veggie side, but this was kinda spur of the moment. I also used mozzarella because we already have a huge bag from making homemade pizza, I added an onion while cooking the meat, and I seasoned the meat with garlic and Italian seasoning. Definitely in our rotation!

 The recipe is from Miranda Galati | Dietitian's tiktok. Click here for the recipe.