Healthier Nachos

 

Healthier Nachos

   I just cooked up some ground turkey with taco seasoning, and added pinto beans seasoned with garlic with pepper and chipotle. There was also sour cream, cilantro, pickled jalapenos, onions, shredded cheese, queso, salsa and chips of course. 

   For lower calorie swaps I used on my plate Quest protein chips and greek yogurt instead of tortilla chips and sour cream. I also switched my shredded cheddar for the reduced fat version. Yum!

Italian Chicken Sausage Alfredo with Roasted Broccoli

 

Italian Chicken Sausage Alfredo with Roasted Broccoli

    This was pretty much a random clean out the pantry meal. I had some Italian flavored chicken sausage that I sliced and cooked in butter & EVOO with a chopped onion. Then I added jarlic with a squeeze of basil from a tube, and seasoned it with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper garlic and red pepper. Then I added a jar of alfredo and filled that with hot water and shook it around and added it to the pan. Then I plopped in some chicken boullion and the egg noodles and let it cook with the lid on for 10 minutes. After it was cooked I added a couple handfuls of spinach and some grated parm.

   Delicious! Everyone loved it. The broccoli is tossed in EVOO, salt, pepper garlic and air fried at 400 for 15 minutes. Then I tossed it in a little spray butter, lemon juice and canned parm. 

One Pot Chicken and Rice with Salad

One Pot Chicken and Rice with Salad

  If you ask my teenage son what he wants for dinner, he'll choose this chicken and rice. It's super quick and very good. I tend to make it like once a month because he loves it so much, I love when he loves my cooking. The salad was just an apple spice salad kit from Kroger which I love, in fact I need to stock up until they are out until next year!

Click here for the One Pot Chicken and Rice recipe from BudgetBytes

 

Chicken and Dumplings

 

Chicken and Dumplings

  I've made versions of chicken and dumplings with refrigerated biscuit dough before, but never with making your own dumplings. My husband has always raved about his step mom's chicken and dumpling recipe, and apparently this still wasn't as good lol. Oh well I thought it was really good. The dumplings do soak up a lot of the broth so it's super thick and will need thinned out with some broth the next day. 

 Click here for the Chicken and Dumplings recipe by Tastes Better From Scratch

Sheet Pan Pork Chops

 

Sheet Pan Pork Chops

  This was pretty good, even though I'm not a huge pork fan. A little salty because of the stuffing mix and ranch dressing packet but I would definintely try it again. My son was gone so he wasn't able to try it, and my husband said it was "ok". But it was super easy so that's a win.

Click here for the Sheet Pan Pork Chop Recipe from Your Barefoot Neighbor on TikTok

Hot & Sour Soup with Eggrolls

 

Hot & Sour Soup with Eggrolls

  This was so good! I'm always kinda wary of soup that's ready in a quick amount of time, that it wouldn't have much flavor yet. But this was absolutely perfect, I'll definitely be making this again. The eggrolls are just frozen ones from Walmart that I air fried, and the dipping sauce is a mixture of teriyaki and Thai sweet chili sauce. 

  Click here for the Hot & Sour soup recipe from GimmeSomeOven

Cheddar-Stuffed Meatloaves with Potato Wedges, Carrots, Crispy Shallot & Special Sauce

 

Hello Fresh Cheddar-Stuffed Meatloaves with Potato Wedges, Carrots, Crispy Shallot & Special Sauce

   The meatloaves and fries were delicious, the carrots were kinda gross and the whole thing was a pain lol. It used a ton of dishes, the crispy shallots burned super easy and the carrots were flavorless with just salt and pepper. 

   Luckily I had some crispy fried onions in the cupboard, and I tossed the carrots in a mixture of hot honey and butter which was better. I like the idea and I'd making something like this again, but I wouldn't order it from Hello Fresh.