Avocado Cilantro Dip

 

Avocado Cilantro Dip

So I've been seeing versions of this all over TikTok, so I had to make my own version. My own version because I just wanted to use what I already had. It's sooooo good! Like this is company worthy. I don't have exact measurements because I kinda winged it, but you really cannot mess this up.

Ingredients:

- 1 avocado

- 1 bunch cilantro

- 1/2 jar pickled jalapenos, you could use less because it was a little spicy. Perfect for me but I wanted the baby to be able to have some.

- 1 cup sour cream

- A bunch of lime juice....maybe around a 1/4 cup? 

- 1 huge scoop of jarlic

- Salt & Pepper

Blend everything in a blender or food processor. Become obsessed.

Nashville Hot Chicken Flatbreads

 

Nashville Hot Chicken Flatbreads

So these had a really good flavor, but they were soooo salty. I didn't add the extra salt like the recipe called for, I guess my Nashville Hot Chicken seasoning was just extra salty. Kinda disappointing. But I like the idea and maybe next time I will try and make a homemade hot chicken seasoning? I mean it's something I would want to do, but who knows if I will put in that effort at this point in my life lol.

I did use some sourdough flatbreads from Walmart, Grillo's pickles and provolone cheese because I had it.

Aaaand reading through the recipe again I realized I forgot the honey. Maybe that would have helped? Not sure but it was tasty (just too salty) anyway.

Click here for the Nashville Hot Chicken Flatbread recipe from Cooks Well With Others

This was the seasoning I used because that's the only one Walmart had. Maybe I should check Kroger!

Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Pot Pie

 

Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Pot Pie

This was a mish mash of a few different recipes from TikTok that I've been seeing around. So it actually had a really good flavor, but it was super salty. I didn't add any salt but I guess just all the ingredients combined were too salty. My teenager also had a garlic breadstick.

Ingredients:

- 1 tub already pulled rotisserie chicken

- 1 16ox tub Panera broccoli cheddar soup

- 1/2 cup sour cream

- 1/2 tbs Kinders rotisserie chicken seasoning

- 1 small bag frozen mixed veggies

- 1 box frozen Red Lobster cheddar biscuits

- 4 tbs butter, for the biscuit toppings. Next time I would do 2 tbs and unsalted

- A sprinkling of grated parm. Next time I'd skip

Mix the first 5 ingredients, and bake for 15 minutes at 400, uncovered. Then add the frozen biscuits and cook for 35 minutes or until the biscuits are golden. As soon as you pull out the biscuits add the butter/seasoning sauce from the biscuit box and sprinkle with parm.

So this isn't a full fail, I'd make this again for sure with some tweaking,

Chicken Sandwiches

 

Chicken Sandwiches

Dinners have been so much easier lately now that we have a baby. I used to love to make dinners that took longer because I'd have some wine and listen to an audiobook. I can't do that right now with a 13 month old....I need quick and easy.

I just air fried a chicken sandwich patty, and added: onions, tomato, provolone (because we had some), Grillos pickles (the BEST), and Chik-fil-a sauce. The fries were some frozen beer battered ones. It was delicious, but my husband is weird and apparently didn't like the Chik-fil-a sauce so he barely ate his. I wish Raising Cane's sold their sauce at the store, it's my fav!

Loaded Baked Potatoes

 

Loaded Baked Potatoes

I love a baked potato. I usually get my groceries from Walmart just because they are super close and as much as I hate it....they are the best priced. But they never have big potatoes, all of theirs are too small. My husband ran to Kroger for some stuff and I asked him to grab a few big potatoes to use for some sort of dinner this week.

When dinner rolled around I didn't really have anything planned so I figured we could just have regular baked potatoes. What a story right? Hah. Anyways I just loaded them with what we had. Sour cream, butter, cheddar cheese, dried chives, bacon bits and some Kinders cowboy butter seasoning. For my teenagers plate I also air fried him a breaded Tyson chicken breast. They were huge potatoes so that was enough for my husband and I. 

I cooked them at 400 wrapped in foil with oil and salt for 60 minutes.

Salmon, Green Beans & Roasted Potatoes

 

Salmon, Green Beans & Roasted Potatoes

This was a mostly clean out the pantry meal. I had leftover potatoes from the soup and a few frozen salmon fillets. So I picked up some green beans to make it a meal. I just kinda randomly seasoned it. I made a marinade with some bottled Papa John's garlic sauce with Kinders seasoning and a little olive oil. Potatoes & green beans are tossed in Kinders and some parm. I roasted the potatoes at 400 for 20 minutes, and the green beans were in a steamable bag. The salmon I cooked on a hot cast iron skillet for 7 minutes (skin side down) then another 2 minutes when I flipped them.

Yummy, easy and I love using up random ingredients that we have!

Ground Beef Fajitas

 

Ground Beef Fajitas

I was looking for a recipe to use a pound of ground beef that I had in the freezer that wasn't burgers, spaghetti or meatloaf. So I of course went to BudgetBytes, that's usually my main source of recipes. I hadn't seen this one before, and we literally all the ingredients so I thought....perfect!

It's super quick and easy. Instead of making the fajita seasoning, I just used 2 1/2 tbs of the Kinders fajita seasoning that we had, and I didn't have fresh lime so I just used a little bit of the bottled stuff. Oh I also warmed the tortillas in a pan and sprinkled some Monterey Jack cheese on them after because I had it to use up.

I loved it, my son said it was good and my husband just said "it was salty". Sigh. He doesn't really like anything too different, like he loves actual fajitas, but he said he'd never heard of anyone ever using ground beef for fajitas. He says it's "too cute" to make anything a bit creative. I get it, but I want to use up some stuff we already had, so I'm seeing how much cooking I can do without buying groceries. Plus honestly, I love finding and trying new recipes. I get that from my grandma, she rarely made anything twice unless it was requested. 

I would definitely make this again, and I think it would also be super good in a rice bowl or even over greens as a salad.

Click here for the Ground Beef Fajita recipe from BudgetBytes