This was just a random dinner. I threw chicken breasts in the Instant Pot with sriracha, soy sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce and garlic. The rice was coconut rice. The broccoli I steamed and tossed with soy sauce. I also chopped up 2 small bell peppers and green onions. Yummy and quick!
Click here for the recipe for Smokey Chicken and Cinnamon Roasted Sweet Potatoes by BudgetBytes
I didn't think there was enough seasoning on the chicken since I was making 4 thighs so I added this other seasoning on it, I think it was a bbq type? I'm not sure, it's one my husband bought. Everything was good, it reminded me of Fall :)
Instead of baking the sweet potatoes I air fried them at 400 for 20 minutes.
The salad was with homemade ranch, so yummy.
I forgot to take a picture, but I wanted to post this so I can remember for next time.
Click here for the One Pot Chicken & Rice recipe from BudgetBytes
This was pretty good, it did need a smidge more salt and maybe a dash of cayenne for some depth. Other then that it was a great clean out the pantry meal! This ended up being one of my teenagers favorite meals, I was surprised lol.
If I wanted to up the veggies you could put in a handful of spinach after cooking, stirring until the spinach wilts. Or add of side of broccoli/green beans with S&P and lemon.
Italian Turkey Sweet Potato Bowl
So I cooked up some ground turkey, onions and garlic. I air fried a cubed sweet potato coated with olive oil, rosemary, garlic and s&p at 400 for 10 minutes.
Then I cooked up a head of broccoli, a few handfuls of shredded cabbage, spinach, and Italian seasonings and red pepper. Then I mixed it all together and served it over some rice. It's delicious.
This was a clean out the pantry meal. I love Budget Bytes recipes, I've been using them for over a decade, but I did do a few things different then her recipe so I could use up ingredients.
What I did differently:
- I used a little over 1 cup milk instead of 2 cups. A lot of reviews said it was too watery so I wanted to make sure that it was'nt.
- While making the roux I added garlic, 2 tsp thyme and 1 tsp cajun seasoning.
- More veggies, I just dumped in a random amount. Frozen peas & carrots, green bell peppers, green beans and like 3 cups fresh spinach.
Yum!
