Dorito Tacos with Refried Beans and Mexican Rice

Dorito Tacos with Refried Beans and Mexican Rice

   I didn't take an actual picture of the meal, because I make the Dorito tacos when I need a quick dinner so it's nothing special. But this time my son has friends over so I made some sides to stretch the meal, and actually everyone loved them and I was surprised because they were so simple. 

  I used this recipe for Mexican rice by Seeded at the Table. Normally we aren't a huge fan of Mexican rice but this was really good. 

  I had a can of fat free refried beans and a can of pinto beans, so I pretty much made this How To Make Canned Refried Beans Taste Better recipe. The only thing I did different was that I didn't add the half and half and I added a splash of lime juice. 

  
 

Lemon Chicken Parm Pasta

 

Lemon Chicken Parm Pasta

  This recipe was not that great. It was so bland!. I even only added about 3/4 of the cooked pasta, I felt like it was going to be too much pasta. I also added about a half cup of reserved pasta water with chicken broth to help give it some moisture. Next time I'd add more lemon and check out other recipes to make more off a sauce since it's so dry. There is a million recipes like this so I'd probably find another one, because I usually love lemon pasta.

Click here for the Lemon Chicken Pasta recipe from Tastes Better From Scratch

Hello Fresh Chicken Sausage Rigatoni In a Creamy Sauce

Hello Fresh Chicken Sausage Rigatoni In a Creamy Sauce

    I thought I was getting some Korean bbq thing so I don't know what happened lol. I thought this was pretty good, my husband didn't really care for it since he doesn't really like rigatoni. I liked the hint of lemon with the red pepper, and it worked out okay even though I forgot to reserve pasta water. I wouldn't order it again though. 

 

Hot Honey Peach Pork Chops with Salad, Mashed Potatoes and Garlic Bread

Hot Honey Peach Pork Chops with Salad, Mashed Potatoes and Garlic Bread

   I saw a recipe from Hello Fresh for Hot Honey Peach Pork Chops. The recipes they post online don't have the exact measurements, so I tried as best as I could. 

Click here for the Hello Fresh recipe card for Hot Honey Peach Pork Chops 

  I had planned to use this dill pickle salad kit, but my husband had to work longer hours today and my son was hungry and I didn't want the salad kit to get mushy. So I just made a quick ranch salad that I can remake again for my husband when he comes home. I also made instant mashed potatoes, and my son had some garlic bread because he's 14 and is always hungry! 

 

Italian Onion Chicken with Rice Pilaf and Garlic Mozz Crescent Rolls

Italian Onion Chicken with Rice Pilaf and Garlic Mozz Crescent Rolls

  This was a clean out the pantry and leftover meal. The rice pilaf was leftover from last night, and my husband had a left over artichoke with it. My son had steamed broccoli for his veggie, I just forgot to take a picture. The chicken was just half an onion sliced and sauteed in olive oil and butter, and I seasoned the chicken with Italian seasoning, garlic, S&P, and some type of chicken seasoning my husband had bought. For the crescent rolls I just sprinkled a little bit of garlic seasoning, and put in half of a cheesestick in each roll lol. They were delicious and everyone loved dinner so that's a win. 
 

Hello Fresh Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos

 

Hello Fresh Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos 

  YUM! This was so good! My son says he hates avocado (he doesn't) so I told him it was verde sauce and he loved it lol

Hello Fresh Firecracker Meatballs

Hello Fresh Firecracker Meatballs

My husband loves this, I thought it was just ok. I felt like the sauce was to mayo-y tasting. The red splatters are my husbands homemade sriracha! Hello Fresh always has delicious recipes, it's just soooo expensive! I mean I guess it's cheaper then going out, but I love that it's so convenient and I don't have to think about it. This post is not sponsored lol. 

 

One Pot Chicken and Rice with Roasted Broccoli

 One Pot Chicken and Rice with Roasted Broccoli

Click here for the recipe from BudgetBytes

    I made this on a whim a few months ago because we already had everything, and my 14 year old LOVED it. He's been asking for it again since I made it, and I was very surprised since it's so simple and my husband and I found it kind of bland before. But in the recipe most of the seasoning is straight on the chicken. This time I just put on S&P on the chicken thighs, and I put all the seasonings in the broth so it would be dispersed throughout the whole recipe. It was much tastier this time!

Hello Fresh Southwest Beef Cavatappi Skillet

 

Hello Fresh Southwest Beef Cavatappi Skillet

 Click here for the recipe card for Hello Fresh Southwest Beef Cavatappi Skillet

  This was good, it's not normally something I'd make because my family have told me many times they don't really like southwest/tex-mex. I do, I love it lol. But everyone liked it, and it wasn't very spicy so my son could eat it just fine. My husband added hot sauce.

Hello Fresh Sheet Pan Dijon Onion Crunch Chicken

Hello Fresh Sheet Pan Dijon Onion Crunch Chicken 

 Since I'm working fulltime now I wanted to see how Hello Fresh fits into our dinners since it can be pretty expensive. But there is a promo for just signing up so we tried it. This dinner was DELICIOUS. My husband kept raving about it. The only thing I did differently was I added garlic and rosemary to the green beans. The chicken was covered in a honey mustard dijon type sauce and monterey jack and crunchy onion bits. and It's so so good! 
 

Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas

 Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas

Click here for the Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas recipe by BudgetBytes

  This was super good! The changes I made was that I omitted the sour cream and added this avocado cilantro sauce instead, along with some chopped white onion. We used this chipotle sauce as a dip and it's so so good, my new favorite. 

Cajun White Lasagna

 Cajun White Lasagna

  This was just okay, the only thing I did different was that I added a zucchini and some minced garlic when cooking the chicken. It was kinda bland and next time I would mix in the cajun seasoning with the alfredo too, not just in with the chicken. I probably wont make it again though.

Click here for the Cajun White Lasagna recipe by Paula Dean