Creamy Rigatoni with Boursin Cheese and Parmesan Green Beans

 

Creamy Rigatoni with Boursin Cheese and Parmesan Green Beans 

   This was really good and really quick, I'll definitely make this again. The green beans were just microwaved steamable that I added a little bit of butter with salt/pepper/garlic and parmesan cheese.

Click here for the Creamy Rigatoni with Boursin Cheese recipe from What'sMomCookin

Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy & Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

 

Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy & Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

  I thought this was pretty good, the rest of the family loved it. I don't think I've ever made salisbury steak before but I was happy that it was pretty quick. Plus you can never go wrong with BudgetByte recipes! Green beans are just microwaveable steamable with a little butter with salt, pepper and garlic. Instant mashed potatoes of course lol.

Click here for the Salisbury Steak & Mushroom Gravy recipe by BudgetBytes

Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta with Basil

Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta with Basil

Recipe inspired by BritsCookin on Tiktok

   I was trying to use up some chicken thighs we had and no one wanted the boring chicken, side dish veggie that I do a lot. I found this video on Tiktok and pretty much followed it.

   I cooked the pasta the same but used rigatoni since that's what we had. While the rigatoni was cooking I chopped up 3 chicken thighs and tossed it in garlic powder/salt/pepper/Italian seasoning. I cooked it in a skillet in some olive oil until done. Then I removed the chicken and cooked 1/2 a big white onion in the same skillet, then I added some jarlic and red pepper near the end of the onion being done. I tossed in a stick of butter (such a healthy recipe) until that melted then 1 cup of the reserved pasta water and added everything together (with a handful of chopped basil from the garden) until it thickened. 

   I didn't have any fresh parm to grate over it so I just used a big handful of shredded mozzarella. Once that was melted I plated it and added some more red pepper, canned parm and a few more bits of chopped basil.

Yummy and easy.

 

Sweet and Sour Chicken

 

Sweet and Sour Chicken

   This was a clean out the fridge meal, I had a bunch of veggies to use up and about half a bottle of Panda Express Sweet and Sour sauce, plus boil in a bag brown rice. Super quick and easy. I coated cut up chicken thighs with cornstarch and cooked it in a little veggie oil on the skillet. When it was done I added a little bit more oil and added in chopped vegetables. Once those cooked about a minute I added some squeeze ginger, jarlic and red pepper flakes. Then I cooked that about 2 minutes then I added the sauce to warm it up then I added the chicken. Easy peasy.

   The veggies I used was 1 broccoli crown, 1 yellow squash, 1 carrot, and 2 bell peppers. I also topped it with chili crisp and green onions!