Chicken Cobbler

 

Chicken Cobbler

I made the recipe exactly as written, but instead of making the biscuit topping I used a box of Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits. I liked it, my son loved it and my husband didn't care for it. He said it was too mushroomy. Next time I would halve the amount of mushrooms and add more veggies. But I would make it again!

Click here for the Chicken Cobbler recipe from BudgetBytes

Cheesy White Bean Tomato Bake

 

Cheesy White Bean Tomato Bake

This was excellent! I needed something quick I can make while baby wearing, and this looked interesting. It's super flavorful, creamy and a wonderful comfort food. My husband said it was okay, but that was expected lol. I made the recipe as written and the smokey gouda really made a difference. We dipped the bread in and just also ate it with a spoon. The garlic bread was just a baguette that I cut in half and smeared with butter, garlic & parm. I was going to have it with a salad but the lettuce went bad, so no greens tonight oops. 

 Click here for the Cheesy White Bean Tomato Bake recipe by The Food Charlatan 

Beef Stroganoff & Air Fried Ranch Zucchini

 

Beef Stroganoff & Air Fried Ranch Zucchini

I've made this recipe a million times. It's easy, good and cheap so that's great lol. The zucchini was from the garden that I tossed in EVOO, garlic/pepper/ranch seasoning and air fried at 400 for like 6 minutes. 

Click here for the Beef Stroganoff recipe from BudgetBytes

Creamy Salsa Chicken Skillet

Creamy Salsa Chicken Skillet

I'm 9 months pregnant and we've been having all of our flooring replaced so I've hardly cooked lately. But there was no construction today and we had all the ingredients for this so I thought it was the perfect time. It's super easy, the most work is dicing the chicken. I've made this once before exactly as written, but this time I made a few changes to use up ingredients I already have. Instead of beans and corn I added a zucchini from the garden, and I used 2 cups of homemade salsa my husband smoked and made. I didn't have any queso fresco but I did have some shredded Monterey Jack cheese. The rice is also just the microwaveable cilantro lime rice pouch. The green onion is leftover from another recipe, if we didn't have any it still would have been tasty without it. The homemade salsa has so much flavor!

Click here for the Creamy Salsa Chicken Skillet recipe from BudgetBytes

 

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

 

Sausage and Rice Skillet

 Sausage and Rice Skillet

  I made sausage gravy and biscuits this morning, using Budget Bytes recipe. It makes the perfect amount for all 3 of us with a generous portion of the gravy. With just some refrigerated southern biscuits because I have yet to make homemade biscuits.  But it only uses a 1/2 pound of sausage, so I went on the hunt to google to find out what to use with the other 1/2 pound. I came up on this Pork Sausage and Skillet Rice Dinner recipe by Southern Home Express.  I ended up combining that recipe with the spices from the Budget Bytes Cajun Sausage and Rice Skillet.  I also didn't use a can of tomatoes, I chopped up a few of our tomatoes from the garden. So I basically browned the 1/2 pound ground pork with an onion and some jarred garlic (I hate chopping garlic). Then I added the tomatoes, the seasonings from Budget Bytes, some frozen veggies, the rice and broth. Then I cooked it for 20 minutes like I would rice. It's super good and we would definitely have this again!

 

Air Fried Chicken Apple Sausage with Veggies & Broccoli Bean Parm Rice

 

  This was just a random clean out the fridge meal. 

   I chopped up zucchini, broccoli, 1 potato and a package of chicken apple sausage. I then drizzled it with olive oil and seasoned with Kinder's Buttery Steakhouse seasoning, Kinder's Master Salt and pepper. Then I air fried at 380 for about 12 minutes, shaking halfway through. I should have added an onion, but I didn't even think of it!

  The rice was just a package of frozen broccoli rice that I cooked with a pat of butter, Kinder's Buttery Steakhouse seasoning, pepper, red pepper flakes, about a half cup of leftover canned white beans, parm and about a 1/3 cup of reduced fat mozzarella. 

  I also spritzed a little bit of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray over everything. This is my sons bowl and he also had some bread and butter with it. 

  Cheap, delicious and filling :)

Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes and Mashed Instant Pot Potatoes with Cauliflower

 

  This was a really delicious veggie filled dinner! I don't know how many points it is, right now I'm focusing on veggie loading dinners without counting points to see how that goes.

  I used this 15 Minute Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes recipe from Ambitious Kitchen. Mine came out a little crumbly, I don't know if I over mixed it or maybe my sweet potato was huge....so I added another egg and then more panko and it was fine. We dipped it in srirancha which is just ranch and sriracha mixed together. My husband dipped his in tarter sauce since he loves it and we don't get to use it enough. I will definitely be making this again! It's very budget friendly, a can of salmon is under $4 and sweet potatoes are about .70 cents right now. 

  For the side I made Mashed Instant Pot Potatoes with Cauliflower by The Natural Nurturer. They weren't my favorite, but they weren't bad or anything...I just need to mess with the recipe I think. It was very heavy on the cauliflower flavor, but I didn't weigh my potatoes, I just used the last few up that I had so maybe it wasn't enough. I did add garlic/salt/pepper but next time I might add some rosemary or dill and more sour cream so it would be creamier. I liked how fast, easy and veggie filled it is! Even though cauliflower is about $3 a head, with the potatoes it makes a lot.....enough for at least 2 meals for all 3 of us. So it's also a budget friendly recipe.