Burrito Casserole

This casserole is delicious! Brooks gave it a 10 out of 10!!!!!!

Ingredients 

1 bag frozen onion

3lb ground beef

2 cans refried beans

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

4 oz sour cream

Tortillas 

Shredded cheese (I used Colby jack)

3 packets taco seasoning

Directions:

Brown the beef, drain, and add the frozen onion. Add taco seasoning. Add refried beans. Meanwhile, mix cream of mushroom and sour cream together. Layer half of the sour cream/cream of mushroom mix in the bottom of the casserole dish. Add torn up (or cut up) tortillas. Add half the meat/bean mixture. Add layer of cheese. Repeat the layers again. Finish with a good layer of cheese. Bake a 350 for 30 minutes. 

I just layer the tortillas whole now. Also, for some texture maybe add some tortilla chips to the top in the last 5 minutes. 

Chicken noodle veggie soup

This soup is super easy and tastes great!

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth

2 cups water

2-3 cups chicken (we use shredded rotisserie)

1 bag frozen veggies (your choice)

1 box pasta (I like barilla's mini pastas)

2 tblsp garlic powder

6 tblsp chicken bouillon 

1 tsp red chilli powder

Ranch taco chicken and rice

Ingredients 

2 cups chicken broth

4 chicken breasts

1 can black beans

1 packet ranch dressing mix

1 packet taco seasoning mix

3-4 cups cooked white rice

Add all the ingredients to your crock pot and cook on medium for 4-6 hours. Shred the chicken afterwards and let the chicken marinate in the broth. Cook the white rice. 

Serve over white rice.

Brooks gave this a 9/10! He's a food snob so that's saying something!!

Avacado pound cake

Ingredients 

1 large Avacado 

3 cups flour

1/3 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

3 cups sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 

1 tsp baking powder 

3/4 cup unsalted butter 

4 large eggs 

3/4 cup buttermilk 

2 9x4x3 loaf pans 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift together flour, cornmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Bring eggs to room temp. Beat butter on medium in mixer until soft. Add sugar and beat for 4 minutes. Mash the flash of the avocado and add to the mixture. Beat for one minute. Add eggs one at a time. Add Bonoma. Reduce to low and add half the flour mix, all the buttermilk and then the rest of the flour mix.  divide between the two pans. Bake for 40-45 min. Check after 30 min.

Copycat chicken gnocchi soup

My husband get bed this a 10 out of 10 and he isn't even a soup person!!!!

Ingredients

2 tblsp minced garlic

1/3 cup butter

1 lb. chicken, cube

1/3 cup flour (may need more on certain days)

1 stick celery

1/4 cup onion, shredded (or you can use a frozen mire poix mix)

2 packages of gnocchi (small or large)

1/2 cup of spinach

1/2 shredded carrots

2 cups milk 

2 cups heavy cream

3 chicken bullion cubes

Salt and pepper

Directions

On medium heat melt the butter in the soup pot. Add the garlic and sauté with the chicken and cook through. Once the chicken is cooked add the flour and stir until the flower is cooked into the chicken. Add the milk and the cream.Bring to a boil and then add the veggies. Next at the bully on cubes and the gnocchi and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Spaghetti lover's soup

Ingredients:

2-3 lbs. ground beef (or ground turkey)

Frozen mirė poíx mix

3 jars of Pasta Sauce (I used Ragu chunky super veggie)

1 box spaghetti (I used wheat)

Minced garlic 

1 cans Rotel

1 can chicken broth

Parm cheese

Spices:

Seasoning salt

Garlic powder

McCormick steak seasoning

Chili powder

Also, I usually add zucchini for some extra chunk and just to feel healthy about eating pasta 😉👍🏻

Directions:

Brown meat and season with all spices.

In separate pot sauté minced garlic and mire poíx mix. Add pasta sauce, parmesan, Rotel and chicken broth to the pot and simmer. Add spaghetti and allow to cook until tender. Add browned meat and allow to simmer. Serve.

Reheat in microwave 3 minute, stir and cook and additional 1:30-2:00 minutes.

Sausage Alfredo Pasta Bake

 

Sausage Alfredo Pasta Bake

 

 

This recipe is adapted from another recipe featured on this blog, Pasta Bake, that uses marinara sauce. My husband LOVES the homemade Alfredo sauce that I make so I decided to try altering the Pasta Bake recipe to include the Alfredo sauce instead of the Marinara. 

Ingredients:
2 lbs pasta
Alfredo Sauce (See recipe below)
2 Lbs. Sausage (I used Italian Sausage that I had to cut out of the casings)
1/2 cup diced onion (yellow or white will do)
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Tin Foil
At LEAST a 9x12 baking dish, I recommend glass

Alfredo Sauce Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
4 ounces of cream cheese
4 cups heavy cream
4 tsp minced garlic ( I add a little more because we LOVE garlic)
4 tsp garlic powder
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 tsp Oregano
1 1/2 cups Parmesan Cheese

* The Alfredo Sauce may be a little thin BUT THIS IS GOOD! We need the excess moisture to cook the pasta! If  you were not using the sauce in a back I would say to add 2 tablespoons of AP Flour until thickened. *

Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the onions in a large skillet to being carmelizing.
Step 2: Meanwhile, IN a large saucepan begin melting 2 sticks of butter over medium heat and begin taking the sausage out of their casings. Also, begin boiling a large pot of water.
Step 3: Place the de-cased sausage into the pan with the onions and start breaking it up into preferred sizes (at least bitsized).
Step 4: Add minced garlic to Alfredo sauce and cook for 1 minute before adding the cream cheese.
Step 5: Once the cream cheese is melted, slowly whisk in the heavy cream to the sauce. Do this slowly or you'll get chunks and/or curdling. Add the garlic powder, oregano, salt, pepper and Parmesan Cheese.
Step 6: Place the pasta in the boiling water and cook 2 minutes shy of the recommended cooking time. Also, ensure that the sausage is cooked through and that the alfredo sauce is completed.
Step 7: Rinse the pasta and pour into the baking dish. Stir in the sausage and cover with the Alfredo Sauce and stir.
Once everything is well mixed togeter place the baking dish in the 350 degree oven for 45 minutes covered in tin foil.
Step 8: Remove the baking dish, remove the tin foil (but don't throw away) and cover the top of the dish with your desired amount of Mozzarella Cheese. Recover with the tin foil and cook for another 10 minutes. Let cool approximately 5-10 minutes before serving.


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