Chicken Green Chilie Salad

This is my best attempt at Bajio's Chicken Green Chilie Salad, which I love, but I get ticked off every time I go there and they raise the price another buck. I'm so cheap. So I had an idea to try and see if I could duplicate the flavor and wa la, I think I've got it.

Saute:
1/2 to 1 full diced onion (depends how much you like onions--I love em in meals)
1/2 cube butter
1 can diced green chilies

Add about 1/2 c. brown sugar--you want the mixture to look light brown

Add 2 large cooked chicken breasts cut up or shredded.

You can serve this:
-as a salad with tortilla chips
-on tortillas
-with refried or black beans
-with spanish rice
-topped with sour cream, guacamole, cheese, and salsa.
-the possibilities are endless.

Are you salivating yet?

Fried Rice

I've tried this meal several times and failed miserably. But this week I conquered. So here's what I learned. Don't use Calrose rice for fried rice--I love it for everything else. Also, make sure your rice is completely cooled before frying.

Saute:

2 T. Butter

Chopped Onion

Add 1 or 2 eggs and scramble.

Add

cooked, cooled rice (I used brown rice--D-lish)

2 T. Soy Sauce

Flip it, turn it--feel like a chef

Add your veggies--frozen work great!

-carrots

-peas

-green onions

-mushroom

-green beans

-sky's the limit!

Chicken Ole

Chicken -- fresh or bottled
1 can Black Beans (optional)
1 can Tomato Sauce
1 can Corn
1 can Chopped Green Chilies or substitute with a 1/2 c. Salsa
1 1/2 t. Chili Powder
1 t. Onion Powder
Tortilla Chips or Cooked Rice

Cook Chicken in skillet. Add other indredients. Serve over chips or rice.

Garnish with Cheese and Sour cream.

I made this tonight. My kids all gave it a thumbs up--Wahoo!
I added the black beans, the recipe didn't call for them. I used Salsa instead of Green Chilies. It had a good flavor and I was thinking that you could probably try it without the chicken for a bean and rice type of recipe. Easy Smeasy Recipe

Sloppy Joes

This was really delicious. You can double this and freeze it in 1 c. portions to use it in tacos, soup, or casseroles. (I got it from a friend who does the Once a Month cooking thing)

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. chopped onion (or minced onion)
1/3 c. ketchup
1/2 c. water--may need more to dilute at the end.
1 T. lemon juice
1 T. brown sugar
1 t. Worchestershire sauce
1 t. salt
1 t. vinegar
1/2 packet sloppy joe seasoning (if desired)

What to do with that leftover rice in the fridge? Add it to your sloppy joe or taco meat. It stretches your meet further and tastes great too.

Look what I did with a ROAST

Growing up I hated having roasts for dinner. As a mom, they're the greatest ever. Just put them in the crock pot and let 'em go. One roast usually does a couple of meals.

Cooking the Roast:
I prefer the slow cooker, but you can you a roasting pan in the oven as well. Plan 4-6 hours to cook a good sized roast from frozen to fully cooked. I like to smother the roast with salt, pepper, garlic salt, minced onion, herbs. Pretty much whatever I can find in my spice shelf that sounds good that day.

Once cooked, here's some of my favorite options:

1. Sunday Dinner Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Salad, etc.

2. French Dip Sandwiches: Put sliced beef on hoagie buns or rolls. Mix up a packet of Au Juis for the dip. You can also just use beef bouillon of beef flavoring to make your own dip.

3. BBQ Beef Sandwiches: Pour a half a bottle of BBQ sauce over the shredded beef, and serve on a roll or hoagie bun.

4. Stew: Use left over roast to make a stew with onion, potatoes, and carrots. For flavoring use beef bouillon and a little flour or a packet of Stew Seasoning.

Hint: Because I'm always running late on Sunday and I don't like spending my whole day cooking, I cook my roast on Saturday and have it for Saturday evening meal. That way, when we come home from church, I just have to pull a few things together or have leftovers from the night before. When I think ahead to do this, it makes my Sunday meal preparation much more enjoyable.

Chicken & Alfredo

This was a really yummy way to add a lot of flavor to a simple meal. However, you do have to plan ahead.

In a crock pot cook chicken breasts. I cooked 3 large chicken breasts, and we still had leftovers. (6 people) As soon as you put the chicken in the crock pot,
Put about 1/2 c. water in with the chicken. Make sure there's a little water for the entire cooking process, so that it doesn't burn. Especially if your cooking your frozen chicken on high. (Like I usually do)
Season with whatever Italian seasonings are in your cupboard. I use Italian Seasoning Blend, Garlic & Herb, & Minced Onion.
Let cook for 3-4 hours. When the chicken pulls apart easily it's done.

Boil Alfredo noodles or Spaghetti noodles til cooked thoroughly. Nothing like not entirely cooked pasta.

1 or 2 Alfredo Seasoning Packets: Cook up according to directions. All you need to add is milk and then stir and boil.

Mix altogether and wala.

Chicken & Rice

This one was from Skip...

Steam rice and veggies in rice cooker. Add chicken bouilon to rice for flavor.
In frying pan warm 1 bottle canned chicken
Season with Worcestershire Sauce, Soy Sauce, and All Seasoning.
Serve altogether.

Thanks guys!

Tin Foil Dinners

Ground Burger, uncooked & patted into patties
Carrots, peeled and chopped, or dehydrated from the family cannery. Just rehydrate them by
adding water and letting them sit for 20 min.
Potatoes, peeled and sliced
Onion, sliced, I use minced onion when I don't have fresh

Put one patty on a square of tin foil. Top with the remaining ingredients to your liking. Salt and pepper, then fold tin foil up and pinch together. Cook at 350 for 1 hour.

Bisquits & Gravy

Bisquick: that's right all you need is Bisquick and milk. I follow the directions for biscuits on the box.

Gravy: 1 pkg. country gravy mix. Follow directions on the package. I buy these when they're on sale 4 for $1. For variety add sausage.

Cook up some eggs, or slice some oranges and wala breakfast for dinner.

Fajitas or Tacos

Heat in a frying pan:
1 bottle canned chicken ... you can also use fresh chicken, cooked & shredded
1 pkg. fajita mix or taco seasoning ... depending what your in the mood for

Heat in saucepan:
Refried Beans ... I buy dehydrated ones from the family cannery--yummy too.

Spanish Rice: cooked in rice cooker or in saucepan
1 c. rice
3 c. water
1 t. salt
1/2-3/4 c. salsa

Serve with: chips, hard shell tacos or tortillas.

Top with: sour cream, cheese, lettuce, etc.

Variation: Use Beef Steaks or Elk Steaks: Cook in crock pot with seasonings, cut in strips when cooked thoroughly. Then saute green pepper and onion. Mix altogether with fajita seasoning.