Chili Fritos Walking Tacos

Chili Fritos Walking Tacos – without toppings This Memorial Day weekend was a busy one in our household.  It was our 18th anniversary.  We always have dreams of spending it in some exotic place or even just having dinner together.  But, we usually end up celebrating similar to the way we did the year our…

German Style Pigs in the Blanket Casserole

As you can probably tell from most of my posts my favorite things to cook are casseroles, skillet dinners and slow cooker dinners.  They let me mix all the ingredients together, walk away and let it cook.  Yes, I enjoy the fancy dinners once in a while, but right now my family life comes first…

Grilled Turkey Reubens

This was a quick, yummy dinner for my family.  Though my children were a bit skeptical when it was first presented to them they both tasted it and asked if they could have them for lunch the next day!  A sign of a hit to me. Ingredients: 1 lb. cooked turkey breast 8 oz. Swiss…

Chicken Cordon Bleu Burgers

  Last night’s dinner was a a bit of this and that to create the Turkey Cordon Bleu Burgers. INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs. ground white meat turkey or ground chicken 4 TBSP McCormack Montreal Seasoning (use to taste – my family likes flavor so I used a bit more)  3 TBSP Dried Parsley 4 oz. Swiss…

Red Beans & Rice Tortilla Casserole

Since last night was Fat Tuesday I decided to spice up dinner with a bit of “New Orleans” flavor.  I started with the Red Beans & Rice Tortilla Casserole recipe from Zatarains.com. Red Beans & Rice Tortilla Casserole Ingredients 1 package ZATARAIN’S® Red Beans and Rice 1 can (8 3/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained…

Ground Turkey Tacos

I have a stash of quick throw together dinners in my back pocket in case I need them.  Tonight was one of those nights.  Dinner tonight was to be General Tso’s Chicken (homemade of course).   But, due to the events of the day we had Ground Turkey tacos instead. I browned my ground turkey in…

Double Bacon Burgers with Maple-Worcestershire Onions

This recipe is adapted from Rachel Ray’s Double Bacon Burgers with Maple-Worcestershire Onions on Rachelray.com Ingredients 12 slices of turkey bacon (you can use real bacon but we always use turkey bacon) Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), for drizzling 2 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, chopped or thinly sliced Coarse salt and coarse black pepper…