Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
Every month, a group of parents from H’s old preschool get together for a dinner club. It is always a great time and everyone brings really delicious food.
We hosted last month and one of the families brought these super delicious taco cups. Everyone was raving about them. I didn’t think about getting the recipe at the time but decided to try and create them on my own a few days later. These turkey taco cups are sure to be a favorite in your house.
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I love the ease of preparing meatloaf! I don’t always love the amount of baking time required to bake a full meatloaf though so I usually try to bake it in much smaller portions.
Enter the meatloaf muffin!
I’ve done them lots of times with my regular beef meatloaf recipe but today, I’m sharing my newest meatloaf fascination: chicken parmesan meatloaf!
What you’ll need:
1 lb ground chicken
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, very finely minced OR grated
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
4 oz fresh mozzarella, cut into cubes
1/2 cup marinara sauce
Let’s make it!
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
2) In a small skillet, pour 1 tsp olive oil and heat to medium. Add onion and garlic and lightly sauté for 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
3) In a large bowl, mix ground chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, onion mixtures, dried herbs, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup grated parmesan together. Gently mix with hands.
4) Fill each muffin cup about 1/3 full with meat mixture. Place one cube of fresh mozzarella in each muffin cup. Then, evenly divide the remaining meat mixture on top of the mozzarella.
5) Cover the top of each “muffin” with marinara sauce and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
6) Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until fully cooked.
What is your favorite type of meatloaf?
Weeknight meals are most definitely the most difficult in our house and I am pretty sure most houses! Spaghetti with Peppers and Onions is a great quick weeknight dinner that requires little hands-on cooking time! And, even though is a quick dinner recipe, it will still taste just as good as mom’s spaghetti!
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Ok, so today I am going to talk about one of those famous Pinterest items that you see everywhere. I’m talking about shredding chicken in your KitchenAid Mixer.
We use a lot of shredded chicken so I was hoping this really was as easy as it looked/sounded. I’ve seen it re-pinned so much that I figured I should finally give it a try.
The first step is an obvious one: buy some chicken breast and cook it.
I did mine in the crockpot which is why you see the chicken stuff in the broth. Now, transfer the hot chicken to your mixer bowl.
Put on your flat beater attachment
I also used my 1-Piece Pouring Shield
Then, I flipped the switch and watched as it shredded my chicken! I did about 3-4 of the breasts at a time and had all 8 of the chicken breasts done in less than 5 minutes!
This is such a time saver! Oh, and my hands thank Pinterest too because I won’t be hand shredding chicken anymore!
