Chicken and Rice Night is about to get an upgrade in flavor! If you love chicken and rice casseroles, here's a popular one made in the Instant Pot! Here's a pictorial for you... Cut chicken into bite size pieces and saute with oil, garlic and onion. Add the rice and stock. Pressure cook. Fluff the rice and chicken, after it's been pressure … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Tacos
This shredded chicken is so simple, yet soooooooooooo gooooooooooooood. (Sorry, sometimes I get carried away with letters, and other times with punctuation. If you only knew how many !!!!'s I've deleted in almost 10 years of blogging online. Like for reals, my friends are always teasing me. But I'm just a happy person, and I like to communicate my happy with !!!!s. Because … [Read more...]
Coconut Lime Chicken Skillet
This chicken was GONE. It flew right out of the skillet, right onto our dinner plates and right into all the bellies! I actually made a double portion of what's below because I knew my boys would love this - because they love curries, and this is basically a tamed down curry with focus on the lime and the coconut, and less on the kick and spice that comes from curry … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo
If you've ever wondered how you transform a pasta skillet meal into an Instant Pot skillet meal, this is how. Read the directions closely...especially the part about how much liquid is needed! ENJOY! Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo Creamy and full of flavor! 2 large boneless chicken breasts2 links smoked pre-cooked sausage1 Tbsp olive oil1 … [Read more...]
31 Days of 5-Ingredient Meals
REPOST: This is a repost onto the blog of the super popular 31 Days of 5-Ingredient Meals series. I've been giddy excited to share these recipes in this month's series with you because..... I'm busy. I need quick and simple meals. I need easy to make meals. I need meals without a ton of crazy ingredients. I need new ideas. I'm stuck in a dinner … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Chicken & Spinach Stroganoff (including Keto version!)
Adore adore adore this simple spinach stroganoff sauce that's cooked with some chicken all day in the slow cooker. It's flavorful and super quick to get started in the morning! Enjoy! And for a ketogenic version of this meal, swap out the egg noodles for some sauteed cauliflower rice! Slow Cooker Chicken & Spinach Stroganoff (including Keto … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Bacon Ranch Chicken
Low Carb - Slow Cook! That's what we've got with this delicious meal made in the slow cooker! It's low carb and cooked slow. The flavors are amazing and you might just find this to be your new favorite low carb. Your go-to low-carb meal! It's made with chicken and a homemade combo of Ranch seasoning mix...plus cream cheese and cheese and bacon. A low-carb or ketogenic … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Chicken Ropa Vieja
A few years back I was at a conference in Miami with a friend and colleague, and we ended up going on a Cuban food eating "tour." It started with a dive near the beach and I ordered the Ropa Vieja. And it ended with Cubano sandwiches, at a walk up food bar. We had a few other meals in between, but these two were my faves! And I knew that I needed to recreate the Ropa Vieja … [Read more...]
Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Crack Chicken with Keto Option
There's a reason they call this crack chicken. Because you can't stop eating it. The reason it's so irresistible - ranch, bacon, cheese with the chicken ---> SUPER-DEEEEEELICIOUS! Turns out - the flavor combination in this recipe has been declared the dinner version of "crack" - just like there is Christmas crack (saltines, caramel, chocolate) - also known as Saltine … [Read more...]
Chicken Green Curry
This is a "fight for the leftovers" kind of curry. I make red curry often. And it's my favorite lunch take-out - a yummy treat a few times a month. But this green curry got a "Whoa, babe. This is delightful!" from my husband. And then we fought over the leftovers. It's certainly the most common thing we fight about - who gets the leftovers ;) Fighting is probably the … [Read more...]