3 quick, easy, and semi-healthy dinner ideas
If you have ever read any of my recipes, you know I am no professional cook; and I try to get straight to the point. I mostly do everything to taste, so just go with me here - HA!
1. Supreme Pizza Bake
My son loved this one, obviously!!
What you need
-Choice of noodles (Optional, you could do this without noodles)
-1 lb Ground beef
-1 Green pepper
-Pepperonis
-Black olives
-Mushrooms (I forgot to put on my grocery list, but meant to add mushrooms)
-Shredded mozzarella cheese
-Garlic Salt
-Oregano and/or Italian seasoning
Directions
-Preheat oven to 350
-Cook noodles on the stove
-Fully cook ground beef, season with garlic salt, and Italian seasoning to taste on the stove
-Chop green onion and add to ground beef
-Pour in marinara sauce
-Mix all together in an oven-safe pan
-Layer pepperonis, black olives, mushrooms, and mozzarella on top
Cook in the oven for 10 min
This makes so much food you could feed a family of 4 easy, or have plenty of leftovers.
2. Tomato Basil Chicken
This ended up being one of my favorite meals ever. Maybe because the tomatoes came straight from our garden.
What you need
-Thin chicken breasts
-1 Tomato
-Sliced deli mozzarella cheese
-Season salt, garlic powder, pepper, sea salt, olive oil
-White cooking wine (Don't sleep on this, it makes it so juicy and flavorful)
-Fresh basil
-Asparagus
-Lemon juice
Directions
-Preheat oven to 350
-Season chicken with olive oil, season salt, garlic powder, and pepper
-Cook chicken on stove for about 4 min on each side
-Add white cooking wine when your chicken is almost cooked all the way through
-Asparagus: cover with olive oil, lemon juice, and sea salt
-Slice tomatoes
-Put chicken in a oven-safe pan (I cooked the asparagus on the same pan)
-Place uncooked tomato slices directly on top of chicken
-Add mozzarella on top of tomatoes
-Fresh basil on top (I only had dried basil that I put under the cheese so whichever will work, I just think fresh would give it a better taste)
-Cook for 15 min (the extra time is for the asparagus, so adjust if you do this separately)
I wish I had balsamic drizzle/glaze to put on top
3. Creamy Jalapeño Chicken
What you need
4 thin chicken breasts
1-2 Jalapeños
1/2 Block of cream cheese
1 Tablespoon of butter
2 "dollops" of sour cream
Block of Monterey Jack Cheese
Chili Powder, garlic powder, onion powder, season salt, olive oil
Make it
-Preheat oven to 350 (my standard temp LOL)
-Cook chicken breasts on the stove
-Season with olive oil, season salt, garlic powder, and onion powder
-Slice jalapeños
-Mix in a microwave-safe bowl: butter, cream cheese, and sour cream and heat for 30-45 seconds
-Put fully cooked chicken in an oven-safe safe pan
-Cover chicken with your "cream" creation (butter, sour cream, cream cheese)
-Freshly grate your Monterey Jack on top (as much cheese as you want, girl!)
-Sprinkle chili powder on top
-Add jalapeños (another veggie we got from our garden)
-Cook for 10 minutes
This was sooooo good! We had Goya Spanish rice and avocado on the side, but it would be great with black beans or cilantro lime rice.
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The Bailee Ann - Texas Blogger