Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Recipe Review - Monterrey chicken

Last night's dinner was Monterrey Chicken Skillet. It combined some things i eat, just usually not together. It was very easy, tastey and heats up well for lunch the next day. The blog also breaks down the cost per meal and serving which is nice and something different. I will be checking out more of their blog.

Next time I would throw it in the oven as a casserole to finis with the cheese and bbq evenly distributed. I also used a whole regular onion as i did not have green onion. I would also probably add more chicken and veggies, but that's just my personal preference.

I'll be curious to see what the husband thinks - he had some left over chili instead for supper, but was going to have these left overs for lunch.

**Image from www.budgetbytes.com
Smoky BBQ sauce, salty bacon, and creamy Monterrey Jack cheese come together in this quick, one-dish Monterrey Chicken Skillet. BudgetBytes.com

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Recipe Review - Lasagna Rolls

I love lasagna although for some reason my mom never made it growing up so it was always a special treat when someone would make it. I made this recipe for Lasagna rolls for the Super Bowl with the idea of having lots of left overs this week and it was fantastic.

A few things i did differently - i had about 2-3lbs of ground venison so i browned that up with lots of seasoning. I used fresh spinach, 2 eggs, whole pack of lasagna noodles, extra sauce and ricotta due to amount of meat.  I ended up with extra rolls that did not fit in the pan that i'll probably freeze or just reheat and i had extra meat/cheese mix that i'll just put in tortilla shells one day for lunch.

The one thing i really like about this recipe is that it's much easier to identify a portion as opposed to cutting squares. I also am not a fan of the burnt crispy edges that can happen when making it normally, so this also solves that issue.