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Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

What is better than a buffalo wing and what is better than a taquito!? Well if you combine the two we get this amazingly easy weeknight meal that will definitely full fill your need for hot wings.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheese, chicken, instant pot, sour cream, tortillas
Servings: 4
Calories: 300kcal
Author: Jen Ellsworth
Cost: $6

Equipment

  • Instant Pot
  • Oven
  • Baking Sheet
  • Parchment Paper

Ingredients

  • 2-3 Chicken Breasts
  • 1/2 Cup Buffalo Sauce (packaged or bottled)
  • 1 Cup Cheddar cheese add more cheese if desired
  • 10 Tortillas more if you are using small corn tortillas
  • Any other desired dipping or topping i.e. lettuce, tomato, sour cream, salsa.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven for 425 degrees 
  • In instant pot place in 2-3 chicken breasts and ½ cup of water, cook on meat setting for 8-10 minutes (depending on chicken breast size) let natural release for additional 8 minutes.
  • Remove leftover water from instant pot and return chicken. 
  • Add Buffalo sauce to shredded chicken to taste, and stir.
  • In flour or corn tortillas add about 2 Tbps of chicken mixture evenly across the tortilla.
  • Add cheese into taquito and role and place seam side down on cookie lined sheet 
  • Brush taquitos with light oil or butter
  • Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
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Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti

Once again a Sunday dish that will provide your family with countless leftover lunches! A warm comfort food, and personally one of my husbands favorites.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: baked ziti, cheese
Servings: 10
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Jen Ellsworth
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Oven
  • 9x13 Casserole Dish
  • Large Pot

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Dry ziti pasta
  • 1 Diced onion
  • 1 lb Ground Beef
  • 52 oz Spaghetti sauce
  • 6 oz Provolone cheese
  • 1 1/2 cup Sour cream
  • 6 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp Garlic Minced or powder

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large pot bring water to a boil and cook the pasta until tender.
  • Dice onion.
  • Heat pan over medium high heat and add ground beef and onion.
  • Once beef has browned, drain and return return to pan. Add sauce and simmer for 15 minutes
  • Drain pasta and set to side.
  • Butter your 9x13 casserole dish.
  • Layer your ziti in this order:

Ziti Layering

  • 1/2 of the ziti noodles
  • Provolone cheese
  • Sour cream
  • 1/2 of the sauce and beef mixture
  • Remaining Ziti noodles
  • Mozzarella Cheese
  • Remaining sauce mix
  • Top with Parmesan cheese
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Tater Tot Casserole

Tater Tot Casserole

A casserole dish that is incredibly easy to make with very few ingredients and perfect for a snappy weeknight meal!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, dinner
Keyword: sunday, sunday dish, tater tot
Servings: 6
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Jen Ellsworth
Cost: 5

Equipment

  • 9x13 Casserole Dish
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Ground beef
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 10.5 oz Cream of mushroom soup
  • 2 cups Cheddar cheese
  • 1(16) oz package of frozen tater tots

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Heat pan on medium high heat and brown ground beef.
  • Once beef is browned, drain and stir in cream of mushroom soup.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Pour Mixture into casserole dish.
  • Layer tater tots evenly over ground beef and top with cheddar cheese.
  • Bake for 30-45 minutes or until tater tots are golden brown and hot.
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Hamburger helper

Hamburger Helper

Got Beef? well this is a beefy and cheesey dish that will fill your family up any night of week! This meal also makes amazing leftovers.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: beef, sour cream
Servings: 8
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Jen Ellsworth
Cost: $5

Equipment

  • large pan
  • Strainer

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 2 tbsp mustard
  • 1 tsp garlic minced or powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 2 cup macaroni I use egg noodles
  • 3 ½ cup water
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1 small onion diced optional

Instructions

  • Finley dice onion
  • In pan over medium high heat brown beef and onion until onion is almost translucent.
  • Drain ground beef and return to pan.
  • Take off of heat and stir in ketchup, mustard and seasonings.
  • Return to heat and add noodles and water.
  • Cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until noodles are cooked through.
  • After all water has absorbed remove heat from pan and stir in sour cream and cheese.
  • Stir until well combined and serve hot.
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Potato Ham Casserole

Potato Ham Casserole

Also known as funereal potatoes. but I promise that these will make you anything but sad.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, casserole
Keyword: casserole, cheese, ham, milk
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 300kcal
Author: Jen Ellsworth
Cost: $6

Equipment

  • Oven
  • 9x13 Casserole Dish
  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • 6 medium potatoes rinsed and diced
  • 3 tbsp butter for sauteing the ham and onion
  • 5 slices ham/ lunch meat diced
  • 1 small onion diced
  • ¼ cup butter for roux
  • 3 tbsp of all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cup milk
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup corn flakes or bread crumbs I prefer corn flakes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Rinse and dice all of your potatoes into dime size piece.
  • Place potatoes into instant pot and steam with ¼ cup of water for 5 minutes or until soft.
  • Chop onion and ham and set to side.
  • Heat pan on medium heat and melt 3 tbsp of butter and saute ham and onion until it becomes soft.
  • Butter casserole dish.
  • Once potatoes are soft mix into ham and potato mixture and transfer into buttered casserole dish.
  • Melt ¼ cup of butter in skillet over medium heat.
  • Slowly stir in 3 tbsp of flour until smooth.
  • Gently add milk into flour butter mixture until roux has thickened. string continuously.
  • Reduce heat and stir in cheese until fully melted.
  • Pour roux over ham and potato mixture.
  • Add bred crumbs or corn flakes to the top of your casserole.
  • Bake in the oven at 350° fir 35-30 minuets or until golden brown.
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Shredded Chicken Tacos

Chicken- 

  • 2-3 chicken breasts 
  • 3 TBs of taco seasoning
  • ¼ th cup of salsa

Place chicken in the instant pot with ½ of water. Turn instant pot on meat setting for 8 minutes. Let natural release for 5-10 minutes. Take chicken out of instant pot and place on a plate to shred. Drain instant pot until less than ½ cup of water remains. Shred chicken place back into pot with seasoning and salsa. Stir until evenly combined. 

Toppings- 

  • Flour Tortillas 
  • Cheddar cheese 
  • Avocados, sourcream, olives, if desired 

Keep meat warm in instant pot and construct tacos and desired.

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Taco salad

Beef-

  • 1 lb of ground beef 
  • 3 TBs of taco seasoning 
  • 1 can of black beans 

Heat pan on medium-high heat. Add ground beef and seasoning to pan. Brown until pink is gone. In a strainer, strain the grease from the beef. Add can of black beans. Place back in pan to keep warm.

Salad-

  • 1 head of romaine or iceberg lettuce 
  • 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese 
  • ½ cup of salsa 
  • Ranch and sourcream ( if desired)
  • 1 cup of crushed tortilla chips 
  • Other toppings can be added as well, such as olives, corn, avocado, etc. 

Rinse and cut lettuce and place in a large bowl. Toss beef, cheese, and salsa into lettuce. Add crushed chips on top as well as sour cream. Serve and enjoy.