Mexican food is a favorite in our home and when it’s hot outside we eat Chicken Tacos at least once a week and sometimes twice! {Unless I’m in my first trimester and chicken isn’t appetizing…thankfully I’m over that aversion now!)

We received a tortilla press as a Christmas present and we love making homemade tortillas. So far we haven’t settled on a favorite recipe but every one we’ve tried has been delicious. {Once we find a favorite, I’ll share!}

Chicken Tacos make a quick, easy and frugal meal.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast {we typically dice but sometimes will shred}

Taco Seasoning {try homemade taco seasoning; when we shred the chicken we use rotel to season}

Tortillas

Toppings {Guacamole, Sour Cream, Cheese, Cilantro, Salsa, Tomatoes, Lettuce, whatever you like!}

Directions:

1. Cook your chicken; season and let simmer.

2. Serve on tortillas and garnish with your choice of toppings.

Easy, frugal and delicious!

Over the past few months, I’ve been working on incorporating more vegetables into our diet. As we’re trying new vegetables and cooking vegetables in different ways, I’m finding that I simply love vegetables!

Two of my favorites are cabbage and squash. I ate cabbage growing up, only in a stir fry though! The thought of cabbage any other way wasn’t exactly appealing. As far as squash goes, I just started eating it a little over a year ago. It’s delicious!

Steamed Cabbage and Squash is so simple to make!

Ingredients:

Squash (1 medium/large, sliced)

Cabbage (about 2 cups worth diced up)

Butter (about 2 tablespoons)

Salt/Pepper

Directions:

1. Melt butter in large skillet.

2. Add in squash and cabbage, stir to mix with the butter. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

3. Cover and let steam for a few minutes or until the vegetables reach the tenderness you desire.

4. Serve and enjoy!

This makes a great side dish. I frequently fix this for an easy and yummy lunch. Paxton enjoys the steamed squash and I just love it!

We love anything buffalo around here and lately have been putting Franks Red Hot Sauce on just about anything we think it will taste good on! {It’s really good on Mexican Casserole!}

Buffalo Chicken Pizza has been a favorite dish of ours for a couple of years. It seems that this pizza gets better every time we make it and we love it more!

Ingredients:

Your favorite pizza crust

Chicken

Hot Sauce

Cheese {We prefer mozzarella}

{Lately we’ve been using 2 leg quarters of our Springer Mountain Farms Chicken since it’s just going to be boiled and coated in hot sauce! Save that good breast meat for another meal! }

Directions:

1. Boil your chicken.

2. Shred the chicken. Coat it in hot sauce. We use a lot of  hot sauce!

3. Spread a layer of hot sauce on your pizza crust followed by a thin layer of cheese. Spread chicken evenly around the entire pizza crust and top with more cheese.

4. Bake at 450 for 20 minutes or until the pizza is browned and bubbly!

5. Enjoy this delicious and slightly spicy pizza!!

We love my homemade pizza crust! It’s so easy to make and homemade pizza is frugal! {We save so much money versus purchasing pizza…and oftentimes homemade is better.}

We enjoy pizza nights on the weekends and having friends over to share a delicious meal of homemade pizza!

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons yeast {or 1 “packet”….however, it is much cheaper to purchase yeast in larger quantities!}

1 cup warm water

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons olive oil

3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt, olive oil and 3 cups flour; mix. Add more flour if the dough seems “sticky”.

Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease  top; cover. Let rise 1 hour or until doubled in bulk; punch dough down.

Brush pizza pan/stone with oil. Press dough on pan; add toppings. Bake at 450 for 15 to 20 minutes.

{The pizza pictured is Chicken Alfredo! One of our favorites!}

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A few nights ago I was in a baking mood but didn’t want to make cookies or pumpkin bread! Instead I came up with this recipe for apple bread using chunky homemade applesauce! It’s moist and delicious!

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 3/4 cups  chunky applesauce

Directions:

Mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and baking powder in large bowl.

Beat eggs and add sugar, oil and vanilla.

Combine egg mixture with dry ingredients. Stir in chunky applesauce.

Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Enjoy!!

*I actually made one loaf of bread and half a dozen large muffins! I baked the muffins for 20 minutes.

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