White Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:
* 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
* 2 cups monterey jack cheese, divided
* tortillas, corn or flour -- I actually prefer flour.
* 3 Tbspn butter
* 3 Tbspn flour
* 2 cups broth
* 1 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt
* 1- 4oz can diced green chilies

Directions:
1. Mix chicken and 1 cup monterey jack together. Roll up in tortillas and place in greased 9x13 pan.

2. In a saucepan, melt the butter, stir in the flour and cook 1 minute. add 2 cups broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.

3. Stir in 1 cup sour cream or greek yogurt and chilies. Don't bring to a boil or you'll curdle the sour cream.

4. Pour sauce over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.

5. Bake at 350 for 22 minutes, then under high broiler for 3 minutes to brown the cheese on top.

Tater Tot Vegetable Casserole

Ingredients:
* 2 lbs ground beef
* chopped onions and garlic as desired
* 1 can cream of whatever soup
* 16 oz bag mixed veggies of your choice
* 1/2 tsp each: salt, pepper, and garlic (if not added earlier)
* 1 Tbspn worcestershire sauce
* optional mushrooms
* 2 cups shredded cheddar
* 32 oz bag tater tots

Directions:
1. Brown ground beef with onion and garlic.

2. Add rest of ingredients, except for the cheese and tator tots.

3. Place mixture in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Top with cheese, then top with tater tots.

4. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

Sour Cream Enchiladas

Ingredients:
* 3-4 cooked, shredded chicken breasts
* 8 oz sour cream or plain greek yogurt
* 1-10 oz can cream of whatever soup
* 4 oz diced chilies
* small onion, diced
* dash of salt
* 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
* tortillas, (flour or corn - your choice)

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine all but one cup of cheese and tortillas.

2. Fill tortillas and place into greased 9x13 pan. Spread remaining mixture over the top and sprinkle remaining 1 cup shredded cheddar (or more if you like).

3. Bake uncovered at 375 for 30 minutes, or until cheese is all melty and good.

Crockpot Angel Chicken

An easy throw together, served over rice or pasta.

Ingredients:
* 1 lb chicken
* 1 can cream of whatever soup
* 8 oz brick cream cheese, softened
* packet Italian dressing mix
* 1/4 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt
* 1/2 cup or more sliced mushrooms (canned or fresh)

Directions:
1. Put chicken breasts and mushrooms in crockpot.

2. Combine rest of ingredients in a bowl and pour over chicken.

3. Cook on low 6-8 hours, or high 4-5. Experience proves that the slow cook is the way to go on this, though, unless you're in a bind and forgot to get the stuff in the crockpot until too late. :-)

Simply Great Chicken

Another easy Pinterest find.

Ingredients:
* 2-4 Chicken breasts, depending on size
* Packet of Italian Dressing Mix
* 1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:
1. Mix seasoning and brown sugar together well.

2. Coat Chicken as well as possible. Any extra can be sprinkled over chicken in the pan.

3. Place chicken in a greased pan and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. You can turn the chicken a couple times to pour sauce over, but it's not necessary.

Pasta "Bravo"

This is pretty close to what I always order at the restaurant. Thanks, Pinterest!

Ingredients:
* 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, fully cooked, cut into strips
* 8 oz rigatoni pasta, cooked
* 1 Tbspn butter
* 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
* 2 cups alfredo sauce
* 2 cups marinara sauce
* 7 oz roasted red peppers, drained

Directions:
1. Melt butter over medium heat and add mushrooms. Saute until tender.

2. Into a blender, add alfredo sauce, marinara sauce, and roasted red peppers. Mix well.

3. Add mushrooms and chicken to sauce, pour over pasta, and serve hot with freshly shredded parmesan cheese if you've got it!

Mom's Black Bean Tacos

Directions:
1. Chop a medium onion and a sweet potato

2. Coat a skillet with oil

3. Saute onion and sweet potato until soft & translucent

4. Add a can of black beans, (rinsed) and about a can's worth of frozen corn.

5. Add a tsp of chili powder, a tsp of cumin, and a dash of salt and pepper with 1/4 cup of water.

6. Let it cook down, then it's ready to eat.

Honey Garlic Pork Chops Marinade

Combine and marinate pork chops:
* 1/4 & 1/8 cup honey
* 3 Tbspn soy sauce
* 6 cloves minced garlic

Grill or broil

Easy peasy.

I Crave This Once a Week Hamburger Stroganoff

The title says it all.

Ingredients:
* 1/2 cup minced onion
* 1 clove garlic, minced or crushed
* optional: around 1/2 up to 1 cup chopped or sliced bell pepper - your choice
* 1 pound ground beef
* 2 Tbspn flour
* 1 tsp salt
* 1/4 tsp pepper
* 8 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
* 1 can cream of whatever soup
* 1 cup sour cream or greek yogurt
* parsley, fresh or dried - for garnish
* pasta or rice for serving over

Directions:
1. saute onion, garlic, and pepper in butter. Stir in meat and brown.

2. Stir in flour, salt and pepper, and mushrooms. Cook about five minutes, and drain off grease.

3. Stir in cream of soup and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.

4. Stir in sour cream and parsley and serve over pasta or rice.

Easy Garlic Chicken

We love this.

Ingredients:
* 4 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 Tbspn olive oil
* 4Tbspn brown sugar
* Additional herbs and spices as desired.
* Salt and Pepper for seasoning
* around 4 chicken breasts (depending on size of breasts)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 (yes, 450). Line a baking dish or just spray a dish.

2. In a small saucepan, saute garlic in olive oil.

3. Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar and additional herbs and spices as desired.

4. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in baking dish. Cover with mixture.

5. Bake uncovered for 15-30 minutes or until juices run clear.

Easy Caramelized Baked Chicken

I'm a fool for easy chicken recipes.

Ingredients:
* 6 chicken fillets
* 2 Tbspn olive oil
* 1/2 cup soy sauce
* 2 Tbspn ketchup
* 1 cup honey
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 and place chicken in 9x13 dish.

2. Mix and pour over the chicken the remaining ingredients.

3. Bake in a preheated oven for one hour, or until the sauce is caramelized.

Crockpot Ranch Porkchops

Quick and easy, few, cheap ingredients, nothing terribly exciting, but a mom of two littles needs a few recipes like this. :-)

Ingredients:
* Pork Chops
* 1 Packet Ranch Dressing Mix
* 1 Can Cream of whatever soup
* 1 Can Water
* optional mushrooms

Directions:
1. Put Pork chops and optional mushrooms in crock pot

2. Combine ranch dressing packet, cream of soup, and water

3. Pour over pork and cook on low 6-8 hours.

Creamy Swiss Chicken Bake

I think this would be good with other types of cheese, too. But this is the recipe as I found it on Pinterest.

Ingredients:
* 4-6 chicken breasts
* 6-8 slices cheese
* 1/2 cup mayo
* 1/2 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt
* 3/4 cup parmesan, divided
* 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
* 1 tsp garlic powder

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Pat chicken dry and place in a greased baking dish.

3. Add cheese on top of chicken.

4. In a bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients, less 1/2 cup parmesan. Spread over cheese/chicken and sprinkle with remaining parmesan.

5. Bake for 1 hour.

Classic Goulash

Makes 4 servings. Double for a large crowd!

Ingredients:
* 1 pound ground beef
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 1-1/2 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1-1/2 cups water
* 1-15 oz can tomato sauce
* 1-14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
* 1 Tbspn & 1-1/2 tsp soy sauce
* 1 Tbspn dried Italian seasoning
* 1-1/2 bay leaves
* 1-1/2 tsp seasoned salt
* 1 cup uncooked macaroni

Directions:
1. In a large dutch oven, cook and stir ground beef over medium-high heat, breaking up meat until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Skim off excess fat and stir in onion and garlic, cooking until onions are translucent, about 10 more minutes.

2. Stir in water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, soy sauce, Italian seasoning, bay leaves, and seasoned salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

3. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Stir in uncooked macaroni, cover, and simmer over low heat until pasta is tender, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. Remove from heat, discard bay leaves, and stir.

Chicken Pillows

Another for easy shredded chicken comfort food!

Ingredients:
* 1-8 oz can crescent rolls
* 8 oz cream cheese, softened
* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 2-3 cups cooked and shredded chicken
* 1 egg
* 1 sleeve saltine crackers, crushed

SAUCE TOPPING:
* 1 can cream of whatever soup
* 1/4 cup milk
* 2 spoonfuls sour cream or plain greek yogurt * 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400

2. Soften butter and cream cheese and stir to a smooth consistency. Add chicken.

3. Lay out crescents and stretch them. Add filling and roll up.

4. In a separte bowl, put egg and a little bit of water and beat together.

5. Dip the "pillows" into the blended egg and then dip into the crushed crackers. Put on a cookie sheet.

6. Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes.

SAUCE:
1. Put cream of soup and milk into a saucepan. Add as much milk as you want to get to desired consistency. When hot enough, add 2 spoonfuls sour cream and cheese to your liking.

Chicken Packets

For those nights you defrosted cooked chicken from the freezer and don't know what to do with it...

Ingredients:
* couple cooked and cubed or shredded chicken breasts
* 1 cup cheddar (or whatever kind you want) cheese
* 1 can crescent rolls
* 1 can cream of whatever soup
* 1 cup milk
* ad lib some seasonings if you want, or you don't need any.

Directions:
1. Cook soup according to directions and using the cup of milk.

2. Roll out each crescent roll and put a bit of chicken and cheese in each. Roll them back up. Place in a 9x13 pan.

3. Pour soup over rolls. Dump any leftover chicken/cheese in there.

4. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Cheeseburger Soup

Ingredients:
* 1 pound ground beef
* 3/4 cup each: chopped onion, chopped celery, chopped carrots
* 1 tsp each: dried basil, dried parsley flakes
* 4 Tbspn butter, divided
* 3 cups broth of your choice
* 4 cups peeled, diced potatoes
* 1/4 cup all purpose flour
* 2 cups velveeta, cubed OR 2 cups shredded cheddar
* 1-1/2 cups milk
* 3/4 tsp salt
* 1/4-1/2 tsp pepper
* 1/4 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt

Directions:
1. Brown ground beef in 3qt saucepan. Drain and set aside.

2. In same saucepan, add 1 Tbspn butter and add onion, carrots, celery, basil, and parsley flakes. Saute until tender.

3. Add broth, potatoes, and beef and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 10-12 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

4. In a small skilet, melt remaining 3 Tbspns butter and add flour. Cook and stir for 3-5 minutes or until bubbly. Add to the soup and bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low.

5. Stir in the cheese, milk, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until the cheese melts. Remove from heat, and blend in sour cream/yogurt.

Go To Crock Pot Pulled Pork

I have tried a BUNCH of crock pot pulled pork recipes and this is our favorite by far. It doesn't cook in the barbecue sauce, so people can choose which kind of sauce they want. It has great flavor and has a bit of a kick. You can change how much cayenne you use to your taste. I halve what the recipe calls for, but I've posted the recipe with the original amount.

Ingredients:

* 5 Pound boneless pork roast
* 1-1/2 tsp paprika
* 2 tsp black pepper
* 1 tsp cayenne
* 1 tsp dried thyme
* 1 tsp garlic powder
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1 cup water
* soft sandwich buns

Directions:

1. Combine all the seasonings in a small bowl and rub evenly over roast. Place meat in a 6-quart slow cooker. Add water. Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or HIGH for 4-5 hours or until pork is very tender.
2. Pull, slice or chop to serve. Serve in buns with barbecue sauce.

Savory Pork Roast

This is such an easy recipe and it comes out so delicious. The sage makes it so yummy!!

Ingredients:

* 1 garlic clove, minced
* 2 teaspoons dried marjoram
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
* 1 (4 pound) boneless pork loin roast

Directions:

1. Combine the seasonings; rub over roast. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
2. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F.
3. Let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

Baked Parmesan Tilapia

An easy and delicious find.

Ingredients:

* 1 pound tilapia filets
* 1/2 cup lemon juice
* 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil.

2. Mix the Parmesan, salt, paprika and parsley in a shallow dish. Pour the lemon juice into a shallow bowl.

3. One filet at a time, dip in the lemon juice then in the Parmesan mixture and place on baking sheet.

4. Bake 10-12 minutes until fish is flaky when pricked with a fork in the center of a filet.