Cheesy Ranch Chicken Bake

April 21, 2023 Amanda Plott

Here it is, the easies and cheesiest of casseroles for dinner that you’ll ever make from scratch. This pasta dish starts out with veggies and a roux that quickly comes together as a cheese sauce that’s mixed up with chicken and pasta and baked to perfection.

I did the smart thing here and used up the odds and ends of leftover smaller pastas that I had on hand in my pantry. That included some wheat elbow noddles, regular mini shells, and also some veggie rotini. So if you’re looking for a way to use up the ends of boxes of pasta, this is for you!…

Vegetarian Cheeseburger Crunch Wraps

April 11, 2023 Amanda Plott

Who doesn’t love a good crunch wrap? While they’re tasty from the taco franchise that we all love to hate and hate to love, you can absolutely make them at home quickly, easily, and in a way that is sooo much better for you. Today I doubled down and flipped the script making a crunch wrap that not only had a cheeseburger twist, but is also meatless!

These Vegetarian Cheeseburger Crunch Wraps are layered very similar to a standard taco crunch wrap except I’ve used cheeseburger toppings and condiments in lieu of taco ones. We’re talking pickle, ketchup, mustard, burger ‘meat’, cheese, and even lettuce and tomato too…

Spinach & Strawberry Salad

March 27, 2023 Amanda Plott

Yes, I'm a huge salad fan. I love all the veggies and different ways to dress up your leafy greens with one dressing or another. Plus, there's just something refreshing about indulging in a crisp cool salad when it's upwards of 80... 90... 100 degrees. Which we’ve already gone over 80 here!

So I guess what I'm saying is... be prepared for the montage of salad recipes that are sure to come this way through the next few months. Strawberry and spinach salad is actually one of my old favorites. I think it was one of the first salads that I ever had feta cheese on. It could even be when I fell in love with feta cheese…

Baked Cheesy BBQ Chicken

March 2, 2023 Amanda Plott

Dinner truly doesn’t get more simple or easy than this Baked Cheesy BBQ Chicken. With just a handful of ingredients you can have the main part of dinner done and ready to go. It’s basic. Simple. Easy. And cheesy! To start this easy dinner off, you mix up some BBQ sauce with a little extra garlic goodness.

After that you marinate, if you have time, and then bake it until it’s almost done. It’s then topped off with cheese, red onion, and some pickled jalapeños to give just a little kick! I lightened this up by using a reduced fat cheese, but other than that there really isn’t much else to do since there’s so few ingredients…

Air Fryer Breakfast Burrito

February 27, 2023 Amanda Plott

This tasty breakfast burrito has been my staple breakfast for a week now so I just had to share it. Usually when I make breakfast burritos the tortilla can end up a bit soggy or wet with all the good stuff I pile into it - namely the fresh pico and cheese. I recently decided to try and put it in the air fryer once it’s all together so that it could, in theory, end up with a slightly firmer outside and an even more gooey cheesy inside. And that’s exactly what I ended up with.

This Air Fryer Breakfast Burrito is as loaded as they come. Bacon, eggs, cheese, pico, jalapeño - oh my! I lightened it up by going with a super low calorie whole wheat and flax tortilla and was anything other than disappointed. I also used pre cooked and crumbled bacon so that I could use less bacon but still get some in every bite…

Extra Cheesy Baked Macaroni (Mac Hack)

January 30, 2023 Amanda Plott

Sometimes you just have to be a little cheesy. But today, we’re going to be extra cheesy! This Extra Cheesy Baked Macaron is made all in ONE PAN and is tossed together to bake up in the oven in just over half an hour. The best part is? It’s some of the most rich, creamy, decadent macaroni dishes that you’ll ever make. That blue box of powdered crap has nothing on these noods!

I’ve heard about this hack before of being able to one pan macaroni in the oven, but I’d never tried it until today. I’ll be honest in saying that I was super impressed that it worked so well! I mean, why would you make macaroni any other way?…