Pimentos and green chilies combine with cheddar to give Cheddar Chicken Spaghetti casserole its unique flavor. The casserole freezes well so if you want to double up on the recipe, it's a good dish to stock the freezer.
Potato Soup with Hash Browns (30 Minute Recipe)
Hearty and full of potatoes and cheese, 30 Minute Hash Brown Potato Soup is a super quick potato soup recipe without a lot of fuss or mess. Comforting Hash Brown Potato Soup is so quick and easy (only 30 minutes!) that it is one of my favorite "crisis meals."
Quick & Easy Black Beans and Rice
This quick stovetop Black Beans and Rice can be made in the time it takes to cook the rice. Adjust the spices to your taste by using salsa that is hot or mild, or add a chopped jalapeno to the pepper and onion.
Crustless Vegetable Quiche
We've used broccoli and cheddar in this delicious and easy quiche, but you can substitute different cheeses or vegetables to use what you have. Try it this way or with spinach and mozzarella cheese or mushrooms and Swiss.
Tex-Mex Beef Casserole
Planned leftovers helps me to not only reduce waste but speed up prep time on meals using the leftovers. Because the Carne Guisada is already prepared, creating this dish is just a matter of assembling the layers and baking. We almost always have rice in the refrigerator, but if we don't, it's easy to cook some in the rice cooker (if you don't have a rice cooker, you are missing out on the easiest way to make rice—no more burned rice because it cooked too long). The meat is already seasoned, so if you don't like spicy food, consider using a can of fire-roasted diced tomatoes instead of the tomatoes and green chilies.
Double-Crust Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie with a fabulous, flaky double crust and a rich sauce filled with chicken and a medley of vegetables is one of those delicious comfort foods that never goes out of style. This delicious recipe also includes adaptations for gluten-free and vegetarian diets.
Carne Guisada (Slow Cooker)
Carne means meat (but often is used to refer to beef), and guisada means stew. This flavorful Mexican beef stew is perfect for serving over rice or with tortillas. Its wonderful aroma as it simmers in the slow cooker will have you anxiously awaiting dinnertime.
Carne Guisada for the Instant Pot
This flavorful Mexican beef stew is perfect for serving over rice or with tortillas.
Pasta with Homemade Pesto
Homemade pesto can be made in the time it takes for the pasta to boil, so this is really a quick stovetop meal.
How to Make Homemade Pesto
Keeping fresh basil on hand makes homemade pesto easy. Basil is the basis for pesto, and using fresh basil that you have just cut from the stem makes your pesto incredibly flavorful. If you are serving pesto with pasta, the pesto can be made in the time it takes for the pasta to boil, so this is really a quick stovetop meal. Pesto freezes well, so it's easy to make a bulk batch and keep it on hand in the freezer.
