The French dressing is cooked up with the ground beef, beans, and taco seasoning. Then it 's poured over the other salad fixings - lettuce, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese and tortilla chips.
Chicken breasts are marinated in teriyaki sauce, then grilled to perfection, topped with a refreshingly sweet pineapple ring, and served with lettuce and tomato on a sandwich roll.
A refreshing citrus dressing accents the salad for my popular menu. I often toss in some meslun lettuce with the spinach and add apples for variety. --Arlene Butler, Ogden, Utah
My whole family loves this beefy lasagna flavored with taco seasoning. Even my picky five-year-old will eat it. Serve with shredded lettuce, fresh sliced tomatoes, olives and sour cream.
Shepherd's pie is adaptable to almost infinite variations. Here, the basic browned ground beef and potato combination is baked with canned French-style green beans and tomato sauce.
This savory pork chops and gravy recipe is a lightened version of the Southern-style classic. Plus, you can use the simple gravy technique in a number of other dishes.
The St. Louis style of preparing ravioli is unique and delicious. The ravioli is breaded, fried and served with marinara sauce and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
Mexican-inspired flavors of black beans, taco seasoning, and cilantro spice up this easy and colorful pasta casserole made with cooked chicken and Tex Mex-style shredded cheese.
This chicken Parmesan is done casserole style (so, no breading or frying!), but still offers up that irresistible combination of tender chicken, crunchy/cheesy coating, and flavorful sauce.
In Stillman Valley, Illinois, Susan Kutz needs only five ingredients to create this comforting home-style meal of chicken topped with corn bread stuffing. 'I sometimes add two cans of soup so there's more sauce,' she notes.
Cornbread stuffing forms the crust in this mouthwatering Southwestern-style "pie". It makes a satisfying main dish, but you can also cut it into smaller pieces and serve it as an appetizer.
Eggplant, ginger, garlic, shrimp and beef get sauteed and spiced-up, Szechuan style. Chicken stock and soy sauce provide the base for the thick, tasty sauce.
Easy side: Toss together romaine lettuce, freshly cracked pepper, and grated Parmesan cheese; toss with your favorite bottled Caesar dressing. Sprinkle with croutons.
Cabbage cooked in bacon drippings and seasoned with garlic, red pepper flakes and caraway seeds makes a cozy nest for smoked Polish-style sausage in this homey, hearty and satisfying supper.
A quick, dill-infused, Dijon-mayonnaise tops these Scandinavian-style salmon fillets. For extra freshness, make a salad when you serve the fillets on a bed of shredded cucumber.
Italian-style tomatoes go for a brief simmer with tender white cannellini beans and garden-fresh spinach. Serve over hot penne and spoon crumbled bits of feta cheese over the top for a creamy sharp bite with every mouthful.
