This is what happens when the good ol' chicken casserole takes a trip to the land of enchantment. You get an easy-to-love casserole with cheesy rice and a spicy kick.
This Shepherd's Pie is a childhood favorite that my own family loves too. These days I especially appreciate that it freezes well and is one of those convenient one-dish meals. Once A Month Mom
What makes this chili best-ever is a toss-up. The salsa? The cheese? That creamy dollop of sour cream? The fact that it's low-cal and low-fat? Whatever. Best-ever.
Briefly cooking the gravy with thyme sprigs saves the time of stripping the tiny leaves from the stem, but still gives you the herb's woodsy flavor in this steak recipe. Serve over pasta, as instructed.
You can't go wrong with nachos. This twist on tradition manages to include crisp bacon and still be smarter than the original-with juicy chicken, brown rice and ripe tomatoes.
Just the name of this meal conjures up extreme nostalgia for my college days. My roommates and I, eager to put our cooking skills to the test on our own, rotated dinner nights. There were some successes. And some not-so-successes.
Mexican chorizo, as opposed to Spanish, is raw, and can be bought in sausage links, or just in a package (pictured in the procedure) as ready-ground sausage meat. I tend to do unorthodox things with my secret...
This side-dish salad uses fat-free mayonnaise in the dressing so it's much lower in fat than a regular Caesar salad. Portobello mushrooms add a meaty flavor.
