Oven Baked Chicken Taquitos

 This is another recipe that I have decided to try for the kids lunches.

This recipe is super easy to make and has the bare minimum of ingredients so it's quick and wonderful in that account but I think it needs a little bit more personally. I think next time I would fry up some onion and maybe some bell peppers to go in as well as the kids found them a little bit dry without the salsa and sour cream as that is hard for them to eat at school. 

What I loved is how easy it is to make and that it doesn't take too much time.

I would definitely make this again with the couple of changes. 

You can find it here: https://nerdymamma.com/easy-oven-baked-taquitos/?utm_content=buffer733c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Hot Roast Beef Sandwiches with Cheddar Cheese Sauce

 We don't have an Arby's locally and I remember eating it a long time ago but I really don't know if my kids have ever tried it so I decided to try making the roast beef sandwiches at home. Roast beef isn't something we typically have but I thought I might as well give it a shot!

The meat was super easy to cook up and I made sure that the buns I bought matched!

The cheese sauce to me felt a little salty and definitely didn't look as good as what hers did and I don't know if it's because the only cheese I had was old so I used that instead of a mild cheese. That may account for the difference and more salty taste. That being said I loved how easy it was to make the cheese sauce so this is something that I would definitely try again but using a mild cheese to see if that accounts for the saltiness.

I loved how fast these sandwiches were to make and for us it was something different. 

I will definitely try these again to see if I can get it right! 

You can find the recipe here: https://www.girlgonegourmet.com/hot-roast-beef-sandwiches-with-cheddar-cheese-sauce/

Mini Taco Hand Pies

This is one of the recipes that I am trying out for school lunches. It is such a struggle to get the kids to eat lunch so I am trying to go outside of the typical "sandwiches" and try new things.

So the first thing to know is that this is a time consuming recipe with having to make each of the pies and stuff them. Give yourself ample time to get these made. 

Now I made the recipe as directed but I did use a taco seasoning that I had on hand instead of all the different spices. I still found that they were full of flavour and really good.

I think next time I would add a little bit more cheese onto them as I found they were a little dry with the pastry and just needed a little bit more of something when they were on their own. When mixed with salsa and sour cream they were great. 

Super easy recipe but time consuming! 

You can find the recipe here: https://www.lemonsforlulu.com/mini-taco-hand-pies/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug

Sunday Night Adventures

I love when I have the chance to cook a nice Sunday dinner but as I have said multiple times before that when you work shift work it's not easy. We now get our schedules two weeks in advance which is great but when I am planning meals once a month I never know what I am going to get. There's something nice about having leftovers to last during the week as well and I am finding that I am putting everything into "to go" containers right away which is making the leftovers easier to take with you although I do find that it fills up the fridge faster and I have a fridge that is terrible for space. 

For this Sunday I decided to go with Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken with Asparagus and Easy Oven Roasted Broccoli Recipe. I also had some potatoes on hand that were in one of the packages from the store so I knew that would fit in perfect.

The chicken recipe looked fantastic as who doesn't want prosciutto and asparagus in one dish?? The recipe was so easy to follow and I bought a basil pesto pasta sauce to mix in with the cream and it was so good! I think next time I would add even more prosciutto as it just turned out so good. I roasted the asparagus before hand as I don't have a proper steamer and they turned out really good.

The broccoli was super easy to follow again and tasted so good. I have no idea why I don't have it more often as it was so tasty when roasted up and so healthy! Now I did use frozen broccoli like she suggested and never thawed it and it was so good! I was absolutely shocked at how well it turned out and will definitely be using ehr method again! 

This was an awesome meal but unfortunately there were no leftovers as someone stole the last piece of chicken!! That way I really knew how good it was! 

You can find the recipes here: 

Chicken: https://thefoodcharlatan.com/prosciutto-wrapped-chicken-and-asparagus/

Broccoli: https://thefoodcharlatan.com/oven-roasted-broccoli/