Tasty Tuesday

Wanted to share our Spinach Frittata recipe. The children and I entered a few pies in a Pie Day contest and the Frittata won 1st place in its category. :) Hope you enjoy!

Spinach Frittata

8 eggs

¾ cup of milk

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp black pepper

¼ cup diced onion

½ cup cooked and crumbled sausage

1/4 cup of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

½ cup shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9” pie dish. In a bowl combine eggs, milk, salt and pepper and whisk together. In the pie dish evenly spread onions, spinach, and sausage. Carefully pour egg mixture over meat and vegetables. Sprinkle with cheese.

A Great Chili Recipe

 I really enjoy using the crock pot! To make it easier to clean I use slow cooker liners! Do you use them? If not, you need to try them! In one of my boxes of liners there was a few recipes, one of those recipes was "Game Day Chili". My crew and I could eat soup atleast once a week... so I thought I would give this recipe a try.

 I am so glad I did... but now we have it a lot! It is very simple and delicious! I wanted to share because now that the weather is getting cooler you may want to try this recipe. The weather don't have to be cooler for me because I could eat this any time of the year! LOL!!

"Game Day Chili"
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 TBSP of chili powder (or more if you like)
2 cans of light red kidney beans (undrained)
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes and green chiles
1 small onion chopped
1 medium bell pepper finely chopped
cheese and sour cream
1 slow cooker liner

Place liner in slow cooker. Brown beef, onion, and bell pepper in a skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until beef is no longer pink. Drain well and add chili powder, mix well. Place the beef mixture in lined slow cooker. Add beans, tomato sauce, and diced tomatoes and chiles in the slow cooker. Stir gently with wooden spoon to combine. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3- 3 1/2 hours until heated through. Serve and top with sour cream and/or cheese. We like to add crackers to our chili. Yummy! Enjoy!

White Chicken Chili

As I was scanning through my photos I realized that I have lots of recipes to share with you! Get ready because eventually I will get to them and hopefully give you a few new recipes to try and that your family will love! This one that I am sharing today is from a close friend. She made this a couple of times and we enjoyed it. I asked for the recipe so I could make it for us at home. This recipe she found on Pinterest (with the title Wicked White Chicken Chili), you can find the original recipe here.

White Chicken Chili

• 2 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded/chopped
• 4 (15 oz) cans great norther white beans, rinsed and drained. 
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 (10oz) cans Rotel tomatoes and chilies
• 1 (14oz) can diced tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cup blend of diced onion, bell pepper and celery
• 2 cups frozen corn kernels
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cumin
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt (optional) *I do use the yogurt*

I grill my chicken and chop it up and set to the side. Drain and rinse 2 cans of beans and puree in a food processor. In my crockpot (with a crock pot liner) I put the pureed beans and the 2 other cans of beans drained and rinsed. Next I chop up my bell pepper, onion, and celery in the food processor and add to crockpot. Then add all the other ingredients except chicken. Stir together and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 5-6 hours. At the end of cook time add in your chicken and stir it in chili. Enjoy! 

Green Bean Casserole

It's not your normal "holiday" green bean casserole! This is a meal all its own! I found this recipe on Heavenly Homemakers website and it has been a huge hit with our family. We enjoy lots of her recipes! This recipe is in her Oh, For Real cookbook. At the bottom of this post I will give you the measurements that I use to make a pan of green bean casserole for our family.

 Timothy gave it a thumbs up!

This really is delicious! If you try this please leave a comment and let me know how your family liked it. :)

Green Bean Casserole
3 1lb bags of frozen green beans (It may be the 12 oz. bags)
1-2 lbs of ground breakfast sausage
flour
milk
shredded cheese
salt and pepper

Cook your green beans until tender. I cook mine on low for about three hours with some salt and meat (ham). Brown your sausage but don't drain. Use the grease to make you some gravy. I add about 4-5 TBSP of flour to my sausage and grease, stir, and add a little milk at a time until the thickness you desire. Then add in your drained green beans (I remove the meat before I add them to the sausage and gravy). Salt or season to your likings. Pour into a 13x9 casserole dish and top with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Let it set for 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

No Bake Energy Bites

As I have said before Sarah is our baker and she loves trying new things. One of the things she has made are these energy bites. We Mommy really likes them! 😀 They don't last long at this house. She used this recipe and changed a few things to make it with the items we had on hand. These are very easy to make. I wanted to share "our recipe" with you. If you make these please leave a comment and let us know what you think. Enjoy!!

Energy Bites

2 cups of rolled oats

1/3 cup of mini chocolate chips

½ cup of ground flaxseed

½ cup of nuts (peacans)

1 tsp of cinnamon

2/3 cup of honey

1 cup peanut butter

1 TBSP Chia seeds

Combine dry ingredients and mix together. Add in honey and peanut butter and mix together well (may have to use your hands). Scoop onto silicone baking sheet (on cookie sheet) using cookie scoop. Freeze for one hour and enjoy! Store in air tight container in refrigerator.

Apple Muffins

We love muffins for breakfast! It is our breakfast every Sunday morning. I try to make several batches and freeze them so all I have to do is set some out on Saturday night.

I try to make different kinds of muffins. Our favorites are banana, zuchinni chocolate chip, and apple. Wanted to share the apple recipe with you. It is delicious!! Enjoy!

Apple Muffins/Bread

1½ cup of whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground)

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg, lightly beaten

½ cup coconut oil (or applesauce or half of each) 

¼ cup milk

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 medium apples chopped in bite sized pieces

½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Sugar in the Raw for topping

Directions:

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In another bowl combine the egg, oil, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased loaf pan or muffin tin and sprinkle on the sugar in the raw and walnuts. Bake at 350F for 60 minutes for loaf and 20-25 minutes for muffins or until done.