Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Pizza #GrilledAndReady

May 21, 2013 By 10 Comments

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I love to cook, but I still take shortcuts when I do. If something says to cook for 4-6 minutes, I always pick 4 {&check to make sure it’s fully cooked & safe to eat}. If there’s an ingredient required that I’m not crazy about, I’ll skip it. &If I have the option of buying one of my ingredients already ready to be used in a recipe, I often buy it. Whether it’s pre-cut vegetables or pre-cooked chicken, I’m all about using easy foods to save time in the kitchen so that I can spend more time with my family.

Helping me grocery shop

This is how Shane helps me grocery shop, apparently.

Last weekend, we went to Walmart to pick up some ingredients for dinner. {You can view my entire shopping trip here.} It’s swimsuit season, so we’ve been eating lighter, which means we’re trading in our breaded chicken fingers for our newest discovery- Tyson Grilled & Ready Chicken! It’s a lighter, pre-cooked & pre-cut chicken that you can eat by itself or in recipes. All you have to do is put it in the microwave for a few minutes & it’s ready to eat! It saves a lot of time versus having to dice, cut or chop chicken yourself & then cook it for several minutes on the stovetop, so it’s a great alternative for a weeknight meal or if you just love saving time in the kitchen like I do.

Tyson Grilled & Ready varieties

The Grilled & Ready chicken comes in several varieties, including Chicken Breast Fillets, Sweet Asian Chicken Thighs, Southwestern Chicken Breast Strips & several more. But are they healthy? Frozen foods can be hit or miss for nutrition but these are actually really good. Each variety is slightly different due to additional ingredients {breading in some varieties, sauce on others} but as an example, the Grilled & Ready Chicken Breast Fillets are 98% fat free and have no preservatives.

Since we’ve been focusing on eating well, I’ve of course still had cravings for some less healthy foods. So I decided to make a recipe featuring a couple of my current not-so-good-for-me cravings, but lightened up. Rather than indulge in the buffalo wings & pizza I’ve been thinking about, I put together a flatbread pizza featuring the Tyson Grilled & Ready Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast. It was a really quick meal solution &satisfied my cravings for a lot less calories!

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Pizza by @NotQuiteSusie #GrilledAndReady

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Pizza

Ingredients:
1 thin crust pizza flatbread*
2/3 cup Tyson Grilled & Ready Oven Roasted Diced Chicken
1/2 tbsp Buffalo sauce
1/4 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
1/4 of a medium tomato, diced
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
Optional: Ranch as desired

*Cook times for flatbread may vary so bake according to directions on your package. This recipe will describe how to make it using FlatOut’s version.

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-Microwave Tyson Grilled & Ready Oven Roasted Diced Chicken for 4-6 minutes in a microwave-safe bowl
-Add Buffalo sauce and coat chicken well
-Pre-bake flatbread for 4 minutes
-Add toppings to flatbread in the following order: cheese, buffalo-coated chicken, lettuce, tomato
-Bake for 3-4 minutes, or until flatbread is brown
-Drizzle with ranch, if desired

Serves 1

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Ingredients featuring Tyson #GrilledAndReady

If you’re looking for something quick, light & easy, be sure to try these! For a fun family night idea, you could make them as part of a pizza making night & let your kids make their own flatbread pizzas while you enjoy this yummy one.

Buy It: You can find Grilled & Ready products in both the frozen & refrigerated section at your local grocery store.

&Be sure to keep up with Tyson on Facebook for news, updates & recipe ideas!

What’s your kitchen shortcut?

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Recipe: Cheesy Fiesta Tacos #McCormickTacoNight

May 11, 2013 By 12 Comments

I’ve said it before, but I love Mexican food. Whether it’s tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, or another tasty dish, I could eat it every day if Justin wouldn’t get sick of it. As it is, we have some sort of Mexican dish at least every other week- &more often than not, it’s tacos that we’re enjoying.

McCormick Spices

One of the best things about tacos is the seasoning! I love McCormick spices & use them for just about everything. I even like to make my own taco seasoning sometimes so I can get it just the way I like it, and I use a lot of McCormick spices for that. For those nights when you just want an easy dinner though, McCormick still has you covered. They make a perfect prepared taco seasoning mix, and even a chicken taco seasoning that I really want to try. My newest love is the Cheesy Taco Seasoning Mix!

McCormick Cheesy Taco Seasoning Mix

McCormick sent me a package containing many of their seasonings & while I’m super excited to try them all, I just had to check out this new-to-me seasoning.

Cheesy Fiesta Tacos by McCormick & @NotQuiteSusie #McCormickTacoNight

Cheesy Fiesta Tacos

{from the McCormick website}

Ingredients:

1 pound lean ground beef or turkey {I used turkey}
1 package McCormick Cheesy Taco Mix
3/4 cup milk
12 taco shells

Directions:

1. Brown meat in large skillet on medium-high heat. Drain fat.
2. Stir in seasoning mix and milk.
3. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat & simmer 2 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Spoon into warm taco shells. Serve with desired toppings.

I always set out the toppings as a taco bar, so I have a bowl of shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded Mexican cheese. When I make regular tacos or burritos I add fresh cilantro & sour cream, but these did not need either of those because the seasoning packet already provided the perfect amount of flavor. Setting out a taco bar makes this an even easier dinner because everyone can do their own toppings just how they want them- saving you time and making it easier to go back for second without having to put stuff away twice. {Which was nice, since we may have both gone back for thirds.}

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Win It: McCormick & The Motherhood are giving away 30 prize packs full of McCormick spices to those who participate in the Pinterest Taco Night Challenge! Now through May 31st, just pin or repin any taco recipe {yes, this one counts! If you need more inspiration, check out the McCormick Pinterest page} and caption it with the hashtag #McCormickTacoNight- and be sure to tag me @NotQuiteSusie! Good luck!

What’s your favorite spice?

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Recipe: Seven Minute Pesto Pizza #FlatoutGood

May 1, 2013 By 13 Comments

We absolutely love pizza. I know pretty much everyone does, but really, it’s one of our favorite foods. It’s definitely not the healthiest food out there though, so we do what we can to improve it so that we can eat it more without feeling guilty. We add veggies, go light on the cheese or sauce, and even use Flatout Flatbreads to cut some calories while still enjoying a super crisp & yummy slice!

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Not only do we save calories with Flatout, but we save time, too. To make a pizza with their Artisan Pizza flatbreads, you just preheat either your oven or grill, preheat your flatbread for a couple of minutes, add your toppings &then bake or grill for another few minutes. That’s it!

Flatout has several delicious recipes on their Facebook page- in fact, they’re sharing one every day for thirty days! The other day, I tried their Thin Crust Spicy Margarita Pizza {currently featured as Day 2’s recipe on Facebook} and it was delicious! Our grill is a little too hot so it got a bit crisp, but even so it was delicious.

Thin Crust Spicy Margarita Pizza

Thin Crust Spicy Margarita Pizza

Ingredients:
1 Flatout® Thin Crust Flatbread Spicy Italian
½ Medium Tomato Sliced
2 Tbsp. Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
6 Small fresh Basil leaves

Directions:
Preheat grill to 350°F. Pre-bake the flatbread on the grill for 1-2 minutes. Remove flatbread from grill. Top with cheese, tomato and basil. Return flatbread. Close lid. Grill for 4 minutes.

Oven Method: Place Flatout Flatbread on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for two minutes. Remove and top with cheese, tomato and basil. Bake at 350 for four minutes. Remove from oven. Drizzle with Balsamic.

After I made that delicious pizza, I was feeling inspired to make my own. I love pesto pizza & that’s always my go-to when we go out for a slice, so I made the most ridiculously easy pesto pizza ever. It doesn’t look like much but it is SO yummy!

7 Minute Pesto Pizza

7 Minute Pesto Pizza


Ingredients:
Flatout Thin Crust Flatbread Rustic White
Premade Pesto Sauce
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh Basil Leaves

Directions*:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place flatbread on baking sheet and preheat in oven for 3 minutes.
Spoon and spread pesto sauce in a thin layer on flatbread
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese as desired
Return to oven & bake for 3-4 minutes, until cheese is melted
Top with fresh basil leaves

*{These are the oven directions- My grill is too hot so I made this one in the oven. To recreate on the grill, follow directions on Flatout package.}

Buy It: If you’re in the mood for some yummy homemade pizza, be sure to head to your local Walmart where you can find many different Flatout varieties. {Check the store locator for availability.} &Be sure to check out their Facebook page for more recipe inspiration!

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What do you like on your pizza?

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Recipe: Sweet Garlic & Ranch Chicken Sliders #GiveMeWyngz

April 16, 2013 By 40 Comments

You may have noticed my uncharacteristic silence around here & social media lately. Over the weekend, I came down with some kind of plague & I was pretty much in a stuffy-headed fog the whole time. I don’t get sick that often {although this is the second time this season, but I think I got the same thing again} so when I do, it really hits me hard.

On days like that, I can barely get out of bed, let alone cook or clean. That’s why I always like to have some frozen foods ready that can get us through. I always have some Tyson chicken products in my freezer- Shane loves their chicken nuggets & we all love the chicken patties, but we recently tried their brand new offering, Any’tizer Boneless Chicken Wyngz in Sweet Garlic Glazed and Mango Habanero.

Tyson Any'tizers Wyngz

Both varieties are really good and since they’re boneless, they’re perfect for kids & adults alike. The Mango Habanero is a bit much for Shane but I like them, and we all love the Sweet Garlic Glazed Chicken! We have eaten the chicken straight from the bag {after microwaving it for a few minutes, of course} but even though I was sick, I wanted to put together something that took a little effort to make up for my whining all day. That said, I didn’t want it to be too involved since I still wasn’t feeling good, so check out these ridiculously simple sliders I made!

Easy Sweet Garlic and Ranch Chicken Sliders

Ingredients:

4 Sweet Hawaiian Rolls
8 Tyson Any’tizer Wyngz in Sweet Garlic Glazed
Shredded Lettuce as desired
Ranch as desired

Directions:

Microwave Wyngz as directed on package.
Slice a Hawaiian Roll in half to make a bun & add two Wyngz.
Top with Lettuce and Ranch as desired.

Makes 4 Sliders.

Shane loves anything that comes in a bun: hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, etc… so I knew he’d love these sliders! &Justin is a huge fan of the Hawaiian rolls, which have a sweetness to them that really compliment the Sweet Garlic sauce on the chicken.

If you’re looking for a delicious food that works as a snack, meal or ingredient, be sure to check out the new Tyson Any’tizer Wyngz, available at Walmart! &For more information, including coupons, be sure to check out Tyson’s website!

What do you do for dinner on sick days?

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Recipe: Sweet Basil & Garlic Pasta Sauce {&Huge The Pampered Chef Giveaway!}

April 12, 2013 By 122 Comments

I am a kitchen tool junkie. Big or small, manual, battery-powered or electric, I love to try out new products for the kitchen. So when The Pampered Chef offered to send me a selection of their new Spring products, I couldn’t turn it down!

They sent me some amazing products & challenged me to make a recipe featuring at least one of the products. But there were so many items that were relevant to the way I cook that in coming up with my recipe, I actually used 5 of their products!

New Tools from The Pampered Chef

I’ve been experimenting with different pasta sauces lately, and I’ve loved the ones I’ve made, but it really had me missing my Mom’s homemade sauce. I still wanted to make something a little different though, so I started with her recipe and added in some extra herbs & spices for a bit more kick.

Sweet Basil and Garlic Pasta Sauce

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Sweet Basil & Garlic Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. whole wheat pasta
  • 1 6 oz. can tomato paste
  • 1 28 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 8 oz. water
  • Salad dressing: Red Wine Vinaigrette or Italian
  • Garlic Powder, 2 tbsp {divided}
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • The Pampered Chef Sweet Basil Rub
  • 1/2 tbsp Italian Seasonings
  • 4 tbsp grated Parmesan {or to taste}
  • 4 green onions

Directions

  1. Coat the bottom of a medium saucepan with the dressing of choice. Heat on medium until bubbling, about 3 minutes.
  2. Add 1 tbsp. garlic powder and stir.
  3. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water and stir well.
  4. Add Sweet Basil Rub, Italian Seasonings and remaining 1 tbsp Garlic Powder. Stir.
  5. Cover pan with tight-fitting lid and simmer for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. In the meantime, cook pasta. To prevent boil-over, use The Pampered Chef’s Boil Over No More.
  7. Use The Pampered Chef’s Garlic Smash & Paste to easily remove the peels of the garlic cloves & to make garlic paste.
  8. When the sauce has been simmering for 25 minutes, carefully remove lid and add garlic paste and grated parmesan. Stir well, remove from heat &let cool for a few minutes before serving.
  9. Top your pasta with the sauce and garnish with green onions that have been nipped with The Pampered Chef Bean Slicer.
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