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Showing posts with label mom. Show all posts
Friday, February 13, 2015
Mom Made Foods Spotlight Featuring Taco Rice Skillet with Mini Meatballs
The Mom Made Foods product line includes Munchies, Meals and Bites...all of which are perfectly portioned to fit small hands. Munchies are pastry pockets filled with goodies like pizza toppings and chunky apple filling, Meals include Spaghetti with Turkey Meatballs and Cheesy Mac, and Bites include a variety of fun and tasty bite-sized mini meatballs. I absolutely flipped for the Beef & Cheese Meatball Bites and knew that I had to create a family-friendly recipe that featured them! What I came up with was a very tasty and oh-so-easy Taco Rice Skillet with Mini Meatballs. It features all of my favorite taco flavors in a delicious one-dish dinner that kids of all ages will love. 
Taco Rice Skillet with Mini Meatballs
a Weekend Gourmet Original
Ingredients:
- 1 tbs. olive oil
- 1/3 cup chopped purple onion
- 1 cup frozen corn kernels
- 1 1o-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1 5-ounce package Spanish rice [Note: I used Mahatma]
- 1 8-ounce package Mom Made Foods Beef & Cheese Meatballs
- 1 2/3 cup water
- 1.5 cups shredded co-jack cheese
- 1/3 cup store-bought pico de gallo
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 small avocado, peeled and diced
- 1 cup broken tortilla chips
- Sour cream drizzle: 1/2 cup sour cream, 2 tbs. milk, 1 tsp. dried cilantro and lime juice to taste
Directions:
Step 1: Add the olive oil to a non-stick skillet with high sides and heat over med-high heat. Add the onion and cook until the onion is softened. Add the rice mix, water, tomatoes (juice and all), and corn. Stir to combine and bring to boil. Carefully arrange the mini meatballs on top of the rice. Cover and cook for 20 minutes.
Step 2: When 20 minutes have passed, turn off the heat. Sprinkle the cheese on top, recover and let sit while you prep the topping ingredients. This allows the cheese to melt and the rice to absorb any extra liquid.
Step 3: Make the sour cream drizzle by combining all of its ingredients in small bowl. Remove the lid from the casserole and sprinkle the green onions, avocado, pico de gallo and tortilla pieces on top of the cheese. Just before serving, drizzle the sour cream mixture on top. To serve, scoop into bowls.
This is a fabulous one-dish meal that everyone will love! The rice is slightly spicy, and the corn and tomatoes give it some texture. We loved the bite-sized meatballs, which tasted great and were the perfect size for easy eating. The topping contained all my favorite taco ingredients...creamy avocado, spicy pico de gallo and cooling sour cream! We crushed extra tortilla chips on top of our bowls to maximize the crunch...thats optional, but highly recommended.
These versatile meatballs are tender and flavorful, and theyre very versatile. We also enjoyed them in pasta dishes and as a quick and healthy pizza topping. If youre interested in trying out Mom Made Foods for your family, you can find them in the freezer aisle of your nearest Super Target. To find Mom Made Foods at other stores near you, simply visit the Store Locator on their website and enter your zip code.
Disclosure: Mom Made Foods provided me with free product coupons to facilitate recipe development for this article. No other compensation was provided, and all opinions expressed are my own.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Portable Dishes from The Mom 100 Cookbook for SundaySupper Featuring Honey Ginger Soy Chicken
One of the things I missed most during vacation was not being able to take part in last week’s #SundaySupper posting! This weekly blogging event is the idea of Isabel at Family Foodie. Her mission is to bring back Sunday Supper around the family table. That’s something I appreciate...in today’s fast-paced world, it’s nice to unplug and enjoy a meal together! This week, were featuring a great new cookbook from Katie Workman called The Mom 100 Cookbook, which features 100 family-friendly recipes. I know...I’m not technically a mom: my only “kid” has four paws, orange fur, and whiskers! But...I work full time and have a blog to tend to, so I love her recipes! Theyre perfect for quick, flavorful weeknight dinners. The theme were featuring is Portable Dishes for Getting Together with Friends. The recipe I chose is from the Potluck section of her book: Honey Ginger Soy Chicken.
The prep work for this dish was incredibly simple: make a flavorful marinade and pour it over chicken, then cover with foil and let it rest overnight in the fridge. The next day, pop the dish into the oven and let it do the rest of the work for you! To show how easily this chicken can be transported...I cooked it in a disposable foil pan that came with a lid. Talk about the ultimate in easy cleanup -- cook and toss!
This Asian-flavored chicken is Katie’s riff on an Ina Garten recipe, so that immediately caught my attention...as did the simple ingredients list that used foods I already had in my fridge and pantry. The only item I had to run out and buy was the fresh ginger. The only minor tweaks I made to the original recipe were to: (1) divide the recipe in half since I was making it for two, and (2) use bone-in chicken breasts and thighs instead of a cut-up whole chicken since those are our favorite pieces.
Honey Ginger Soy Chicken
(Half Batch -- Serves 2-3)
from The Mom 100 Cookbook
Step 1: Make the marinade by combining the following ingredients in a bowl or large measuring cup: 1/2 cup room-temperature honey, 3 ounces low-sodium soy sauce, 4-5 minced garlic cloves, and 1/4 cup grated peeled fresh ginger. Whisk well to combine and set aside while you prep the chicken.
Scatter 2-3 scallions that have been cut into one-inch pieces on top of the chicken. Pour the honey-ginger marinade on top and move the chicken around so all sides are covered. I flipped my chicken around in the marinade on both sides, ending up skin-side-down again. Cover the pan tightly with foil and refrigerate overnight.
Step 3: Preheat oven to 350. Bake the chicken in the covered baking pan for 30 minutes. Then, uncover the chicken and flip skin side up. Increase oven temperature to 375 and bake until the chicken is golden-brown, the juices run clear, and the sauce is rich and dark brown...about 30-40 minutes. Serve the chicken with the flavorful pan sauce.
This chicken is so good...because it cooks in the sauce, its incredibly moist. Hanging out in the marinade lets the savory-sweet flavor infuse really nicely. The pan sauce is totally delish, so make sure to spoon a bit over each piece as you serve. Because the prep work is done ahead of time, all you have to do is make a couple of quick-prep sides while the chicken bakes. Heck, this chicken even makes its own sauce! I served this Asian-inspired chicken with steamed jasmine rice...perfect for soaking up more of that yummy sauce...and an Asian-flavored salad kit I found at the grocery store.
We want to share The Mom 100 Cookbook with you during #SundaySupper this week. Heres how you can connect with Katie Workman, the author of this fun...and funny...cookbook:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katieworkman100
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/katieworkman100
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/katieworkman100
- Website: www.themom100.com
- Buy The Mom 100 Cookbook
week!!
- Soups and Salads:
- Japanese Restaurant Salad ~ Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cauliflower and Cheddar Soup served in Bread Bowls ~ Daily Dish Recipes
- Main Dish Recipes:
- Caribbean Warm Spice Chicken with Cinnamon Ginger & Paprika ~ Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Fresh Mozzarella Pasta Casserole ~ The Meltaways
- Pulled Pork ~ Momma’s Meals
- Easy Chicken Enchiladas ~ In the Kitchen with Audrey
- Teriyaki Skewers ~ Messy Baker Blog
- Garlic, Lemon, and Rosemary Roasted Chicken ~ Family Foodie
- Sauteed Corn Spinach, Bacon and Scallions ~ Comfy Cuisine
- Lasagna with Turkey Meat Sauce~ Meal Planning Magic
- One Pot Arroz con Pollo ~ Juanita’s Cocina
- Sesame Noodles ~ Big Bear’s Wife
- Honey Ginger Soy Chicken ~ The Weekend Gourmet
- Desserts:
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares ~ Mama’s Blissful Bites
- Rum laced Fudgy One Pot Brownies ~ Baker Street
- Bacon & Dried Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies ~ Chocolate Moosey
- Birthday Chocolate Cupcakes ~ Basic and Delicious
- Simple Vanilla Cake ~ Mrs. Mama Hen
- Aaron E’s Favorite Apple Coffee Cake ~ Soni’s Food for Thought
- That Skinny Chick Can Bake ~ Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
- Wine Pairing to complement our recipes ~ ENOFYLZ
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