Warm, smoky, and with just the right amount of heat, Southwest Chicken is lightning quick to make. I love this chicken because it is super easy to throw together, and my family loves it because it goes well with so many of our favorite meals.

I fell in love with these bite-sized pieces of chicken years ago, and this Southwest version has become a family favorite. It fits right alongside my other boldly seasoned chicken bites. I can make them several times a week and still never have a bite leftover.

Southwest Chicken

This chicken is one of my go-to meals to throw together for busy weeknights. My boys wrap these tasty morsels of chicken up in tortillas or pile them high over rice, and I toss mine with a salad. When everyone gets to eat what they want, dinner is a guaranteed success.

I love that I can cook the meat right at the end of my dinner prep and serve it piping hot with everything else. It’s great for those nights when I don’t want to overthink making a tasty dinner.

Ingredients and Substitutions

The Meat – I like boneless skinless chicken thighs because the meat is more flavorful and forgiving. Chicken breasts will also work. 

Oil – I use light flavored olive oil in this recipe. Refined coconut oil will work as well.

Bold Spices – The primary seasonings that I use for this chicken are chili powde

Tender crisp broccoli florets and savory chicken are perfect together in this creamy, cheesy Chicken Broccoli Pasta. I love the textures and flavors in this super fast meal. Forget takeout, this is the kind of easy dinner I go to for my busiest weeknights.

Weeknight dinners are hard, ok? Even now that my boys are older and can help with the driving, all of the activities on our calendar can still make getting dinner on the table a bit overwhelming some nights. Dinners like this easy pasta solve the problem.

And, it’s a solution I have dialed in over the years, like with this Southwest chicken skillet, because they just work.

Easy Chicken Broccoli Pasta

I have a fair number of recipes that use pre-cooked chicken. I love the way that I can make a big batch in the slow cooker to save me time in front of the stove. However, a store-bought rotisserie chicken will work just as well.

And, broccoli has been appearing at my table on repeat, pretty much ever since I learned how to properly cook it. Tender crisp, people! And since broccoli is also my middle son’s favorite vegetable, it is included in our recipes frequently.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Pasta – I use half a pound of bu

A shockingly simple list of ingredients is transformed with slow heat into the incredibly flavorful Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast. I don’t know why it took me so long to finally give this very popular recipe a try, but my boys went wild for it.

I have made a lot of roasts over the past 15 years. And, I love the way that a day in the slow cooker transforms pot roast into incredibly tender, flavorful meat that just falls apart at the slightest touch. For years, this traditional Dutch oven pot roast has been a family favorite, but this roast is giving it competition now.

Mississippi Pot Roast

I wish I could convey to you how glorious this smelled all day while it was cooking. Growing up, we did not eat a lot of beef. So, let me just be up front that all of my proficiency in this area came as an adult, at the cost of some truly spectacular early failures.

I am living proof that you can grow into the kind of cook that you want to be. It just takes time and practice. And, this recipe is exactly the kind that you should start with. A simple ingredients list and hardly any prep? Absolutely. That’s why I am convinced that anyone can make this slow cooker Mississippi pot roast.

Notes on Equipment

It will come as no surprise, but the only piece of equipment I need to make this recipe is a slow cooker. Crock-pots have been a game changer when it comes to being able to host a crowd witho

Sometimes the simplest things end up being the biggest wins. That’s how I feel about this cheesy, crispy, Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadilla. My boys and I threw them together a few weeks ago for the first time with some of the items we tend to on hand in the freezer. Suffice it to say that these are way tastier than they have any right to be!

Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadilla

I fell in love with the Just Bare brand of frozen chicken bites several years ago when I first found them at Costco. We make ours in the air fryer, and they are the perfect solution for adding some quick protein to a salad or a sandwich.

I could lie and tell you that this recipe was a long series of difficult developments. But, it’s so much simpler than that. We literally just threw together our favorite air fried chicken bites with cheese and some crumbled leftover bacon. Dip your hot quesadillas in some homemade ranch and it all still counts as cooking, OK?

And for what it’s worth, I’ll happily eat this for lunch, or for dinner. And I do. On repeat, my friends. I eat this on repeat. I’ve made a LOT of quesadillas over the years. They’re one of my favorite quick snacks or meals, and they never get old because you can just swap out ingredients.

And, what I’ve learned while making probably hundreds if not thousands of quesadillas over the years is that the right pan makes a big difference for steady, even heat. This hard anodized non-stick pan is HANDS DOWN the best nonstick pan I have ever used. Don’t waste your money on the trendy and viral brand names. I’ve owned them, and they aren’t worth it. This one will not let you down.

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Busy day? No problem! You can make this Easy White Chicken Chili in just 15 minutes! Yes, I’ve timed it. The secret is to use pre-cooked (or a rotisserie) chicken. Loaded with great northern beans and green chile, this is one hearty, flavorful meal. And, that’s exactly what you need when the temperature dips.

Easy White Chicken Chili

There are times in all of our lives when, despite the best of intentions, we’ve felt the rush of trying to get a meal on the table. Whenever I am facing both a tight schedule and a house full of hungry kids, I get creative. And, I usually start with one of my favorite recipes, to see if I can come up with shortcuts that work in less time.

That was how I came up with this easy white chicken chili recipe. My solution at the time was simply to grab a rotisserie chicken on the way home. Nowadays, I use my tried and true method for perfect cooked, shredded chicken ahead of time. So, it’s as easy as setting some out to thaw whenever I need it.

Simple White Chicken Chili

If you’re feeling the pinch of a day with too many things to do, treat yourself to an easy dinner like this simple white chicken chili. It’s a very rare day that I don’t have time to chop an onion, but I know people who hack that part of the recipe by just buying diced onions in the produce section. Either way, there’s hardly any prep time to speak of.

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve made this meal, in all of its glorious variations over the past few years. It’s extremely flexible. If I don’t have enough great northern beans, I can swap in pintos. If I have some leftover cooked vegetables, I will often chop them up and toss them into the pot. I can’t really think of a wrong way to make this soup.

That said, you know me. I have to recommend at least a couple adaptations, so that you can make it truly