Mexican Street Corn Chicken Rice Bowls

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a mexican chicken rice bowl topped with creamy elote, picked red onions, avocado and jalapeno slices

These Mexican Street Corn Chicken Rice Bowls are loaded with your favorite Mexican-inspired flavors! We start off with juicy Mexican grilled chicken, elote (Mexican Street Corn), and of course, avocado! These are quick and easy to make, perfect for healthy dinners, and everyone loves them!

My family has totally fallen in love with rice bowls lately. Our middle daughter is even working on her own version with quinoa and the most incredible lemon tahini dressing—we’ve been recipe testing like crazy! But in the meantime, this street corn chicken bowl has been on repeat all summer long.

It reminds me of those hot, busy days when you’ve been outside forever and just need something easy and satisfying for dinner. I love that everyone can build their own bowl exactly how they want it. And if you want to bump up the protein, adding cottage cheese to the street corn is such a simple little trick!

Why You’ll Love These Bowls

Quick and Easy: From start to finish, this meal takes less than 30 minutes. Perfect for busy weeknights!

High Protein: One healthy chicken bowl contains 46 grams of protein!

Customizable: Each member of the family can create the chicken rice bowl of their dreams with all the toppings they love most.

Meal Prep: You can make the rice, chicken and street corn ahead of time, place them in meal prep containers and you’re set for lunches/dinners all week.

Bold Flavors: The chicken, the creamy elote, the pickled red onions, fresh jalapenos, cilantro and lime all come together for the most delicious bowl.

Ingredients You’ll Need

These healthy chicken bowls come together with a mix of fresh ingredients, pantry staples, and a few flavor-packed extras. Nothing complicated, just real, delicious ingredients that build those bold, creamy street corn flavors in every bite.

  • Mexican Grilled Chicken Breasts: Juicy, flavorful chicken with a smoky, seasoned finish that makes this bowl extra satisfying.
  • Avocados: Creamy and rich, they balance out all the bold, savory flavors perfectly.
  • Cilantro: Fresh and bright, it adds that classic finishing touch to every bite.
  • Black Pepper: Adds a little warmth and depth to round everything out.
  • Pickled Red Onions: Tangy, slightly sweet, and just the right pop of acidity to cut through the richness.
  • Lime: A squeeze of fresh lime wakes everything up and ties all the flavors together.
  • Rice: The hearty base that soaks up all the flavor—use white, brown, or Read more

Easy One Skillet Pesto Asparagus Quinoa Recipe

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a photo of a cast iron skillet of quinoa mixed with pesto, asparagus, tomatoes and topped with melted cheese

This Easy Pesto Asparagus Quinoa Recipe is a fresh, vibrant dish packed with creamy pesto, tender asparagus, fluffy quinoa, and melty cheese all baked to bubbly perfection. It’s a wholesome, one-pan wonder that’s bursting with flavor and ready in no time!

This one skillet pesto asparagus quinoa recipe is one of our favorite healthy dinners that takes hardly any work on your part. Vibrant basil pesto is the perfect addition to take simple quinoa to spectacularly delicious! We are using vegetable broth to cook the quinoa too which makes this a scrumptious vegetarian recipe!

Casseroles have always done well here at Oh Sweet Basil! They are family friendly and usually easy on the budget. We will forever loooove our teriyaki chicken casserole and of course, my mom’s busy day casserole. But this asparagus pesto quinoa casserole is probably our most healthy casserole, so everyone needs to try it!

What is Quinoa?

Quinoa is a flowering plant with edible seeds. Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain all nine essential amino acids.

It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants.

Quinoa is often used as an alternative for grains such as rice. In fact, we transformed our popular cilantro lime rice into cilantro lime quinoa. It’s fabulous!

What is Needed to Make Pesto Quinoa with Asparagus?

You only need one skillet and a few simple ingredients to make this easy weeknight dinner recipe! Here is everything you’ll need:

  • Olive Oil: Helps cook the asparagus and tomatoes.
  • Asparagus: Trim the spears and chop them into 1-2″ pieces.
  • Sea Salt: Amplifies the flavor of the dish.
  • Grape Tomatoes: Cherry tomatoes also work great.
  • Sun-Dried Tomatoes: Adds extra flavor to the dish.
  • Quinoa: Any type of quinoa works great in this recipe. We used white quinoa this time.
  • Vegetable Broth: Adds more flavor than just using water. It can be substituted with chicken broth if desired.
  • Pesto: You can make your own from scratch or buy a bottle at the grocery store.
  • Mozzarella Cheese: I prefer to buy a block and grate it myself so the best gooey meltiness.
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My Mom’s Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

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a golden baked chicken enchilada casserole topped with melted cheese and sprinkled with cilantro

This creamy chicken enchilada casserole is one of those recipes that’s been passed down, made on repeat, and requested again and again. Instead of rolling individual enchiladas, everything is layered into a casserole dish, making this recipe faster without sacrificing flavor.

a golden baked chicken enchilada casserole topped with melted cheese and sprinkled with cilantro

It’s rich, comforting, incredibly easy to throw together and exactly the kind of dinner my mom relied on when feeding our family. I remember specifically having this casserole one year while we were camping. We were all tired, it was dark and rainy, and my mom baked it up in our camper. I knew immediately what it was by the smell…absolute torture. I hated the stuff!

It took me years to embrace the creamy, satisfying goodness and now it’s one of my favorites! If you’re looking for a dependable, crowd-pleasing chicken enchilada casserole, this one is a keeper.

Why You’ll Love This Chicken Enchilada Casserole

  • Creamy, comforting, and full of flavor
  • Easier than traditional enchiladas—no rolling required!
  • Perfect for make-ahead dinners and makes great leftovers
  • Family-friendly and great for feeding a crowd
  • Uses simple, easy-to-find ingredients
  • Budget-friendly
a serving of creamy chicken enchilada casserole on a dinner plate with a fork sitting next to it and some halved cherry tomatoes scatted around it

Ingredients You’ll Need

This creamy chicken enchilada casserole is made with simple pantry and fridge staples. It’s the same recipe that mom used growing up, but I’ve zhuzhed it up a little with some extra spices for bolder flavor.

  • Onion: Adds a mild sweetness and savory base flavor to the casserole.
  • Garlic: <
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The Easiest Ground Beef Tacos

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a wooden board topped with ground beef tacos in corn tortillas

These simple ground beef tacos are our go-to on busy weeknights! Perfectly seasoned, juicy, and ready in minutes. Add your favorite toppings, pile them high, and dinner’s done before you know it!

There’s just something about taco night, isn’t there? It’s fun, easy, and everyone gets to make their tacos just how they like them.

There’s a lot going on in life lately. I don’t know how I missed the adulting adult children memo, but it’s actually harder (imho) to parent adults vs small children. It’s a different hard as there’s a lot of moving parts with college, life, etc. and with a high schooler and elementary school child as well I’ve been digging in deep for quick and easy dinner ideas that can reheat well for leftovers too. So I’m back to the basics, ground beef tacos!

What Makes These Tacos So Good

Quick and Easy: The taco filling comes together in about 20 minutes with simple pantry ingredients, making this an easy dinner you can pull off even on busy nights.

Restaurant Flavors at Home: A boost of tomato paste and water gives the seasoned beef that saucy, rich texture you get from your favorite taco spot…no dry beef crumbles here!

Family Friendly: Mild enough for picky eaters but flavorful enough to impress grown-ups.

Budget Friendly: A pound of ground beef stretches to feed a family of 5. Thanks to the seasoning and sauce, and hearty toppings (like lettuce and cheese) make every taco satisfying.

Meal Prep: The seasoned beef reheats beautifully, making leftovers perfect for nachos, taco bowls, burritos, or taco salads the next day or throughout the week.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Taco Beef

  • Ground Beef: The hearty base of the taco filling. Browns and develops flavor while absorbing the seasoning for juicy, flavorful meat.
  • Taco Seasoning: Adds the bold, classic taco flavor with a balanced mix of spices like chili powder, cumin, and paprika. It seasons the beef and builds depth. You can make our homemade recipe or use a store-bought blend.
  • Water: Simmered with the seasoning to help it evenly coat the meat and create a saucy mixture that keeps the beef from drying out.
  • Tomato Paste: Intensifies savory, tomato-rich flavor while thickening the sauce so it clings to the beef and doesn’t drip out of the tacos.

Tacos

  • Lettuce (Romaine): Adds freshness, crisp texture, and cool contrast to the warm meat keeping each bite feeling balanced instead of heavy.
  • Tomatoes: Juicy and slightly acidic, they brighten up the tacos and add moisture and color.
  • Red Onion: Brings sharpness and crunch that cuts through rich flavors and wakes up the whole taco.
  • Cheese (Colby Jack, Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack): Melts
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Mexican Grilled Chicken

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Mexican Grilled Chicken

This Mexican Grilled Chicken recipe is proof that simple and flavorful can absolutely coexist on the same plate! We are talking perfectly charred, juicy chicken with just the right amount of smoky spice and a bright squeeze of lime that makes every single bite taste incredible.

Throw it in tacos, pile it over a rice bowl, chop it up for a lunch salad, or use it however your heart desires! Get ready to make it on repeat all year long!

A photo of Mexican Grilled Chicken served in a beige bowl and topped with cilantro and lime

Okay, I’m going to be real with you for a second: this Mexican Grilled Chicken is one of those recipes that I almost didn’t post because it feels almost TOO simple. Like, is this even a recipe? Am I a fraud? People ask me all the time what we do for our taco nights because apparently our backyard smells amazing (honestly, fair), and when I tell them the secret, they always laugh because it is just… this. Three ingredients. A hot grill. Done.

But here’s the thing, simple doesn’t mean boring, and easy doesn’t mean flavorless. This Mexican Grilled Chicken is proof of that. On the craziest, most chaotic weeknights when I need dinner on the table FAST and pancakes-for-dinner just isn’t going to cut it, this is what saves us. 

The smokiness from the grill is the real secret here, friends. You could technically make this Mexican Grilled Chicken in the oven or in a pan, and yes, I’ll tell you how to do that too, but if you have a grill, please use it. That little bit of char and smoke makes everything taste like you actually tried, even when you very much did not.

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