Sweet Potato-Taco Foil Dinner

By:PerrysPlate.com

Ingredients:

1 Large Sweet Potato
1/2 lb ground turkey breast
1 can black beans
1/2 cup tomato sauce
Sea Salt
2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning
Spinach
Shredded Cheese
Garnish-Sour Cream,Avocado,Salsa,Tomato
Aluminum Foil

*Start by frying the ground turkey in a medium skillet(I used just 1 turn around the pan of olive oil)
  When the meat is cooked through add the black beans,tomato sauce, and taco seasoning.

* Get 4 pieces of 12 inch foil laid out, spray with cooking spray

* Add the cubed sweet Potatoes, top with 1 pat of butter(we use real butter)

*Add a pinch of sea salt to each and then sprinkle spinach over everything

*Add 1/3-1/2 cup of the taco mixture and top with cheese

*Fold the sides in and then the top and bottom to seal the packet

*Place the packets on a rimmed cookie sheet and put in 425 degree oven for 25-30 minutes
   Packets are done when sweet potatoes are tender.
    ( Be careful with the steam from the packets when opening)

*Add garnished of your choice

**Can freeze the feeling in portion sizes and serve over a baked sweet potato too :-)

Chili {Wendy's Style}

I love this time of year! The weather in East Tennessee has been perfect the last few days!
Last week when I was making my menu I specifically left Sunday blank because I wanted to see what the weather was really going to do...Warm=Grill...Cool=Chili! Yay for cool weather because I got to try out this recipe I had been wanting to try for a while! I love Wendy's chili and this recipe(I think) is just a smidge better!!  :-)

Ingredients:
4 pounds ground beef, browned and drained

2 large yellow (sweet) onions, chopped

5 large green bell peppers, chopped

4 celery stalks, chopped

2 heaping tablespoons minced garlic (I use jarred)

2 cans Ranch Style Beans, NOT drained (15 ounce cans)

2 cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed (15 ounce cans)

2 cans Original Rotel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chili (10 ounce cans)

2 cans stewed tomatoes (15 ounce cans)

4 cans plain tomato sauce (15 ounce cans)

2 packages McCormick Mild Chili Seasoning (1.25 ounce packages)


Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a large stock pot(it filled my 10quart pot)

Simmer for at least three hours (I let mine cook all day long).

I found this recipe on Pinterest and I believe it originated from this website Aprils Little Family

{SUPER DUPER YUMMY!}

 

Homemade Chicken Nuggets

Homemade Chicken Nuggets

1lb chicken
Panko Bread Crumbs
1 large egg
2 Tbsp flour
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
(Sometimes I add a little parsley flakes)

Cut chicken into chunks

Put egg in a bowl and gently whisk

Put flour in separate bowl

Lay out a sheet of wax paper, add 1 cup(maybe more) Panko bread crumbs and 1Tbsp paprika

Season chicken with salt and pepper then coat in flour

Dip into egg and then into Panko bread crumbs

 I always make a lot of these at once. So at this point I put wax paper on a cookie sheet and put the chicken on that and into the freezer to "flash-freeze" so I can throw them all into one big Ziploc bag to have on hand.

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. So much better than Mc...well, you know  :-)

Healthy Loose Meat Sandwich

This meal is fast, filling, savory and healthy.  This recipe is a mix of loose meat, Sloppy Joe's and S.O.S.  So very good and healthy alternative! :-)

Here is what you will need:

2lbs lean ground beef
6 cloves garlic, minced
1tsp sea salt
1/2tsp coarse black pepper
1 cup red onion, chopped
1 cup red or yellow bell pepper, chopped
4 stalks celery,chopped
1-15oz can tomato sauce
2 cups low sodium beef broth
1/4 cup raw honey
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1tsp chili powder
1 tsp ground mustard

Brown ground beef,garlic,salt and pepper in a large skillet over medium heat for 10 minutes or until almost done. Add onions, peppers and celery.Saute another 10 minutes until beef is fully cooked and onions are translucent.

Stir in tomato sauce,broth, honey,vinegar, chili powder and ground mustard. Let come to a boil and then turn the heat down to low and let simmer for 30 minutes.

Serve over toasted sourdough bread. We serves this S.O.S style with a piece of pepper jack cheese under the meat!

*I got the original recipe from Saved by the Egg Timer  go over and check it out, her pictures are A LOT more appealing  :-)