Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Beef Empanada

Totally easy. Totally fattening. Totally delicious.

Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 cup Salsa
1 can of black beans, drained
1 pkg. (15 oz.) ready-to-use refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts)
1 cup Shredded Mexican cheese

Directions: Brown meat and drain. Stir in salsa and beans. Place one crust on baking sheet and top with meat mixture. Cover with cheese and remaining crust. Seal edges. Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes. Let cool five minutes before serving.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Crockpot Jambalaya

I made this for dinner on Monday and we are still eating leftovers! I don't know a lot about jambalaya, but in my non-educated opinion, this was pretty darn good- and very healthy!

Ingredients:
1 lb. boneless chicken breasts, cubed
1/2 pound cooked turkey sausage, sliced
1 lb. frozen, ready-to-eat shrimp
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes (I forgot to buy these at the store we went without this ingredient!)
1 cup chicken broth
2 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. cajun seasoning (we use Tony Chachere's)
1 tsp. hot sauce (I also forgot to buy this!)
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
2 cups cooked rice

Directions:
In a crock pot, combine chicken, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, and chicken broth. Stir in oregano, cajun seasoning, hot sauce, bay leaves, and thyme. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours or on high for 3 hours. Stir in thawed shrimp and sausage, cover, and heat until sausage and shrimp are warm. For me it took an extra 20 minutes or so on high. Discard bay leaves and spoon mixture over rice to serve. If you want a shortcut on the rice, buy the boil in a bag kind. We used one bag of brown rice mixed with one bag of white. It was SO lazy but SO incredibly convenient!

Also, with Scarlett as my inspiration, I'm adding a new label to our blog- "Healthy." I will go back and label some of the recipes.