If you’ve read any of my other food blogs you’ll know that I love potatoes…And apparently chicken.
Actually I’m not a huge fan of steak or roast beef so there you have it.
Instead of mashed potatoes or baked potatoes I went with stuffed potatoes and man were they GOOD.
I got some smaller potatoes and baked them for about 45 minutes or so…Or until soft.
The hardest part was scooping the insides out…They were still kinda hot. Woops.
All I ended up doing was making the insides into mashed potatoes. Usually I add a little bit of salt, pepper, butter, and milk. I also made bacon and chopped it up and mixed it in and topped it with cheese.
Because this kind of took a bit, I’d say it’s a good idea to maybe bake them again, but I didn’t really care. They were super creamy and tasty and really simple.
Next I made a lime chicken with a homemade salsa.
I decided to marinate the chicken all night and day.
I also have changed from chicken breasts to thighs because they tend to get juicier and tender. Unfortunately, they’re more fatty, but man do they taste good.
I also made my own recipe for some garlic roasted red potatoes.
Roasted Red Potato Recipe: i didn’t count how many potatoes i used cause it really depends on how flavored you want them.
1/2 tsp garlic powder (or a couple cloves of fresh garlic if you have it-crushed)
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp Cheyenne
2 tbs olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika (optional-these can get kinda spicy)
Mix ingredients together and after you chop the potatoes into small pieces stir them in until well seasoned. Cook at 450 for 20minutes or until soft.
It went really well with the chicken and tasted great with ranch. Peter used ketchup, but I’m not a huge fan of it. To each his own.
The salsa was really yummy. I added tomatoes to it instead of onion and it went great.
So here it is!
It was a great end of the summer recipe.
And last of all I decided to make my own mac n’ cheese.
Just so you know, before I start, if you have any issues with dairy-this recipe is not for you.
We made a special trip to Trader Joe’s and got some black forest peppered bacon. It was sooooooo yummy.
Here is the Mac N’ Cheese recipe I used.
I put some canned tomatoes in it, but I think it made it more soupy than I meant. Plus the amount of cream it calls for probably didn’t help.
It ended up pretty good, but it needed a little bit of salt in the end, so we just sprinkled it on once we had it in our bowls.
Anyway, that’s all the food I have for now.
Onward to muffins!
