Southwestern Chicken Salad

Each serving

3-4 oz cooked chicken

shredded cheese

bacon

corn

ranch

fajita seasoning

Combine all ingredients. Batch prep ahead and freeze. Good served hot or cold. 

Loaded BBQ Chicken Bowls

Great for meal prep or simple dinner

Ingredients

Fries or diced potatoes

1-2 chicken breast

Seasoning for chicken

BBQ sauce

Chipotle Sauce

Cheese

Bacon bits

Cook chicken as desired. Fry potato or fries until heated. In a bowl combine potato, chicken, bbq sauce, chipotle sauce, cheese and bacon bit. Warm in microwave if desired. 

Homemade English Muffins

Makes 20 muffins  

Ingredients

700 g flour

12 g salt

35 g sugar

1 TBS Yeast

480 g milk

1 egg

4 TBS butter (add 1 at a time)

Corn meal

Directions

Combine flour, salt, sugar, yeast, milk and egg in mixer. Slowly add cold butter.  Dough is a wet dough. Let rise 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 with cast iron in oven. Roll out dough and cut into desired size. Dust each muffin in cornmeal and toast on Cast iron to get color for 3 minutes. Add to cookie pan and finish baking in oven for 8 minutes. 

Let cool and freeze until ready to use. Warm in toaster. 

Chicken Gnocchi Olive Garden Dupe

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients 

4 Tbs butter

3 finely chopped celery stalks

1 cup or 1 small onion diced to same size and celery

1 cup carrot (matchstick or chopped)

lots of garlic

salt

pepper

1-2 chicken breasts

garlic powder

onion powder

Italian seasoning

32 oz. chicken stock

Gnocchi

1/2 cup parmesan

1/2 cup half and half 

1 bag Baby Spinach

Directions

Add butter, celery, onion, carrots and garlic to pan and sauté.  Salt and pepper to taste. Once veggies are translucent add in uncooked chicken breast and additional seasonings to taste. Cover with chicken stock. Let simmer 15-25 minutes until chicken is cooked. Remove and rustic shred chicken. Add gnocchi to pot until they start to float. Add parmesan and a bit of half and half to thicken mixture. (Hack - if not thickening fast enough add some instant potato flakes to thicken) Add chicken to mix. Let thicken until desired texture. Add baby spinach and let wilt down. 

Serve with breadsticks