Favorite Recipes from March

 

March has been busy in ways I did not fully expect, but it has still given me enough time to try some new recipes (and revisit some favorites), so I thought I would share with you some of the finds from this month! Maybe one or two would be great for you.

Skillet Lasagna – I love lasagna. I do not love the time and detail work required to make lasagna – especially in this season of my life when my time at home prior to dinner is hit-or-miss. This dish was fast to make, easy to put together, and gave us all of the flavor of lasagna without any of the layering headache. I used the chickpea pasta I buy at Aldi, because it doesn’t sit with that heavy feeling pasta now seems to give.

Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with Lemon and Oil – I had never shredded Brussels Sprouts before, and I have to admit, it was kind of fun! It reminded me of the texture of shredded lettuce, but with much more nutritional value! I shredded it on one of the plates in my cheese-shredding kit, and it went really quickly. This salad was simple and flavorful, and I liked it.

Turmeric Roasted Chicken and Sweet Potatoes – I’ve not done a ton of cooking turmeric, but I like the flavor and the color it provides. I used frozen sweet potato cubes for this dish, because they are so much faster for me than contending with peeling and chopping a potato. I actually used all boneless chicken thighs instead of mixing thighs and drumsticks and messing with bones, as the recipe called for. We really loved the flavor of this.

Creamy Taco Soup (Crock Pot) – This creamy taco soup was easy to make and really flavorful. I did not make it in a slow cooker and just did it on the stovetop instead. Easy, flavorful, and so good!

Smoked Turkey Breakfast Skillet – I don’t have an oven-safe skillet, so I made this in a regular baking dish, and it worked just fine. I know this is a hard dish for right now, with the price of eggs, but we had a week where we actually had several eggs left, so I didn’t feel guilty dipping in to use so many eggs. It was YUMMY.

Cookie Bar – When I’m super busy, I do not have time to mess with scooping out cookie dough, sheet by sheet. Cookie bars are such a time saver when I need a cookie and don’t have time to make them one by one. Ryan actually made this recipe for me this month, and I took it to a couple of events where I’d signed up for dessert. Easy, fast, and reportedly good! (I couldn’t taste test this one.)

Ground Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry – This was another quick and easy – and yummy! – recipe. I made another one recently (see below) with chicken as the protein, and I liked having a similar recipe that features two different kinds of protein!

Caramel Surprise Brownies – This isn’t a new recipe on this blog, but it’s been a while since we made it. Ryan whipped up a batch of these for the party at his work, and he said they were so good. (And I know they are!)

Cottage Cheese Pancakes – I’m forever on the hunt for a pancake recipe that has some fluff and flavor – without all the carbs. I’ve tried dozens over the years. Not long ago we tried a recipe that uses our freshly milled wheat, and while I liked the flavor, we don’t always have time to mill and wait for a quick pancake meal. This one was really good – but you know what I forgot to add? THE BAKING POWDER! I want to try them again and not forget that important fluffing ingredient to see how it helps. (You really can’t taste the cottage cheese – and it has all kinds of protein!)

Low Carb Teriyaki Chicken Broccoli and “Rice” Bowls – Here is the chicken and broccoli version of the recipe I made this month. I threw in a bag of riced cauliflower to this one and it was a good extra veggie without that overwhelming riced cauliflower taste.

Salsa – This was my favorite find from this month. I’ve never made salsa before, and I stumbled upon this recipe on a blog. It was so good and we gobbled it right up. It was super easy to make, and the only change I made was not adding in the jalapeno. (Personal preference.) I will be making this again and again.

Lasagna Roll Ups with Cottage Cheese – This recipe was good, but unlike the skillet lasagna recipe, this one was more time and labor intensive. I don’t know how often I’ll make it just because of that. This is also meatless, which isn’t always our gig, but it worked just fine! (You could add in ground meat if you want.)