Favorite Recipes from May

 

It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time to talk recipes. I found some keepers this month…but I also made some modifications. I’ll note the things I did differently, just in case you want to alter them too! 😊

Spinach Feta Frittata – I love making frittatas for breakfast, because they’re so easy to reheat! This one was tasty, but I did make a couple of changes. I guess technically I do have an oven safe skillet, because I have cast iron, but for this, I just skipped sautéing the onions in a pan, mixed everything in a bowl, and put it in a pie plate and baked it for about a half hour. Delicious!

Antipasto Salad – I might have changed this one too much to even call it the same recipe! Instead of roasted red pepper, I used a regular red bell pepper. I skipped the pepperoncini and prosciutto entirely. And instead of making the vinaigrette it suggested, Ryan used a bottled Greek dressing we had in the refrigerator, and I didn’t use dressing. Other than that (ha!) it was the same and we loved it. We really love Greek flavors, so this was good!

Perfect Air Fryer Shrimp – I had never tried shrimp in the air fryer before, and I really liked it! The only change I made to this recipe was using smaller shrimp – simply because that was what I could find in the store when I went shopping. I made sure to shake the basket every few minutes to keep them moving around!

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork – This was flavorful and good, but we did add some water (after cooking) because it came out very dry. There isn’t a ton of liquid in this recipe, so I wasn’t surprised that it was dry. I love slow cooker recipes right now because schedules are full, and I can’t always cook right before dinner.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins  - I have been eating these all week for breakfast, and they keep me very full! I don’t have a jumbo muffin pan, so I just used a regular one and count two muffins as one serving.

Green Goddess Cottage Cheese Dip – Mine didn’t turn green, and I think it was because I didn’t have fresh basil. I used dried, so it wasn’t the same on the color effect. But I love the taste, I love the protein in it, and I love the thickness of it. I really don’t love runny veggie dip.

Sheet Pan Hawaiian Chicken Dinner – I love a sheet pan recipe, but Ryan and I were both nervous about this one. We don’t like Hawaiian pizza, so would we like this? Turns out…we do! I used drained canned pineapple, and I used white onion instead of red. I also chose to mix up all the sauce and marinate the veggies and chicken together with it overnight before baking it on the sheet. Because the chicken was in small pieces, this cooked quickly, and that was helpful, because we were hungry!

Turkey Taco Salad with Avocado Ranch Dressing – There are two separate recipes there, and I like them both! I did use beef instead of turkey on the taco salad, because this is what we had in the freezer. I made my own fajita seasoning for the meat. The ranch dressing was so good…though I confess I forgot to buy cilantro, so it didn’t make it into the recipe.

                Hope you find something new to try!