Thursday, March 31, 2011

Chili-Beef Tacos


Points Value: 6
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 18 MIn
Difficulty: Easy


Ingredients:
2 Tbsp Chili POwder
1/2 tsp Ground Cumin
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 Small Onion, Chopped
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
8 oz. uncooked lean ground beef (I used Turkey)
8 oz. canned tomato sauce
8 oz. canned Kidney Beans, rinsed and drained
8 Old El Paso Regular Hard Tacos
4 Tbsp reduced fat sour cream
4 tsp. cilantro, fresh, chopped

Instructions:
Toast Chili powder and cumin in a medium skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add oil to skillet and heat; add onion and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Add gralic and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add beef and cook until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce and beans; cook 5 more minutes or until heated through. (Note: To turn up the heat, toss in some chopped chipotle peppers with the tomato sauce.)

To assemble, fill each taco shell with 1/4 cup of beef mixture; top each with 1/2 Tblsp of sour cream and 1/2 tsp of cilantro. Yeilds 2 tacos per serving.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Linguine w/ Asparagus and Chicken


I stole this recipe from my Friend Briana and my Family LOVED it!

Ingredients:
Salt & Pepper
3/4 Lbs Linguine or Fettucine
1 Lrg. Bunch Asparagus
3 Tblsp. Butter
Parmesan Cheese
Grilled & Seasoned Chicken Breast


Boil Linguine/Fettucine in Pot as directed. As that boils, chop ends off asparagus. When noodles are almost done drop asparagus in the pot to cook for remaining few minutes. Before straining water out, reserve about 1 cup (or little more) of pasta water. Strain Noodles & Asparagus. Put reserved water back in pot and add butter pepper. Serve noodles and top with grilled chicken and asparagus. Laddle over butter sauce over the top. Top with parmesan cheese and pepper. Add more parmesan cheese over veggies and your kids with eat them right up. Enjoy!