Brisket Pizza

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe # 23

I used leftovers from my Brie & Brisket Quesadillas and you can find the original recipe {HERE}.

Sadly this one went without a picture....I accidentally deleted it :( RIGHT after I dropped my phone in the BBQ sauce!! OOPS!!

Here is what I did:

1 Pillsbury pizza dough

BBQ sauce

leftover brisket

leftover Brie

mozzarella

steak sauce

Roll the pizza dough out and precook as instructed.

Then spread your fave BBQ sauce over the dough. I did about 1 cup.

Put a combo of the brie and mozzarella cheese allover and then top it with the remaining brisket.

Top with a couple tbsp of steak sauce. This is optional, but I thought it made it perfect!

Finish cooking according to the instructions on the dough can.

Sorry I don't have a pic, but just trust me, it was amazing!!

Shredded Santa Fe Chicken

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe # 20, 21 & 22!!!

Oh yeah, I love LEFTOVERS!!! 3 recipes in 1! WooHoo!! 

I got this recipe {HERE} from my friend Leslie's blog. She is always posting the funnest recipes AND craft tutorials!

Some of my {craft} favorites of hers are:

Her {DIY Upholstered Headboard}

Her {Outdoor Pallet Bench}

and Her {Kitchen Table & Chairs Redo}

So so cute!! For sure go check out her cute blog!

Anyways, once she posted the shredded chicken recipe I knew I had to try it soon! 

Recipe # 20

Shredded Santa Fe Chicken Soup. Unfortunately I didn't get a pic of this one :( It just went too fast!! I served it with a little shredded cheese on top and with tortilla chips. Perfect for a cold day, and perfect to freeze your extras!!

Recipe # 21

Shredded Santa Fe Chicken Tacos

I served this on a low carb tortilla with some cheese and some salsa!

Recipe # 22

Taco Cupcakes!

These were a lot of fun to try. I found the idea for these {HERE}. I did alter a few things from the recipe. Basically I took the shredded santa fe chicken recipe and used it as the filling. I couldn't find the wonton wrappers, so I used tortillas instead. I just cut the tortilla into thirds and stuffed them in the cupcake pan. Not perfect, but it worked. My only thing I didn't like about the recipe was the cheese queso. I think if we just went with shredded cheese it would taste better. So the idea was good, just a little personal tweaks I'll make next time! 

"Breaded" Caesar Chicken

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe # 19

Well, I was home alone tonight and that is the perfect time to try new things. And try I did. I wouldn't necessarily say succeed.....I mean it was edible, but nothing that I would suggest for you to cook. Not without some major tweaking anyways!

Nowadays my TV watching has changed drastically...I've switched Teen Mom for some Food Network and in the background I heard them talking about Panko bread crumbs. So I bought some!

I had already been marinating 3 chicken breast in my FAVORITE salad dressing:

Galeo's Miso Caesar Dressing

This stuff is low cal and they use this at the Biggest Loser ranch. Hello...can't go wrong!!

After my chicken had marinated for a few hours, I laid out my Panko bread crumbs and mixed it with salt and pepper.

I just coated it on each side of my chicken breast and stuck it in the skillet for about 8 minutes on each side. 

Apparently caesar dressing isn't enough "glue" to keep the bread crumbs on. That is why I used the term "breaded" in quotations....it didn't quite end up breaded! Oh well! 

The skillet didn't quite get it done enough on the inside, so I stuck it in the oven at about 400 for 6 minutes on each side. 

I served with zucchini and cornbread and drizzled a little more of the caesar dressing on top, and some breadcrumbs :) 

I'll redo this recipe soon and give ya'll a step by step instruction once I get it good enough to share!!

Agave Lime Fresh Fruit Salad

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Recipe # 18

I had a couple girls over the other night and thought this was the perfect, EASY dish to put together for a light snack. I'm obsessed with this! How come I haven't been making this my entire life?? It has everything I love: fruit, grapes {I realize that's a fruit, but I really LOVE grapes :)!!}, poppy seeds and a new find agave nectar!! 

I found the recipe {HERE} at the ever wonderful Six Sisters' Stuff. I LOVE that blog! They have a ridiculous amount of recipes!! 

The recipe called for honey, but I decided to go with agave nectar. It is supposed to be a better/healthier sweetener {I tried looking for nutrition facts, but the honey I have is local and didn't have any :/}. It tasted just as sweet but it is less sticky and not as thick. A bonus in my book.

It is definitely more of a summer dish, but I wasn't about to hold off 4 more months to try this perfect salad!! I had to replace kiwi, which isn't in season and therefore nowhere to be found, with raspberries. 

I can't say enough good things about this fruity and delicious salad!! Here is another pretty pic!! 

Brie & Brisket Quesadillas

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe #17

One of my goals this year is to learn my way around meat in the kitchen. I went to the store the other day and stocked up on some meat cuts. Ribs, Pork Shoulder and Brisket, my fave!! I'm starting with crock pot meals to ease my way to the almighty and very scary grill. If you haven't figured it out already, I'm in love with my crock pot. Got a crock recipe? Bring it my way!!! 

I was so excited to try this brisket recipe. It is my BBQ restaurant staple! So when I found this on Pinterest, it was moved to the top of my "to try" list! I'm not going to lie, I've had better brisket. It was very good, but not smoked or grilled good. It was crock pot good. I was a little thrown off when I tasted it {without the BBQ sauce at first} it reminded me too much of roast beef, which is NOT my fave dish...sorry mom! But once it was served with BBQ it tasted wonderfully. 

The recipe, which can be found {HERE} also called for Brie. I'm not entirely sure how I even knew this was cheese, I suppose I just assumed. But that wheel of cheese came very difficult to find, but I WAS looking for it in the wrong place. Weird. I was nervous when serving because none of us had tried Brie before, but it was very good, and I'm pretty picky about my cheese! 

I didn't do her mango bbq sauce, I was feeding a lot of people and didn't want to get too diverse. Speaking of feeding people, guess how many servings this brisket served? 15!!! Well worth it! I do hope you try this recipe soon. You can't go wrong for a big group or a week's worth of leftovers! 

Sorry for all the paper plate pics {you'll be seeing a lot of them lately}. I've found that when I cook a big dinner the last thing I want to do is do all those dishes! :)