Cheesy Baked Mostaccioli Recipe

Hola Amigos! After cooking all week, we all feel like taking a break on the weekends, and the best way of doing it (and cheapest) is to cook a casserole big enough to feed an army and tasty and satisfying for your soldiers not to mind reheating leftovers the next day!
Mostaccioli is a favorite. My grandma used to called it Macarrones Asados! She made the most delicious food ever, well I think we all  believe our grandma's are the best at everything anyways, right? I'm sure they are!

I asked my readers on FB how they have theirs, with meat as a main dish or plain as a side, but you know Facebook, No One gets to see what you post there unless a) you have a large fan base b) you pay to promote your status, or c) your  family and friends love you so much they keep up with what you do. I'm blessed and proud to have option C . I got 2 answers, one from my friend +Diane Kaul blogger at Giraffe Legs and she likes it as a main dish with meat in it, delicious and with endless options and the other one from my sweet adoptive little "sis" and blog designer,  Brooke, creative at Uplifted Designs who likes it as a side. Knowing my boys, I decided to play it safe and make a big casserole as a side.

This is a common recipe, everybody has their own little extra special ingredient and that is what I'm interested on exploring. New possibilities and tastes for a classic!

My motto bake 2 freeze 1 applies to this dish, only don't bake  it after you are done preparing it, freeze it well sealed right away and then bake it for that day you are scratching your head for what to have for dinner!
They all liked it  and I was able to stay out of he kitchen for the weekend a win win situation in my book if you ask me!

Thank You for visiting the blog today! I wish you all a healthy and productive week! Before you leave don't forget to let me know what makes your Mostaccioli extra special and a hit among your family and friends! Big Hug and remember my friends, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Cheesy Baked Mostaccioli 

Ingredients:

2 Cups Uncooked Tube Shaped Pasta

1 Jar (24 oz) Spaghetti Sauce of your choice

1 (10 3/4 oz) Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup

1/2 Can Milk

1 Large Egg, Beaten

2 Cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Shredded (about 16 oz)

1 Cup Cottage Cheese

Pepper. Salt and Garlic Powder to taste

1 Cup Cheddar Cheese "Pringles" Chips, Crushed

1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven at 350 F.

In a large saucepan prepare your pasta with plenty of salt in the water as indicated on the package. Once drained, place it in a large mixing bowl and start adding ingredients to it mixing after each ingredient is added carefully not to break the pasta. After the last cheese is added, the cottage cheese, check the pasta for flavors and add the condiments, pepper and garlic powder to taste and extra salt if needed.

Pour the mix in 2 separate, previously greased baking dishes. I used (2) 9x9 dishes.

*If you are going to freeze one baking dish, cover the container well and freeze. Remove from freezer, thaw in the refrigerator add the toppings after it thaws and  you are ready to bake it.

Top the remaining baking dish with crushed chips and Parmesan cheese. Bake for 45 minutes. Let it rest and serve with salad, garlic bread and enjoy!

Prep Time 20 minutes                      Cook Time 45 minutes                       Serves 8-12

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Recipe

Hola Amigos! This is the season for shorter days, long lines, big traffic jams, hustle and bustle, so why not take it easy in the kitchen and make a delicious easy dinner to feed our families with as little effort as possible. But don't get me wrong, not because it's easy means tasteless, au contraire mon cheri, lol! Since we are using just a few ingredients we are going to use good quality and get the best flavors out of this meal!

This is basically a deconstructed classic, chicken cordon bleu we all love but sometimes we don't have all the time in the world to prepare, roll the chicken breast, breading it, browning and baking.

All the ingredients are present on this dish, and if you are missing the carbs from the breading, you get the pasta to complement it.

It's creamy and cheese, no room for dry chicken here! And of course, since everything tastes better with bacon, it has a bit of the good stuff to gives us some unexpected flavor and crunch.

I hope you enjoy this dish, it gives you plenty of time to cook it, enjoy it and head out again to join the shopping crowds, hanging decorations or enjoy a nice relaxing evening by the fire. Remember my friends, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta

Ingredients

6 Slices Bacon, Chopped

1 Lb Chicken Tenders, chopped

1/4 Lb Smoked Ham, cubed

1/2 Cup White Wine

8 oz Sliced Mushrooms

2 Cups Bechamel Sauce

1/2 Cup Peas

1 Cup Shredded Swiss Cheese

Your favorite Pasta

Directions:

In a large hot skillet brown chopped bacon until fat is rendered. Add chopped chicken and saute until cooked and no longer pink, like 8-10 minutes. Add ham and mix. Add white wine and let the alcohol evaporate, like 3 minutes. Add bechamel sauce and mushrooms, mix well until everything is coated with the bechamel sauce. Remove from heat. Before serving, add peas. Serve over pasta and top with shredded Swiss cheese. Enjoy.

Prep Time: 10 minutes                               Cook Time: 20 minutes                     Serves  4

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Orzo and Chicken Autumn Skillet Meal Recipe

Hola Amigos! We had an unusually warm day for this time in the year up here. But still, it was one of those days that some comfort food was in order. I went to the store to get me some chicken and thought about trying the new chicken helpers on the market, just to make a quick meal but I couldn't Something about sweet and sour chicken coming out of a box doesn't sound too appealing to me, no matter how easy it looks.
I tell you guys, best decision ever! For about the same price I made this delicious and easy 1 skillet meal.
Maybe lady luck was on my side because all the mayor components were on sale! The rest we all have in our pantries.

A homemade meal to feed 4 for about $5 (well not counting the caramel apple candy corn and diet pop I got)!

This is your ideal Fall and Winter meal, easy, warm and comforting! In my book it doesn't get any better than that. Dinner is done in no time leaving plenty of time to enjoy the crisp weather and sunsets outside with the family.

Thank You for your visit to the blog today! I hope you are able to try this recipe and enjoy it as much as we did. Remember my friends, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Orzo and Chicken Autumn Skillet Meal
Ingredients:
1 Pd Chicken Tenders (was on sale)
1 Pd Baby Spinach (was on sale for $1)
1 Small can Mushrooms slices (was on sale for $.89)
1 Large Onion, sliced
1 Clove Garlic, minced
2 Cup Chicken Broth
1/3 Cup Orzo (was on sale for $1)
1 Tbsp oil for browning
Directions:
Season your chicken as you usually do with salt and pepper. I add a pinch of celery salt to mine all the time.
In a large skillet add the oil. Let it get hot and add your onion and garlic clove. Cook until your onions are transparent, always keeping an eye on your garlic not to burn. Add the chicken and brown. Add spinach, mix in with the chicken. Add orzo, mushrooms and broth. Cook for the time indicated on the box. I cooked mine 12 minutes. We really don't like our pasta quite al dente, neither mushy so that time was good for me. If you like it more al dente by all means cook it for only 8 minutes which is the box recommended time.
Let it sit for a couple of minutes for the pasta to absorb the sauce and serve with Parmesan cheese and bread. Enjoy

Prep and cooking time 30 minutes                                                                  Serves 4

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The Cheesiest Salmon Mac'n Cheese Recipe

Hola Amigos! I love a good Mac'n Cheese and I love it even more with my favorite fish ever, Salmon! You could easily substitute the salmon  with hamburger, chicken, tuna or just have it plain! I just happened to get some salmon on sale and since it was just a little over half pound it wasn't going to be enough to feed us all as it.

So what makes this Mac'n Cheese the cheesiest? well how about 3 cups of cheese melted in a deliciously creamy Bechamel sauce and then baked to golden perfection! Did I mention that there is 3 kind of cheese too? yummm.

Perhaps this dish is not to have every week in fear of getting an expanding waste, but the days soon will be getting colder and mac'n cheese is the go to comfort food of excellence and loved by all!

You will love this recipe. It's one of those which taste even better the next day...if there're any leftovers.
Thank you for your visit today! Hope you are enjoying your week so far! Keep in mind my friends, that no matter how humble the dish is, it will always taste better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

The Cheesiest Salmon Mac'n Cheese

Ingredients:

10-12 ounces uncooked elbow noodles

2 Cups Milk

1/2 Cup Heavy Cream

3 TBSP Butter

1/4 Cup Flour

Salt, Pepper to taste

1 1/2 TBSP Seafood Seasoning and a little extra to sprinkle on top

2 Cups Queso Quesadilla

1 Cup Cheese Crumbs (Mine came with Cheddar, Mozzarella and Colby)

10-12 ounces cooked salmon (I used 8 ounces regular salmon and 4 ounces of smoked) 

green onions for garnish.

Directions:

Heat up your oven at 350 degrees

Cook your elbow noodles in salted boiling water until tender but not extremely soft. Al dente is what you are looking for. Drain, set aside.

In a saucepan prepare your Bechamel sauce by melting the butter. Once melted add flour, salt, pepper and seafood seasoning to create your roux. Slowly add your milk first whisking constantly to avoid lumps. Add the cream and cook on medium low heat for 10 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat.

Add your 2 cups of cheese to the Bechamel sauce. gently mix until the cheese is melted. 

Fold the noodles in this sauce. Don't break them.

Put some of the noodles in a baking dish, Top them with half a cup of your cheese crumbles, add more noodles and the rest of your crumbles. Sprinkle your noodles with as much as the seafood seasoning as you wish.

Place in the oven for 35 minutes until golden and bubbly! Listo, Serve and enjoy!

Prep Time 20 minutes                    Cooking  Time (in the oven) 30-35 minutes               Serves 6-8

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Easy Pierogi Turkey Casserole Recipe

Hola Amigos! I love easy meals for the weekend and I believe I have a good one for you here. This one will feed not only your family but friends and guest too. Perfect meal to take to a picnic, party or to bake 2 freeze 1 sort of deal.
Pierogi! They are a big thing here in Mi, since we are the 3rd state in the country with the largest ethnic Polish community! We love them! these delicious little potato dumplings are comfort food at its best. Filled with cheese, broccoli, mushrooms or cabbage, pierogi are a staple of traditional Polish Cuisine. Boiled them first, fried them in butter and top them of with sour cream, mushrooms or bacon they are a great meal.
My casserole has pretty much all these ingredients in a deconstructed way. I did a bit of research as I always do and most of the interpretations of this dish used lasagna noodles (which sometimes are a hassel to cook) or frozen Pierogi. Nothing wrong with this but I needed something a bit more savory and easy to prepare and came up with this.
My guys love abundant amounts of protein in their meals, especially the hubs, therefore I added turkey. It's light enough to balance the potato and pasta.

Like I mentioned above a traditional Pierogi is topped with onions and fried in butter. Instead I caramelized my onions in butter and added to the pasta.

Cabbage is a Pierogi filling per excellence but my guys are not too fond of it, so I switch to some savory broccoli for my veggie portion of the dish.

And of course cheese...it's not a casserole in this house if it's not oozing cheese. Sharp Cheddar was my choice.

Put it in the oven once put together and 45 minutes later enjoy a slice of happiness! Oh...let's not forget the sour cream and for a pretty touch, some chives! Yum!

I hope you enjoy this recipe and even though it's always great to have a fresh batch of handmade delicious Pierogi,when non  it's available, this recipe is an excellent substitute.
Have a wonderful weekend my friends...and remember everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!,

Besitos,

Lizy

Easy Pierogi Turkey Casserole

Ingredients:

12 ounces Campanelle (short pasta that resembles lasagna)

1 Large Onion, sliced

3 TBSP Butter

3-4 Cups Mashed Potatoes 

1 bag (12 ounces) broccoli florets with or without cheese your choice

2 Cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded

1Ppound (about 2 Cups) Hickory Smoked Turkey, diced

1 Can broccoli soup

1/2 Cup Chicken Broth

Salt, Pepper to taste

Sour Cream

Chives

Directions:

Heat your oven at 375 Degrees

Cook pasta according to instructions. Drain and set aside.

In a large skillet add butter and onions together and cook for about 8 minutes until onions are caramelized. Mix these caramelized onions with the pasta.

In a 9 x 13 baking pan add 1/2 of the mashed potatoes, flatten with a fork until you get an even surface. Layer 1/2 of the pasta/onion mix. Layer 1/2 of the diced turkey, 1/2 of the contents of the broccoli bag and 1 cup of cheese. Repeat this steps. Note :( For this second layer if you don't have enough of one ingredient, don't worry because at the end it will all bake together).

Once you get your last layer, add the soup mixed with the chicken broth. Cover with aluminum foil and bake covered for 30 minutes. Uncovered the casserole and let it bake for another 10 minutes. Grab a fork and enjoy!

Prep Time 20 minutes           Cook Time 40 minutes                Serves 8

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Clam and Crab Creamy and Cheesy Smoked Mac and Cheese Recipe

Hola Amigos, We are getting close to the weekend again, seems like summer is going by so fast! Today I'm sharing a recipe we love, Mac and Cheese! and who doesn't right? I rarely used the stuff in the box except when "Big Boy" is starving in between Lunch and Dinner and he wants a snack...I know...snack? well he is a hungry teenager they snack full meals, lol

This recipe it's a meal in itself with clams, Bechamel sauce and smoked cheese, just keep the garlic bread handy and enjoy.

Here is the recipe

Clam Smoked Mac and Cheese

12 oz uncooked elbow noodles (around 4 cups cooked)

2 Cans (16oz) Whole Baby Clams (drained)

1 Can Crab Meat (optional) (drained)

2 Cups Bechamel Sauce

1 Tsps Seafood Seasoning

2 Cups Shredded "5 Italian Cheese" Mix

1/4 pd (aprx. 6 slices) Smoked Gouda Cheese

1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese

Bread Crumbs

Salt

pepper

Preheat your oven at 325F. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook your noodles to your desire doneness. Drain and put in a large mixing bowl.

Add your clams and crab meat, Bechamel sauce and seafood seasoning, fold until all these ingredients are integrated with the pasta. Add the 2 cups of your shredded cheese. Fold  again.

Butter a medium size baking bowl or 4 ramekins. Put some of the mac and cheese mix. Top with your smoked Gouda, bread crumbs and Parmesan Cheese.

Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until cheese is melted and bread crumbs are golden brown.

Serve with a side salad or garlic bread.
Listo,

Very simple recipe but super tasty. Comfort food with a twist!

It's very cheese but never overpowering, jut the right balance, You can still enjoy the flavor of the clams and sweetness of the crab meat!

I hope you enjoy today's recipe. It's ideal on days like today, at least here, when it has been raining again and  you just want something quick, homemade and delicious, but not out of a blue box.

Remember my friends, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!,

Besitos,

Lizy

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Southwestern Steak Salad Recipe and Homemade Southwestern Dressing

Hola Amigos! Your friend here at Just Dip It In Chocolate is trying to get back in shape, the best way I possibly can and oh boy...it's challenging. I know I've sung this song before, but this time I'm sticking to my goal that by my birthday in Sept.  (please don't send any Ferraries now,...well if you must, LOL) or the Blog's 1'st blogveressary in October , whatever comes first, I've lost 20 pounds! Easy for some, very very hard for me for different reasons...but any who...
This is my first attempt of something "healthy" or somewhat healthy also keeping in theme with the 1 dish meal! I hope you enjoy it!

Southwestern Steak Salad

1 box 16 oz pasta

1 1/2 Pounds Top Sirloin Steak

1 can Southwestern beans (red beans, black, pinto, corn)

1 Small Red Bell Pepper, chopped

1 Small Green Bell Pepper, Chopped

1/4 Red Onion, Chopped

Half Pint of  Tomatoes Halved 

Cook your pasta according to the box directions or your personal taste. 

Grill your steak also to your liking (my hubs likes his steak on the "done" side), and cut into thin strips.

Drain your pasta, add and mix in  your chopped vegetables,  beans  and some of your Southwestern Dressing. 

Top it all of  with your steak. 

Listo, 

This amount of steak and pasta will serve 4 with some leftovers too!

Southwestern Dressing

8 Oz Plain Yogurt

1/2 Low fat Mayo

1 1/2 TBSP Low Fat Buttermilk

1 TBSP  Mustard

2 TBSP Orange juice

1 1/2 tsp Minced Garlic

1 tsp Chipotle Powder

1 tsp Minced Onions

1 tsp Dried Oregano

1 tsp Ground Cumin

Mix all these ingredients and you will get a very creamy, light and spicy dressing that goes well not only with your salad but vegetables as well.

I just loved it! It's so flavorful you really don't need  a whole lot to be satisfied.

I supposed you could make it even healthier with whole wheat pasta, but I'm not there yet, lol

You also appease your appetite  just by looking at this arrange of pretty colors and textures!

Thank You so much for joining me today! I hope you try this salad at home and experiment with your own combination of flavors and spices!

Remember than even when on a diet, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love! 

Besitos,

Lizy

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