One Pot Sausage & Orzo

 Recipe from:  Morgan Peterson on TikTok

24 ounces Down Home Sausage, sliced

8 ounces orzo

2 cups chicken bone broth

1/3 cup half and half

1/2 onion, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/4-1/3 cup sundried tomatoes

About 3 cups spinach

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

salt, pepper and garlic powder, to taste

In a pan, add sliced sausage and cook until browned.  Remove browned sausage and most of the grease that came from the sausage.  Sauté onion over medium heat until it begins to soften and then add garlic.  Add sausage back in along with sun dried tomatoes and toss until everything is combined.

Then, add orzo to the pan along with bone broth and half and half.  Also, season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Stir until combined and bring to a boil. Then turn heat to low, cover, and cook for 12-15 minutes or until orzo is fully cooked and most of the liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally.

Once orzo is done, gradually incorporate spinach and parmesan cheese until everything is combined.

(Double recipe to and add to a 9"x13" baking dish...reheats perfectly)

Loaded Taco Protein Pasta

 Recipe from:  SmallerSam_PCOS on TikTok

1 lb. lean ground beef

1 packet of taco seasoning

2 cups Kettle & Fire beef bone broth

Goodles "Smokey Dokey" Pasta

1/2 cup black beans, drained

1/2 cup canned corn, drained

1/2 cup rotel

Brown ground beef and season with taco seasoning.  Add bone broth instead of water with the seasoning.  Add pasta, black beans, corn and rotel and, once most of the bone broth has been absorbed, add in the cheese packet from the Goodles.

Top with blended cottage cheese, diced jalapenos and cilantro as a garnish.

Makes 3 nice size servings or 4 smaller servings.

Mexican Inspired Chicken Salad

 Recipe Inspired By:  Claire Hodgins on TikTok

I made this for meal prep a few weeks ago and it was delicious!  It was full of flavor and perfect to eat with Quest Protein Chips.

Not a necessary step but if you have time:

Blend cottage cheese to a sour cream texture

To a bowl add:

8 oz. chicken breast, shredded

1/2 of a green bell pepper, diced

1/2 of a red onion, diced

Fresh jalapeno, diced, to taste

1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves

1/2 cup corn kernels

1/4-1/2 cup blended cottage cheese (use as much as needed to get

to a chicken salad consistency)

1 tbsp. lime juice

1 tbsp. taco seasoning

I wasn't able to eat all my meal preps and ended up freezing some of this...it came out of the freezer just fine! 

Italian Style Meatloaf

 Recipe from:  Kelly Cooks Texas on TikTok

2 lbs. ground beef

A good sprinkle of Worcestershire sauce

A good sprinkle of beef bouillon

A good sprinkle of Italian seasoning

2 eggs beaten

1 cup panko bread crumbs

1 onion, chopped

5-6 garlic cloves, chopped

4-6 ounces of mushrooms, minced

1/2 - 3/4 cup marinara sauce

Seasoning to taste (Tony Chachere's, black pepper and garlic powder)

Add everything above to a large bowl and combine with hands.

To the bottom of a large baking dish, add bread (to absorb the grease) and then place the meatloaf on top.  Coat the top of the meatloaf with more marinara sauce.  

Bake at 400 degrees for 45-55 minutes for until cooked through.

CrockPot French Dips

Recipe from:  Cooking in the Midwest on TikTok

3-4lb Chuck Roast

Butter

Onion

24 ounces Beef Broth

Au Jus Seasoning Packet

Minced Garlic

Worcestershire Sauce

Season chuck roast on both sides with salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Melt butter in a pan over medium high heat to sear the chuck roast on each side and then put in crockpot.  Slice and onion in rings and add that back to the pan along with 24 ounces beef broth and au jus packet, big spoonful of garlic and a few splashes of Worcestershire sauce.  Let that come to a simmer and use spatula to scrape up all the good flavor out of the bottom of the pan.  Pour that mixture over the roast and cook on low for 8 hours.

Shred roast.  Toast your French bread and add provolone cheese.  Pour juice through strainer to have au jus for dipping.

Served with Lipton Onion Dip and Ruffles.