Posts tagged: easy
Lightened Up Chicken Mac and Cheese
My ultimate comfort meal? A heaping bowl full of macaroni and cheese. No, not the stuff from the box people. I mean the real, down-home heart stuff that fills you up and warms you from the inside out.
Of course, eating bowl after bowl of that cheesy deliciousness is a little bad for the waistline... On the other hand, I don't believe in compromising flavor in favor of just eating the healthy stuff. That's why this Lightened Up Chicken Mac N Cheese is the one dinner you have to add to your winter weeknight rotation! It's creamy and dreamy and oh-so cheesy, but the lightened up cheese sauce and whole wheat noodles keep you from adding too much to your hips.
Without sacrificing any flavor! The Pig of the Month BBQ Pulled Chicken sure takes care of THAT. BOOM baby. Let's get cooking!
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Lightened Up Chicken Mac and Cheese from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until tender, approximately 3 minutes. Add flour, stirring to combine, and cook until golden, approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute. Whisk in milk and broth. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in cheese until melted. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in macaroni and chicken into the saucepan. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Top with an extra sprinkled of cheese and the bread crumbs. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until bubbly and the top is golden.
Shop This Post Pig of the Month BBQ Pulled Chicken *Recipe, video and photos by Meghan Bassett
13 Easy Bacon Lunches to Get Your Bacon Fix at Work
Another work week, another boring lunch packed away in the office refrigerator that you are dreading eating... We've all been there, haven't we? You get sucked into the monotony of easy "healthy" lunches and before you know it, your work lunches are no longer a blissful break. They are a sad way to attempt to fuel up and survive the rest of a crazy work day. Honestly, I believe you deserve a better lunch. Lunch breaks should be about stuffing your face with delicious homemade food and temporarily forgetting all the to-dos on your list for the rest of the day. There's no work, no kids, no distractions - just time for you to eat and enjoy the company of co-workers, or even just yourself (hey, we all need that breathing room some days!). Even if you can only spare 30 minutes, those 30 minutes should be special, right? What makes anything more special than bacon? Nothing. Bacon is the ingredient you need to not only get through the work day, but also to actually enjoy your lunch. With back-to-school craziness coming up, you need some easy lunch ideas in your back pocket to get your bacon fix with at work.
Bacon Cheeseburger Wraps - Lift in the Lofthouse Cobb Salad Wrap - POPSUGAR
Bacon Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette - Sauce + Style BLT Salad - POPSUGAR
Meat Lovers Pizza Roll Ups - Sauce + Style BLT Panzanella - Annie’s Eats
Bacon and Egg Salad Sandwich - Food52 Jamaican Jerk Double Decker BLAT - Sauce + Style
Alice Walters’ Warm Spinach Salad - Alexandra Cooks Spicy Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Chicken - Handle the Heat
Avocado BLT’s with Spicy Mayo and Fried Eggs - How Sweet It Is Bacon Cheeseburger Buns - Taste of Home
Turkey BLT - Martha Stewart Now no more excuses. Take back your lunch break and make it great again! I believe you can do it; you just need a little bacon-y help. *Post by Meghan Bassett
