Leftover foods from holiday meals shouldn’t have to go to waste! With a little creativity, you can reduce food waste and serve your family another tasty meal using foods that you’ve already prepared. This shepherd’s pie is a filling dish that features mashed potatoes- a side dish that you may already have prepared for your main holiday meal.
Spicy Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Change up pasta night by adding shrimp and spinach! This dish has a spicy kick to it that will keep you coming back for more!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 red Chile pepper thinly sliced and seeded for less heat
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 pound medium-sized frozen or fresh shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup no sodium low fat chicken broth
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- 8 ounces thin spaghetti or angel hair pasta
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- In large stock pot, bring water to a boil for pasta; add pasta when boiling.
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the garlic, Chile and pepper. Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes.
- Turn shrimp, add the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until the shrimp are opaque throughout, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the spinach and cook, tossing, until beginning to wilt, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Drain pasta and mix in large skillet with shrimp and spinach, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately..
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Slow Cooker Street Tacos
Have a designated day for taco night at your house? Put this Slow Cooker Street Taco recipe on while you’re out and about and have it ready for when everyone gets home in the evening.
Ingredients
- 6 limes divided
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 5 pounds boneless pork butt or shoulder trimmed
- 12 white corn tortillas
- 1 large white onion finely chopped
- 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped (about 1/2 to 3/4 cup)
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- Mix the juice of two limes, orange juice, minced garlic, salt, black pepper, ground cumin.
- Place juice mixture and pork butt in a large plastic freezer bag.
- Marinade for about two hours in the refrigerator.
- Place pork shoulder in a large slow cooker with the marinade.Barely cover the pork with water and let cook on medium until meat will shred easy with a fork about 4 to 6 hours.
- Remove meat; drain. Shred meat.
- Place in warmed tortillas, top with chopped onion and cilantro. Squeeze sliced lime on each taco.
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Spicy Spaghetti with Grilled Chicken
Spicy Spaghetti with Grilled Chicken has a spin on your normal spaghetti recipe. This quick and healthy recipe will be one everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces whole wheat spaghetti
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 1/2 teaspoon chili pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 tablepsoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 6 ounce can of tomato paste
- 1 pound cooked grilled chicken breast, cut into strips
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- Cook spaghetti according to the directions on the package, until it is al dente.
- Strain spaghetti and place in a large serving dish.
- Add minced garlic, chili pepper flakes, olive oil, and pepper, and tomato paste and mix together well.
- Grill chicken breasts, cut into strips, and stir into spaghetti.
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Chicken Fajitas
Our Easy Chicken Fajitas recipe can not get any easier! All you need is your ingredients and a slow cooker, and dinner will be ready when you get home!
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1 16 ounce can no salt added pinto beans rinsed and drained
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies drained
- 1 each medium green, red and yellow sliced into strips
- 1 medium onion halved and sliced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 6 6- inch corn tortillas warmed
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- In a 3-quart slow cooker, combine chicken, beans, tomatoes, peppers, onion and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken and cool slightly. Shred and return to slow cooker to heat through.
- Spoon about 3/4 cup chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Top with lettuce, tomato and& sour cream if desired
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