Welome to Monday

Oh, Monday, you have to be the speediest of days.  I mean you come faster than any other day of the week.  I had a fun, eventful weekend....... a high school graduation, a beautiful wedding and I met up with a new friend and got to spend a couple of hours learning about her and chatting.  And best of all our summer officially begins because both of my girls are officially done with their school years!!!  But I did also do a few intentional things this week.  Here is what I managed to get done.

I hope you are making some progress.  Only another week and a half.  Don't worry if you didn't hit every day, I think you can still maximize what's left and call it a success

Today I wanted to share the new recipe I tried.  It was actually one of my emeals recipes but I changed it up a bit.  If you missed the post on emeals, you can read it here.  Their recipe called for shrimp cooked in cumin.  Well only half of us like shrimp so I knew we would need a little change.  When I read the recipe it had the feeling of something you would get at Moe's Southwestern or Chipotle....so i took it that route.  The key to the recipe was this guy.

Birds Eye Protein Blend Southwest Style.  I found it at Kroger in the freezer section.

A delicious blend of whole grains, black beans, corn, lentils, red bell peppers, and sauce. Perfectly cooks in the bag!

So I took 3 large, boneless, skinless chicken breast and cut them into 2 inch pieces.  I then sprinkled them generously with a package of taco seasoning.  I heated olive oil in a skillet and cooked the chicken breast until done.

Then I microwaved the Birds Eye packages according to the directions.  It took 3 packages for our family of 6.

I then spooned the Birds Eye protein blend into 6 bowls and topped with the cooked chicken.  Each person then topped their bowl to their pleasing with Mexican cheese, sour cream, and salsa..  I am sure you could make them more elaborate by adding diced avocado or green onions.

These bowls were absolutely delicious.....so much so that I didn't snap a picture.

Chips and salsa would also make a great side with this.

Short simple, quick recipe that turned out great......you might want to give it a try.

Summary of all  you need to put this together:
3 chicken breasts
3 bags of Birds Eye Southwest Style Protein Blend
Taco Seasoning
Mexican Cheese
Sour Cream
Salsa
Any other desired toppings
Chips on the side if desired

Have a great week girls, don't forget we are back on Wednesday with the 40's representative in our Through the generations series.


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