Have I got a easy, family meal for you today! My photos aren't worth a lick {sorry!}, but it was just one of those days when the lighting was bad and I was in a hurry.
Have I mentioned to you before that my LEAST favorite thing about food blogging is taking photos? Then saving them, editing them, uploading them, etc? I'm not a fan. Maybe if I had a better camera? Wishful thinking I'm sure.
Anyway, this meal is easy-peasy and most of the work is done in the slow cooker! You know my third-arm friend. She has helped me with many, many meals. Someday I hope to get one of those digital ones that I can actually set ahead of time and it can start cooking later in the day while I'm gone.
I'm sure everyone has one of those by now but me....
I'm not even going to type out an official recipe for this one, it's just too easy. So take a few notes! You will need: 3-4 chicken breasts, 1 c. chicken stock, 1 packet ranch dressing mix, 1 packet taco seasoning mix {or use your own like I do - a sprinkling of chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic salt and pepper}, taco shells, salsa, shredded cheese, lettuce and additional ranch dressing.
Place everything minus the shells and toppings in the slow cooker. Set it on low and cook for 4-6 hours. Shred the chicken towards the end of that time and let it sit in the yummy ranch/taco broth.
When ready to eat assemble the tacos, line a 9x13 pan with taco shells. Fill with shredded chicken, ranch dressing, salsa and cheese. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Remove from the oven and top with any additional toppings.
This chicken is so good and so flavorful. Even my non-chicken-taco-loving husband said they were really good!
I will definitely put these on our dinner rotation.
Speaking of dinner rotations, I'm interested in knowing how people do their meal plans. I feel like I need to revamp ours. I usually have 3-4 meals in my head that I know we have ingredients for in the house at any given time, but I don't set them up for certain days.
I'd like to get a bit more organized and make a dinner calendar or schedule, if you will. What do you guys do? Any websites that help you? Links?
I'm all EARS!!!
Love baked tacos! Ranch sounds like the perfect addition!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good right now... so hungry and its almost lunch time.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the meal planning- I have a white board where I write the meals for each night based on recipes I've found online, cookbooks, or just quick things.
ReplyDeleteI try to meal plan for the month. I might not necessary have it the exact day I write down, but at least I know that I have all the ingredients at home. I print off a free monthly calendar online then figure out what nights my hubby is home (There are certain meals he doesn't liked heated up). Then I pencil the main dish down I flow with the sides. I'm able to get all my major shopping done once a month and only have to go in weekly for fresh fruit/vegs and milk. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAlly these look amazing and so easy to make! Adding them to my menu for next week, my girls will love these. As for menu planning I don't have any special way of doing it. I usually sit down with the flyers and see what's on sale, go through any cookbooks/magazines for inspiration or see what recipes I've got bookmarked, I also check my Pinterest boards if none of that sounds good lol. Like you I do try to keep ingred on hand for at least a few meals for when I don't have time to make it to the store, etc. Sometimes I think doing a regular meal rotation would make life easier but I like to try out new recipes and create new dishes regularly.
ReplyDeleteI had hard taco shells for the first time this year!! I felt like I was missing out for the past 30 years - they are awesome!
ReplyDeleteReally? Are they not popular in Canada?
ReplyDeleteThese look wonderful--hard shell tacos are my favorite. I always bake them too becuse they just have better crunch that way! Great recipe
ReplyDeleteLook good, girl!
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this looks so good! thanks for the recipe! for meal planning, i use the iphone app MealBoard. you can upload any recipe from any site to the app, create a meal plan for the week, get an automatically generated grocery list, and save templates so you can reuse the week's recipes without having to do any additional planning. genius!
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