Rice Bowls

Here is a quick recipe for those nights coming home from work and you need to get supper on the table fairly quick. Here's what you need:
1 Rotisserie Chicken shredded
Rice or Brown Rice
1 Avocado
1 Can of Black Beans - heated on the stove
On The Border Salsa

1st.  Prepare rice in a rice cooker with chicken broth and season with some garlic powder.
2nd. Shred your rotisserie chicken and place in a sauce pan on the stove with some cumin and a little chicken broth and garlic powder.  (if you have a Penzy's Spices and have access to it - also add some of their "Northwoods Fire" seasoning.)
Open the black beans and warm them on the stove.
Chop up Avocado.

The time that it takes your rice to cook, you can get everything else ready to assemble in about 20 minutes.  Layer in your bowl, Rice, Black Beans, Chicken, Avocado and then top with your favorite Salsa. 
This was super yummy and for me to eat Mexican without cheese was HUGE! I didn't even miss it!

The kids added chips and cheese to theirs, you can get so creative with this sort of thing, add your favorite veggies and toppings, mix it up however you like! 

Peggy's Pasta

This is a dish that we grew up eating. One of my momma's best friends in California made it up.  Kids Love this too. There was a time growing up that I thought my brother was going to turn into Peggy's Pasta.  Its a "quick to the table" dish.  You can serve it with a huge nummy salad and garlic bread and you're good to go!

Chop 1 lb. bacon in 1 inch slices
Chop 1 red onion

Brown together with salt and pepper.

quick directions:
Boil one pkg. linguine pasta with a dab of oil. Drain Pasta as well as Bacon and Onions and toss all together while the bacon is still hot, add lots of Parmesan cheese 1/2 to 1 cup. Season with at least 1 T. Italian Seasoning. Serve Immediately.
 

Start your bacon first.  Let it get going before you add the onions, you don't want them to cook away to nothing. 

After a nice coarse chop of your Purple Onion add it to the bacon.  What you are doing to the Onion is basically caramelizing it.  It will become sweet!  So delicious.  This is why you don't add the onion immediately because you don't want it to fry up crisp like your bacon. 
Start your water for the Pasta.  The goal is to have the bacon finished just as the pasta is finished because it all marries together at the perfect time and the result is delicious!

After your bacon is crisp and onions are caramelized Drain them in a colander.

Mix your tablespoon of Italian seasoning in with your Parmesan cheese. Have it ready to go.

Drain your Linguine.

Drizzle with plenty of Olive Oil.

Add the Parmesan Cheese and toss vigorously.

Go for it Honey!

Your ready for your Bacon and Onions, (Plates should be ready &drinks on the table because you eat it immediately!








Toss Vigorously again and serve it up!  All the children rejoice - OH YAY! MOMMA, YOU MADE PEGGY'S PASTA!!!! (at least that is how it goes at our house!)