Crispy Chicken Tacos

When I was pregnant with my daughter I wanted to try this Kraft Chicken Fingers recipe. Halfway through preparing it, I knew my stomach could not handle chicken that night. I finished making the chicken so as not to waste it and threw it in the fridge. The next day I was craving chicken tacos bad. So I threw the previous night's chicken on a tortilla and viola! Delicious crispy chicken tacos!

Crispy Chicken Tacos

Ingredients:

1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. Milk
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 package SHAKE 'N BAKE Extra Crispy coating mix
Cheddar cheese, grated
Shredded lettuce
Ranch dressing
Tortillas

Instructions:

1. Cut chicken breasts into strips. Cut pretty thin, because the thicker they are, the longer it takes to cook.
2. Mix mayo, milk, and pepper. Add chicken, stir to coat. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
3. Pour SHAKE 'N BAKE on a plate, cover chicken strips one at a time, place on a baking sheet. (Do NOT put SHAKE 'N BAKE and chicken in a bag and shake to coat! The milk and mayo will stick to the coating in the bag causing you to use more coating mix than you need to.)
4. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
5. Warm tortillas in a skillet on Medium heat.
6. Top tortillas with chicken, cheese, lettuce and ranch.

Estimated calories: 514 calories per taco.
Suggested sides: fruit salad

Sloppy Joe Nachos

I'm not a huge fan of traditional Sloppy Joe's, but they are good enough that I'll make them every once in a while. My recipe - which I got from my grandma - makes a ton of the meat mixture, more than my little family can eat. One day, I just did not want to put that meat on a bun and force it into my mouth, but I didn't want to waste it either. My eyes landed on a can of nacho cheese, and the most delicious Sloppy Joe leftovers was born. In fact, it's so good that I now skip the bun entirely and my family eats Sloppy Joe's in nacho form!

Sloppy Joe Nachos

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lb. hamburger
8 oz. can tomato sauce
ketchup
mustard
Worcestershire sauce
BBQ sauce
Tortilla Chips (I like Juanita's brand)
Nacho Cheese (I like Rico's brand)
Sour Cream
Any other favorite nacho toppings

Instructions:

1. Brown hamburger, drain.
2. Add tomato sauce, to hamburger. Squirt ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and BBQ sauce into hamburger. Mix all together. Cook on medium until bubbly.
3. Meanwhile warm up the nacho cheese in a separate sauce pan.
4. Layer chips, meat mixture, cheese, sour cream, and other desired toppings. Enjoy!

Estimated calories: 850 calories per serving (estimated from using 1/6th of the meat mixture)
Suggested sides: fruit salad

Slow Cooker Honey-BBQ Chicken Wings

Who doesn't love chicken wings covered in BBQ sauce and dipped in Ranch? I combined two different Kraft recipes to make this delicious party meal.

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/ashley-whitneys-honey-bbq-wings-177858.aspx
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/slow-cooker-party-wings-133304.aspx

Slow Cooker Honey-BBQ Chicken Wings

Ingredients:

3 lb. chicken wings*
1 1/2 cup Honey BBQ sauce
1 1/2 tsp Garlic Salt
Sprinkle of Chili Powder

Instructions:

1. Bake wings in the oven at 400° for 30 minutes.
2. Place cooked wings in slow cooker.
3. Mix sauce, garlic salt, and chili powder, cover over wings.
4. If your chicken wings look bare to your liking, dump some more sauce on! (I do every time.)
5. Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours or HIGH 2.5-3 hours.

*I like to get the "party wings" package because they are already dislocated, cut up, and ready to go. But if you get the full wings, you'll need to dislocate them and cut them up yourself. Here's how:

1. Where the wing tip bends, dislocate that joint and cut the wing tip off. THROW THE WING TIP AWAY! It's gross to eat, trust me.

2. Where the next part of the wing bends, dislocate that joint and cut it in half. Those two halves you want to keep, they are quite delicious once cooked and covered in sauce. :)

Estimated calories: 133 calories per wing
Suggested sides: green salad, pasta salad, potato salad