Easy recipes, Mexican chicken recipe, Quick chicken recipe
Easy recipes can be prepared and served within 20 to 30 minutes by planning ahead. Many of these recipes can be accomplished by using convenience foods, which are a versatile addition to your kitchen pantry for everyday quick recipes. These foods can be used with ease to dress up, give flavor and color to a dish or meal.
A convenient food is one which has been partly prepared by the manufacturer. They can quickly and easily be prepared by you for easy dinner recipes or other meals. The food can be canned, dried or quick frozen. All processed foods are convenience foods. How many people make their butter or cheese today? We do not think of butter and cheese being prepackaged, but they are not homemade when we purchase in the store. By keeping some of these foods in your pantry, freezer or refrigerator, at a moments notice they can be made into a simple or exotic dish.
Easy recipes can be made from the wide range of package products like various noodles and pastas, desserts, powdered potatoes, soups and sauce mixes. The sauce mixes are great for dressing up small portions of leftover meat or fish. Soup and sauce mixes give zest to everyday vegetables and turn them into party dishes. They are also a quick way to thicken a casserole or stew. I always keep in my cabinets a supply of whole grain pastas, spices, dry milk, etc.
NOTE: Products like pastas and flours can be frozen for a couple of weeks and then moved to food storage containers for longer storage life.
Today, there is such an abundant supply of canned foods readily available in our supermarkets. By combining several different canned products such as vegetables, beans, meats and soups, a whole meal can be achieved in minutes. Soups alone can add zest to many of your casseroles and dishes. I especially like to keep creamed soups to add to many easy recipes. There are also tasty canned sauces which would brighten up the dullest piece of meat or fish. Check can for ingredients like added salt. You may need to adjust the salt in your recipe. Store your canned products away from the heat in a dry cabinet. The majority of unopened canned products will last for a year.
Quick frozen foods help the seasons stand still, so you can use fresh fruits like strawberries all year round. Frozen foods are ready to use to add that magic to those easy recipes. With the wide variety of ready to use products you can add color and zest to any meal; from formal dishes, a simple lunch or mouth watering pastry desserts.
I am very careful of the convenience foods that I use. I make sure to read all labels and try to steer clear of any chemicals used in them. I stay with simple packaged foods which only have added salt. I adjust the salt in my recipes to allow for this. It may take a little extra time when shopping to read everything but it is worth it. Before long you will know which products to buy and which ones not to buy. These products do help to turn those easy recipes into delicious meals for your family.
The following easy recipe can be prepared in 20 to 25 minutes.
QUICK CHICKEN RECIPE
Heat the oil in a large skillet. Cook chicken for a few minutes until done and no longer pink. Add the corn, salsa, (optional ingredients) and olives. Stir ingredients over heat until thoroughly heated. Stir in chips and cheese and serve immediately.
Many easy recipes can be made with a commercially prepared biscuit mix. A homemade biscuit mix recipe works in the same way. It is easy to prepare and probably much more economical.
BISCUIT MIX RECIPE
Combine the flour and dry milk in a bowl. Add baking powder and salt. Stir to blend. Cut in the shortening until crumbly. Put mix in clean, dry jars. Tighten lids on the jars and store on shelf.
NOTE: You can make mix with self rising flour. Just omit the baking powder and salt.
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