Jess Spicy Buffalo Chicken Dip

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As the holidays, Super Bowl  and BBQs approach and you're  making dishes or looking for easy appetizers to serve your guest; consider my buffalo chicken dip! It's yummy and honestly super easy to make! Jess trust me, I've never led you all wrong before!

Jess What You Need: 

6 Skinless Chicken Breast 

(serves about 15)

Ranch Packet 

Bottle of Spicy Ranch 

Red Hot Sauce 

2 packets of Cream Cheese 

Pepper Jack Cheese 

Salt

Pepper 

1 cup of water 

Skillet

Crockpot on high (4hours)

Brown chicken in a skillet on both side for about 5 minutes a side, then all in the crockpot: season your chicken very lightly with salt and pepper. 

Add 1 cup or more of red hot sauce, 2 packets of cream cheese, add 1/2 cup of spicy ranch dressing and about a 1/2 of the ranch packet. Add one cup of water  and stir it all together and close the lid on the crockpot. 

In about 3.5 hours, your chicken should be done and it should be easy to shred the chicken with a fork. After completely shredding your chicken, you should see a consistency of dip kind of creamy and thick; if it's too watery I have added a nice heap of sour cream. At this point everything should be ready, add as much pepper jack cheese that can cover the top and cut your crockpot on warm and let the cheese melt. I usually serve it with tortilla chips but I imagine baguettes would work too! I hope you guys try this out for your Fourth of July appetizers as your guests wait for the ribs to be ready lol (I'm Jess Sayin, y'all know the food is never ready) the least we can do is give our guests an amazing wait experience 😊

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~Jess Chef'n 

Jess Healthy Bowtie Pasta

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Last week I made this hearty yet healthy bowtie pasta dish. I'm over wheat pasta and over linguine noodles as well so I'm like lets Jess use some bowtie! 

 This recipe was so easy and so amazingly healthy you wouldn't believe it! It's great for dinner or even lunch if you can ration out your portions correctly! I'll give you my healthy version and you can Jess add your own twist to it! 

Jess What You Need:

1 pound Ground Beef 90% Lean

3 Turkey Italian Sausage Links 

Green, Yellow, & Red Peppers

Onions diced 

Fresh pressed Garlic or Minc Garlic 

3 cups of spinach

1 cup of Mushrooms

Three cheese or veggie Tomato Sauce 64oz Jar (which ever brand you prefer, more recently I've been buying generic & jess jazzing it up w/ seasonings 

Half a box Bow tie Pasta

Olive Oil

Sea Salt 

Pepper 

Italian Seasoning

Basil 

Oregano 

In a medium sauces pan, with two caps of oil sautée all your veggies(do onion and garlic first, then your peppers, mushroom and spinach).. I Jess choose to cook my veggies in this order because certain veggies cook faster than others. After everything has been cooked, remove from skillet. Now we need to brown our meats, I remove the turkey Italian sausage from the casing-- you don't have to I jess think it helps with consistent food textures plus it is healthier! Anywho, I brown both ground beef and sausage in the same pan because all of the flavors from your  veggies will add extra taste in addition to you seasoning your meat with salt, pepper, plus any of your favorite Italian seasonings. After your meat is browned, drain any excessive grease -- if you like to keep a little that's ok too, Jess be mindful of how much you save. Be sure at this point that you've started boiling your bow tie noodles. Cook for about 8minutes. In a medium pot add your favorite tomatoe sauce, because I used a generic brand this time I added ALOT OF my own seasonings. I encourage you to Jess season with Italian, basil, and oregano-- if you have any fresh basil ((yummers)) add that your sauce and a two table spoons of tomato paste. As that begins to cook, add in your veggie, meat, and lastly your bow tie pasta! 

The final and most important step! Eat!!

Let me know how you liked this recipe! 

Jess share, like, & enjoy!

~Jess Chef'n 

Jess Throw it in a Crockpot Jambalaya

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As many of you can see and read; many of my blogs are about easy, fast, delicious, and healthy meals! With a busy summer ahead, I still need to be cost cautious and try to avoid stopping at every drive thru or fast food BBQ place yummm it's so tempting though! So, I jess made a crockpot Jamabalya-- yup I swear did and it turned out so good! 

So below will be the recipe for my crockpot Chicken and Andouille Turkey Sausage Jambalaya 

Jess What You Need:

 5 skinless Chicken Breasts

3-4 Andouille Turkey Sausage links diced

Fresh garlic cloves

Red, Green, Yellow Pepper diced

Onions

One can of diced tomatoes 

One can of Tomato Paste 

1 cup of chicken broth

Season the chicken to taste right in the crockpot sea salt, grind pepper, and garlic salt is all I really ever use.. 

Add all things except Turkey Sausage in the crockpot for 2-3.5 hours on high ( my crockpot setting is set in 4 hours high ,6,8, or 10 hours low. 

*Anywho* Add the Andouille turkey Sausage about an hour before chicken is ready

**We like it spicy so I diced up jalepenos and cooked w/ Jerk Seasoning as well 

See told you guys it was Jess that easy! Jess throw it all in the crockpot and fill your nose with the deliciousness in the air! Once the chicken is starting to cook don't forget to start shredding it. Take your fork and literally shred it by using the sharp side of your fork to pull the chicken because it's been in the crockpot for atleast 2.5 hours it should be easy if it's a little tough I'd let my chicken cook a bit longer! I also made brown rice on the stove top, which ever rice you decide to make is up to you. I hope you guys enjoy!

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~Jess Chef'n 

Jess Use One Pan Chicken Breast

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Are you tired of cooking and using a bunch of pots and pans? Me too! So I've been seeing all these one pot recipes but this is honestly something I've been doing for sometime lol not only does it save me clean up time it leaves everything tasting sooooo yummy and flavorful. So let's get to the good stuff, I made a one pan chicken fairly healthy I'd say with the option to be unhealthy lol.. tell me what you think! Well I used two pots ... hey hey the rice needed to be cooked -- Jess Sayin'

Jess What You Need: 

Medium Sauce Pan w/ a lid 

Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast 4oz.

Spinach 1 Bag PreWashed 

Onion finely chopped 1/2 cup 

Garlic finely chopped 1 clove 

Garlic

Cumin

Ground Pepper

Sea Salt

Olive oil 

Red Wine 1.5 Cup 

Jasmine Rice 1 cup (Jess Cook it-- ill explain it below, for those who might not be familiar)

Be sure to clean your chicken. Wash and scrape away any fat. Season chicken to preferred taste with cumin, pepper, garlic salt, & sea salt. In your medium sauce pan, add olive oil and some garlic and onion don't let it burn but nice and translucent and the aroma fills the air throw your chicken in to be cooked. Chicken should cook for about 10 mins on each side at this point the lid on the pan.. some say you don't have to turn your chicken --!! That's not what my mom told me when I learned how to cook lbvs! Once your chicken is almost done -- you don't want to over cook it but if you don't feel it's done; be sure to look it again in total skinless breast generally take no more than 30-35 mins.. Once your chicken is about done, go ahead and add that cup of red wine in the pan after letting that brew for a few minutes, please add in your spinach. At this point cover the pan with a lid. Once your spinach is cooked down, your chicken should be ready as well.

I hope you've started to boil your rice.. 2 cups of water, 1cup of rice. Cover that up! In ten mins your rice should be tender if the water is still in the pot continue to boil your water & taste test to your liking.

And that is it!  One and Done! Easy Quick Delicious meal!
 

Let me know ways I can improve this post. Do you have any questions?
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~ Jess Chef'n

Jess Chef'n One Foil Chicken Dinner

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So I've been very busy! So busy I haven't cooked a nice home cooked meal in quite some time, but because I haven't had much time to really spend hours in the kitchen, I thought of this quick meal with the help of pintrest. I'm exhausted from eating out and I really want to drop a few pounds before Hennypalooza (Hey I'm jess being honest here #goals) LOL.. So here it is an easy One Foil Chicken Recipe where the hardest thing really is making sure you have foil!

Jess What You Need:
Chicken Tenderloins 2-3 Per Foil OR Skinless Chicken Breast 4oz.
parley, garlic, and jerk rub seasoning 
Green Beans
Carrots
Onion thinly sliced
Green and Red Pepper thinly sliced
Potatoes Yukon or Red sliced like chips
Foil
Olive Oil
Preheat Oven 350

Season your chicken how you'd like to, I went for a parsley, garlic, and jerk kind of deal so I could get the savory and hot kind of meal. We like heat in this house so many of my recipes may suggest jerk seasoning but by no means do you have to add that spice to your life! After slicing your potatoes like medium to thin sliced and slicing your peppers, throw some salt and pepper along with a drizzle of olive oil. Be sure to wash your carrots and green beans, (in my pictures you may see the carrots arrive late--I realized I only had green veggies and cooked them on the side and added them in) but want to let you know its OK to bake them in the initial prep. At this point, take your foil about 10inches, if you have the precut foil wrappers that will make this process so much easier; I had to eyeball it but 10 inches sounds about right :) .. Anyway, Lay your potatoes first I took about 4-5 slices per foil lay it flat then layer next your onions, peppers, I placed the chicken on top and my green beans and carrots on the side. Wrap it tightly and depending on your chicken breast it could be ready in 20-45minutes. Check on it, your veggies will let you know whats going on so if your green beans still look in fresh state you probably have a bit more to go! I told you guys this would be easy!

If you have any questions please reach out to me!
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~Jess Chef'n

Breakfus Sammiches

Oh hey! So I have been meal prepping for about a month now and I find breakfast can get boring with eating oatmeal etc. so quite naturally I'm like can't I make a sammich? That's easy? Yet Delicious!?

So here it is!!

Jess What You Need:

Ground Turkey Breakfast Sausage 

Eggs 6-12 eggs 

Green Pepper 1/2 finely chopped 

Onions

Garlic 1 clove chopped up

Spinach 3 cups 

One pack of English Muffins (wheat or white-- Jess your preference) 

 Milk 1 cup 

Salt 

Pepper
Baking Pan 3Qt.

Preheat oven 350

So this takes a little bit of work, but I encourage you to make these sammiches it will make your week easier!

So first I take the ground turkey sausage and make small sausage patties. I usually take my 1/4 measuring cup and use it to form my patty. I also use my food scale to make sure my patties are around at 2-3oz of meat. After doing that, I pan fry them in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil jess to coat the pan so that the patties don't stick. While those are frying, take your eggs (i wrote 6-12 eggs because it depends if you are cooking for one or two folks), green peppers, onions, garlic, 1 cup of milk, and spinach and whisk it all together. Pour the egg mixture into the baking pan and let it bake for about 10-15 minutes you will see that the egg is done once it starts to rise. At this time I suggest lightly toasting your english muffins. So now that your egg mixture is done, I'm sure you are all wondering how am I turning this into a sammich?

Have no fear the directions are here! Take a cup YES a cup or a glass flip it upside and press into the egg bake in the pan... it should form as many circles as you need ideally 5 (if you're prepping for the work week Mon-Fri). You are basically using the cup to "cut" your egg bake. *Hope this makes sense, please let me know if the comments if you need further clarity.* 

Now! At this point all food should be cooked and ready to go.
So..Lets.Make.A.Sammich.!
Whatever type of person you are will dictate how you lay out your sammiches..no judgement from me but I always do
Muffin Bottom.Egg.Meat.Muffin Top..It is jess my preference.

To Store: I usually store them in ziplock bags because it is easier for me to run out the door and jess pop it in the microwave for about 30 secs on a paper towel once i get to work or on my way out the door.

If you are one of those "I jess can't eat a dry sammich" type add honey or jelly. If you are trying to keep it cute i suggest honey because it is much healthier than jelly .. but that's Jess my opinion though!

I hope you guys enjoy! If you have any additional questions let me know!

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