Quick & Easy Meals and Recipes

I was searching on one of my favorite sites for new recipes,� www.allrecipes.com and found some neat meal ideas with there Instant Meals Feature.� I wanted to share the one that I found to be the most interesting yet easy… well I put this meal together myself after collecting some easy recipes.� I like to try and recreate things I eat out at my favorite restaurants.� One of our favorites is mexican and my favorite is Quesadillas.� Enjoy these recipes or this “INSTANT MEAL”� !�

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Main Dish :� Chicken Quesadillas

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

1 (1.27 ounce) packet fajita seasoning

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 green bell peppers, chopped

2 red bell peppers, chopped

1 onion, chopped

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas

1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese

1 tablespoon bacon bits

1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat the broiler.
2. Cut the chicken into small cubes and prepare with the fajita seasoning mix. Broil 5 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink on the inside
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Mix in the seasoned chicken, green bell peppers, red bell peppers and onion. Slowly cook and stir 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
5. Layer 1/2 of each tortilla with Cheddar cheese, chicken mixture and desired amount of bacon bits. Top with Monterey Jack. Fold the tortillas.
6. Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.

SIDE DISHES:�

RICH MEXICAN CORN

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup milk

1 (16 ounce) package frozen corn

1 red bell pepper, diced

8 fresh jalapeno peppers, diced

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the cream cheese and butter, and mix with the milk until smooth and bubbly.
3. In a medium casserole dish, mix the frozen corn, red bell pepper, and jalapeno peppers. Pour in the cream cheese mixture, and toss to coat.
4. Bake 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly brown.

Baked Cinnamon Apples

I use canned apples and sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar and bake.� YUM-O

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