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Easy Green Chile Recipe! Quick And Delicious!

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Green chile is a tasty light meal when eaten with tortillas, but can also be used to top a lot of different Mexican-themed dishes! Try this easy homemade green chile recipe and you’ll have an easy meal for your family!

This easy green chile recipe makes a light tasty meal when eaten with tortillas, but can also be used to top a lot of different Mexican themed dishes! It's super delicious!

I absolutely love green chile! Being from Colorado, it’s pretty common to find green chile at Mexican restaurants. It can be eaten as a soup or it can be used to pour over the top of smothered burritos, enchiladas and more.

I like to serve my green chile wrapped in tortillas. Then I smother the tortillas with more green chile and then top with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.

If you like, you can make up the green chile and pour it over your favorite Mexican dishes like burritos or enchiladas. You can also pour it over chicken or pork chops.

For hundreds of delicious recipes like this for quick and easy meals, check out our cookbooks!

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Honey Baked Chicken Recipe – Easy And Delicious!

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You can make this Honey Baked Chicken Recipe in less than 5 minutes for less than $5 for the entire family! This is our family’s favorite because it is so delicious. It has also been a reader favorite for years! It is so easy to make that it’s perfect for the days when you don’t feel like cooking and want something fast!

Make this Honey Baked Chicken Recipe in less than 5 minutes for less than $3 for the entire family! This is our family’s favorite and it's easy to make!

This honey baked chicken recipe is perfect when you’re not feeling like cooking and want something fast! This is such a simple recipe but the result is fantastic! It’s been a staple in our house for years and readers and viewers just rave about it!

I like to toss this honey baked chicken in the oven and then serve with rice and an easy vegetable like broccoli or mixed vegetables. For other easy dinner options, you can also serve it with baby carrots, sliced bell peppers, sliced cucumbers or a salad.

To simplify meal planning, I like to keep 5-10 of my favorite recipes for easy family dinners on hand and make these same recipes for most of our family meals. When you know your family loves certain recipes, don’t make it hard on yourself by trying to always make something different. Families love predictability with the meals. Then, when you’re feeling a little more energetic and adventurous, you can try something new and maybe a little more time consuming.

My husband and our kids have always loved this honey baked chicken recipe and none of our picky eaters have ever complained about it! It’s a perfect healthy meal fast, so why complicate things even if you’re not in a hurry?

This easy honey baked chicken recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:

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If you like this recipe, you might like these other easy chicken dinner recipes:

Easy Chicken Curry Recipe

Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe

Easy Beef or Chicken Fajitas – These are so easy and my husband and I love Mexican themed dishes so we make them often!

Oven Fried Chicken Recipe with Biscuits – Even though this recipes calls for cooking the chicken with the biscuits, I often make the chicken without the biscuits. The kids frequently request it because everyone loves it so much!

Mushroom Chicken Recipe

Apple and Bacon Salad Recipe – Perfect Side for Any Meal!

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This apple and bacon salad recipe is packed with bold flavor and delicious texture—sweet, salty, crisp, and savory all in one bite! It’s the perfect fresh and satisfying salad when you want something a little more exciting than the usual.

This easy apple and bacon salad recipe is the perfect combination of sweet and salty with a nice combination of delicious flavors! This recipe spices up regular salad and is so much tastier than plain lettuce and dressing! It's easy to make with just a few minutes' work and is the perfect side for chicken, beef or pork dishes!

If you’re tired of the same old salad routine, this Apple and Bacon Salad Recipe is just the refreshing twist you need! With the perfect balance of sweet, salty, crunchy, and savory, this easy recipe transforms simple ingredients into a salad that’s anything but boring. Crisp apples, smoky bacon, and sharp cheddar cheese served on a bed of fresh lettuce and carrots, all tossed in a tangy homemade vinaigrette that brings every bite to life.

This salad is a wonderful side dish for just about any meal—chicken, pork, beef, or even a light lunch on its own. It’s a great way to add a pop of flavor and color to your plate, and it’s incredibly quick to throw together. From start to finish, it takes just a few minutes, making it perfect for busy weeknights or last-minute company.

The vinaigrette is simple and tasty, made with olive oil, red wine vinegar, dry mustard, and oregano. It ties everything together beautifully without overpowering the fresh ingredients. And if you want to save time for your Apple and Bacon Salad, cook a few extra slices of bacon at breakfast and set them aside for the salad later—easy and efficient!

This apple and bacon salad recipe is not your standard boring salad! Whether you’re looking for something to elevate your dinner menu or just want a more exciting salad option, this easy salad recipe is sure to become a favorite. It’s proof that salads don’t have to be plain to be easy—and they definitely don’t have to be boring to be healthy!

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Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe – Quick, Easy And Delicious!

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This slow cooker pot roast recipe is quick and easy to make and will satisfy everyone in your family! It’s also easy to use the leftovers for other quick meals!

This slow cooker pot roast recipe is one of our favorite easy dinner recipes for family meals because it is super easy to make and oh, so delicious! You will be amazed at how delicious it is with very little work!

This slow cooker pot roast recipe is so delicious and easy that it is one of the most popular recipes in volume 1 of our Dining On A Dime Cookbook! It is versatile and one slow cooked roast can be used to make several different meals to keep pleasing your family day after day!

This slow cooked pot roast is so delicious that everyone always raves about it! I cook it for my family any time I can get a good price on beef roast, but it’s also a great recipe to make when you want to impress guests! We have also made this slow cooked roast for holidays and special occasions.

This slow cooked roast recipe can be cooked in the oven or in a slow cooker. The secret to fall off the bone tender roast is in the slow cooking. I prefer to cook pot roast in the oven because I think it gives the roast a little bit better taste than the crockpot, but if you prefer a slow cooker, you will still end up with a tender and tasty roast.

I usually take a few minutes to prepare the beef roast the night before and let it cook slowly all night in the oven. By the next day, it is already starting to smell delicious, but I keep letting it slow cook until it’s time to serve for dinner.

Some people worry about leaving the oven on all night, but as long as there is nothing wrong with your oven, it should be fine, especially if it is an electric oven. I have cooked this slow cooker pot roast recipe in the oven for more than 25 years and have never had a problem.

Easy Serving Ideas

For an easy one pan meal, I sometimes add some potatoes, carrots and onions about 2 hours before the roast is finished and let them all cook together with the roast. This makes a great meal by itself, but if you want, you can also serve with a salad, fruit salad or fruit or veggies.

If I don’t have carrots and potatoes on hand, I will make some rice and serve the roast with rice and an easy vegetable. My family likes the fresh frozen broccoli or mixed vegetables so if I’m looking for an easy veggie, I will often microwave one of these just before serving.

We dump the rice ingredients in our rice cooker so it’s ready when the other food is done, but if you don’t have a rice cooker, you can easily make rice in a pan on the stovetop.

In the fall when I have lots of zucchini and other squash, I will also occasionally fry some squash and onions in a frying pan with margarine or oil and serve with the slow cooker pot roast. You can fry the squash in butter, but you have to watch it carefully because butter burns easily.

This slow cooker pot roast is super versatile. You can plan to make this pot roast and reserve the excess to make up to 4 dinners with 1 roast.

There are many delicious ways to use leftover roast! The pot roast leftovers are perfect for sandwiches and wraps. You can make delicious Mexican-style wraps by placing some roast on a flour tortilla with cheese, onions, lettuce and salsa.

For lots of great leftover pot roast recipes, be sure to check out the links to the other posts at the bottom of this post!

This easy slow cooker pot roast recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:

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From Tawra’s Inbox:

Hello ladies,

I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for your slow cooked pot roast recipe! It has been a joke in my family how truly BAD my roasts taste. My loved ones dutifully eat it because they see how hard I’ve worked on dinner ( plus they are nearly starved to death by the time dinner is served ) and they see the strained smile on my face as I bring their plates to the table. But even I can barely swallow the roast.

I always followed my “Better Homes and Gardens” cookbook faithfully and would try different cuts of meat, all to no avail; it still turned out so dry and tough.

Enter your help. I have been enjoying flitting about your website and finding all sorts of nuggets of advice. Then I found your slow cooker pot roast recipe! This was the answer I’ve been searching for, lo these many years! I had been cooking it all wrong. I thought I was doomed to buying the pre-cooked roasts-in-a-bag at my local grocery store.

Now my family smiles when they smell the slow cooked roast cooking as they come home from school. And I feel great knowing I have mastered one of the basic requirements of motherhood… cooking the perfect roast.

Thank you for all your great tips!

Sincerely, Becky H.

“Your slow cooker pot roast recipe calls for pouring soup and onion over roast and to cover tightly. What do you mean by cover tightly? Wrap it in tin foil?”

Thanks, Dennis

Yes, wrap in foil. I just put one or two pieces on the top of the pan and then “seal” the edges with my fingers.

-Tawra

If you like this easy slow cooker pot roast recipe, check out these great recipe for using leftover roast beef:

Using Leftover Roast Beef – Recipes And Ideas For Using Pot Roast

4 Dinners, 1 Roast, $15! How To Plan Ahead Pot Roast

Cheap Family Meals Week 1 – Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast Meal Plan And More!

Roast Beef Potato Salad Recipe And Banana Dessert

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Cheesy Cauliflower Recipe – Easy And Delicious Vegetable Side Dish!

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Looking for a simple way to make vegetables exciting? This cheesy cauliflower recipe is a quick and easy side dish your whole family will love—even the kids! Tender cauliflower is topped with a tangy, flavorful dressing made from mayonnaise, mustard, and onion, then covered in gooey, melted cheddar cheese. It’s so delicious, you’ll be amazed at how much you can love cauliflower!

This cheesy cauliflower recipe makes a quick and easy vegetable perfect to serve as a side dish for many popular meals. Its cheesy, tangy flavor and tender texture really makes this cauliflower extra delicious! It's great served with chicken, beef, ham and more!

Cheesy Cauliflower Recipe – A Quick, Easy, and Flavor-Packed Side Dish!

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to make vegetables more exciting, this Cheesy Cauliflower Recipe is just what you need! It’s a simple dish that transforms basic cauliflower into something truly special with just a handful of ingredients you probably already have on hand. The combination of creamy mayonnaise, a touch of tangy mustard, and a hint of onion creates a flavorful dressing that perfectly complements the tender cauliflower. Then, everything is topped off with melted cheddar cheese for a rich, gooey finish that will have everyone coming back for seconds.

This cheesy cauliflower recipe has been a favorite in our family for years, and even picky eaters love it! It’s the perfect go-to when you want something a little different, but still comforting and easy to make. We make it any time we feel like something different and delicious, but it’s especially good at holidays and family get-togethers! The bright, cheesy flavor pairs beautifully with a wide variety of main dishes, including chicken, beef, pork, and ham.

One of the best things about this cheesy cauliflower recipe is how fast and easy it is to prepare. You can have it on the table in under 15 minutes, all made right in the microwave! Simply cook the cauliflower until tender, spread the flavorful dressing on top, sprinkle with cheese, and microwave again until it’s deliciously melted. It’s the perfect side dish for busy nights when you still want something homemade and satisfying.

Whether you’re trying to add more vegetables to your meals or just want a tasty new side dish to rotate into your menu, this cheesy cauliflower is a must-try. Once you taste it, you’ll wonder why you ever thought cauliflower was boring!

This easy cheesy cauliflower recipe is from our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1:

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Easy Stacked Enchiladas Recipe – The Easiest Way to Enjoy Enchiladas!

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We absolutely love this easy stacked enchiladas recipe! It makes a quick and easy meal that’s great for families! Our entire family loves it, including the kids and I have often served it when I don’t feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen!

If you love enchiladas but hate the hassle of rolling them, this Easy Stacked Enchiladas Recipe is for you! Perfect for busy weeknights or when you need a crowd-pleasing dish, these stacked enchiladas come together in no time.

Easy Enchiladas Recipe!

This stacked enchiladas recipe is different from a traditional enchilada recipe in that you don’t roll the enchiladas. Instead, you layer the toppings between 2 or more layers of filling and then add cheese and salad toppings on the top.

As written, the recipe serves 4, and includes 2 tortillas per stacked enchilada, but I often included an extra layer in the middle for my husband. My husband and the kids absolutely love this recipe. The kids love it with homemade tortilla chips and sopapillas!

I often cut tortillas into quarters and fry them in oil to make tortilla chips, especially when I have a pack of corn tortillas that is not quite as fresh and the tortillas are more brittle than flexible. These make great chips and give life to tortillas you might otherwise throw away.

This easy enchilada recipe is very flexible. I make it with these ingredients because everybody likes them, the recipe doesn’t cost a lot to make and it’s super easy. If you wanted to make it fancier, you could add a can of black beans or pinto beans to the mixture. If you prefer, you could leave out the beef.

You could also add black olives or chopped green onions to the top for a different kind of garnish. Or smother it in green chile if you prefer! Oh YUM! Really, any kind of Mexican food type modifications would probably be wonderful! If you make any modifications, tell us about them in the comments and how they turned out!

For more quick, easy and delicious recipes like this Homemade Stacked Enchiladas Recipe, check out our cookbook!

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Other Recipes That Go Great With These Stacked Enchiladas:

Easy Green Chile Recipe

Easy Spanish Rice Recipe

Easy Homemade Sopapillas! Just as good as in your favorite Mexican restaurant!

Easy Enchilada Casserole Recipe

Easy Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe – Foolproof & Delicious!

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This easy spinach artichoke dip recipe makes a delicious dip that’s great for parties and other get-togethers! It’s quick, easy to make and simply yummy!

This easy spinach artichoke dip recipe makes a delicious dip great for parties and other get-togethers! Quick, easy to make and simply yummy!

This creamy, cheesy easy spinach artichoke dip recipe is unbelievably easy to make! It tastes just like the one from your favorite restaurant—but at a fraction of the price. We love making this dip for Christmas and special occasions, and it’s always a crowd-pleaser!

It only takes about 5 minutes of prep to throw this dip together, so you can easily make it ahead of time and simply reheat at 350° for 20 minutes when you’re ready to serve.

You can keep most of the ingredients on hand, so whenever you need a quick, delicious dip for a get-together, this recipe is ready to go!

We usually serve spinach artichoke dip with:

tortilla chips
bread chunks
crackers
bagel chips
and vegetables

Spoil yourself and your friends with this truly delicious treat!

For lots more quick and easy home cooked recipes, check out our Dining On A Dime Cookbooks!

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Easy Homemade Popcorn Balls Recipe for Holidays & Parties!

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Here’s an easy popcorn balls recipe you can dress up for just about any holiday! They’re inexpensive, delicious, and simple enough to make with kids — plus you can customize them with fun mix-ins to match the season.

Soft, sweet, and perfectly chewy, this easy homemade popcorn balls recipe makes a treat that tastes just like the ones you remember. Make them classic or turn them into caramel-style popcorn balls with one simple upgrade!

Homemade Popcorn Balls Recipe

Everyone loves popcorn balls, especially the soft, chewy kind made with marshmallows. If you don’t feel like rolling them into balls, you can press the mixture into a pan (just like Rice Krispie treats) and cut it into squares instead — same great taste, less effort.

Popcorn balls aren’t just for Halloween! You can easily turn them into treats for Christmas, Easter, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, or even Thanksgiving by changing the colors or mix-ins. (See the variations below.)

Popcorn balls are great fun for birthday parties, hay rides, and snacks for the kids!

Popcorn balls are also a great way to use up leftover or clearance candy after Halloween and other holidays.

 

Easy Popcorn Ball Variations (Add-Ins)

Mix in any of these to match the holiday or occasion:

  • Red Hots – Valentine’s Day or the 4th of July
  • Spice drops – Christmas or winter parties
  • Crushed candy canes – Christmas
  • Jelly beans – Easter
  • Peanuts – especially good for caramel-style popcorn
  • Candy corn – Halloween
  • Sprinkles ( birthday parties or sprinkles that match the colors of the different holidays)
  • M&M’s – any time
  • Or any other favorite candy you have on hand

Easy Broccoli Salad Recipe – Green Salad

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This easy broccoli salad recipe is a tasty green salad that is perfect for Christmas or other holidays and is also great on warm summer days! This broccoli salad is one of my family’s favorite dishes at Christmas and Thanksgiving and it’s a great healthy side dish.

This easy broccoli salad recipe is a tasty green salad that is perfect for Christmas or other holidays and is also great on warm summer days! This broccoli salad is one of my family's favorite dishes at Christmas and Thanksgiving and it’s a great healthy side dish.

You can easily prepare this broccoli salad recipe ahead of time, so that you only have to add the avocado and the dressing at the last minute and serve. And you can also adjust the recipe to your own taste if you like.

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Easy Cream Cheese Mints Recipe – Delicious Wedding Style Party Mints!

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This easy cream cheese mints recipe​ makes soft, wedding-style mints perfect for weddings, Christmas, and other holidays! These mints are super easy to make and your family and friends will love them!

Looking for a sweet treat that’s as budget-friendly as it is impressive? This easy cream cheese mints recipe creates soft, melt-in-your-mouth party mints perfect for weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, and any special occasion! These elegant little bites are sure to delight your guests without breaking the bank.

Not only are these mints quick and simple to make, but they’re also a great way to add a personal, homemade touch to your event. Plus, making them yourself is far more affordable than buying pre-made treats.

If you’re planning a wedding or special event, be sure to explore our Cheap Wedding Ideas series, where we share practical tips to cut costs while creating a memorable day. From DIY décor to budget-savvy catering ideas, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to help you save money without sacrificing style.

This cream cheese mints recipe, known as “Molded Mints” in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1, is just one of the many easy, delicious, and affordable recipes included in the book. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll be whipping up these crowd-pleasing mints in no time!

Whether you’re hosting a wedding, celebrating the holidays, or throwing a party “just because,” this easy cream cheese mints recipe is the perfect addition to your menu. Give it a try, and watch your guests come back for seconds (and maybe even thirds)!

This Cream Cheese Mints Recipe is called Molded Mints in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.

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Looking for a delicious sugar-free treat? This easy sugar free cream cheese mints recipe delivers soft, melt-in-your-mouth wedding-style mints that are perfect for weddings, Christmas, and any holiday celebration! Quick to make and irresistibly tasty, these mints will be a hit with family and friends!

From A Reader:

Kristina Writes: I wanted to add a tip to your cream cheese mints recipe. If you don’t have candy molds for your mints, you can roll them into balls and use an initial imprint stamp with the first initial of the bride and groom’s last name. Just push the stamp down in the center of the mint and use even pressure. They look like designer mints. If you powder the mints with more sugar, do so before you stamp the mint. Thanks for letting me put in my two cents!

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Cheap Wedding Ideas And Tips

Tips and Recipes To Save Money On Wedding Food

Wedding Tips From Readers

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