Southwest Chopped Chicken Salad

Salads are some of my favorite dinners - especially when they have all the things like chicken, tomato, beans, corn, avocado, and more!

This salad is nothing extremely unique or something that will blow anyone's mind, but it is a fantastic, quick dinner and I really enjoyed it. The original recipe came with a salad dressing, however, I'm about the only person who eats dressing in the house and depending on how busy the day is that I'm making the recipe, I'll skip making the dressing and grab the premade kind. Still...a great recipe for dinner. Lots of fixings and you can add a little extra flavor if you get tortilla chips with kick of lime :)

Cheesy Ground Beef Enchilada Chili

This enchilada chili can be made more like a soup or even more like a dip - depending on what you want!

I posted my first pumpkin recipe of the season on Wednesday, but another reason I'm excited for fall is that I get to share soup recipes again. My family eats soup or chili each Wednesday, even throughout the summer, but I try to be a little more seasonal here on the blog. I want good recipes to get the right attention, so it makes more sense to post soup when people want soup! This chili is more soup-like to me, but the original recipe noted to add 1/2 cup each beef and chicken broth to make it thicker or even omit the broths altogether for a dip. It has so much flavor for such a simple recipe.

Loaded Nachos

Nachos and cheese is classic, but why not load them up with fresh pico de gallo, avocado, and more!

Now that I'm Team Avocado, I've been trying to eat them as much as possible. They are also supposed to be a good food for when you have high cholesterol, so that's also a bonus. I was (for the longest time) the only person who would eat avocado, but after Nick took almost a year's worth of business trips to San Diego where he got very authentic Mexican food, he has also taken a liking to avocado. These nachos are the best because they are loaded with avocados and all the other best toppings, like fresh pico de gallo, lots of cheese, cilantro, beef, and beans!

Mexi Ranch Chicken Salad

I love this salad with chicken, corn, beans, tomatoes, tortilla chips, and an awesome salsa ranch dressing on top!

I have been all about fitting salads into my meal plan lately. Maybe it's because of the warm weather or maybe it's because I just love love love salads! This one is slightly different than most of the recipes I've been serving up on Taco Tuesdays. It has red beans instead of black beans and there are tortillas chips for some added crunch. I also loved the mix of salsa and ranch dressing too. I'm not sure if that is how Southwest Ranch is made, but it definitely tastes a lot like it.

Tex Mex Cobb Salad

Take your Cobb salad to the next level with cubes of pepper jack cheese, black beans, corn, and a bbq ranch dressing!

Cobb salads are probably my second favorite kind of salad behind Caesar salad. I love having bacon and hard-boiled eggs as a source of protein. I also loved that this salad went the Tex Mex route and there was pepper jack cheese and corn chips. The BBQ ranch dressing also surprised me quite a bit. All-in-all, this was a well-rounded salad and it's perfect for Taco Tuesdays!

30-Minute Cheesy Taco Soup

When you want soup but you're also craving tacos, make this one pot cheesy taco soup!

Looking at the ingredients list can be overwhelming, but with a little prep work, this soup is very easy to throw together and have on the dinner table in 30 minutes. I like to print recipes out and take it with me to my spices and take them all out at once and line the up in order. This recipe is also made in one pot, which is my favorite. Less dirty dishes is always a good thing. There's an array of garnishes to pick from too. You can top it with a few or all of them. You can top it with those listed or any you would like. We did Fritos, sour cream, dried cilantro, diced tomatoes, and hot sauce on ours. It's one of my favorite soups because it's just a taco in soup form...and there is NOTHING wrong with that :)

Cheesy Jalapeno Tuna Casserole

Boring tuna noodle casserole, begone! This casserole is spicy and cheesy in all the best ways!

One of my favorite cookbooks ever is Chrissy Teigen's Cravings cookbook and I have already made multiple recipes multiple times from it. This tuna casserole is one of those recipes I have made multiple times because we all love it so much. It also makes so much casserole that we have lots of leftovers. What I love about this recipe is that it takes classic elements of a tuna noodle casserole like cream of mushroom soup, peas, and a crunchy chip topping and then takes them to the next level. Jalapeno kettle chips, an insane amount of cheese, fresh jalapenos, and corkscrew pasta make this the most awesome tuna casserole EVER.

Frito Pie Burritos

Frito pies can be for Taco Tuesday too with this yummy burrito recipe!

I love Frito pies or what we call 'em here in East Tennessee: Petros! I was happy to find this delicious recipe that combines Frito pies with burritos. And honestly, why not turn Frito pies into burritos?! This recipe contains homemade chili that reminds me a little of Skyline chili because of the cocoa powder that goes into it. I subbed in some more basic ingredients for the original recipe's different components because I really like having quick Taco Tuesday meals.