Mexican Chicken Salad with Chili Lime Vinaigrette

Mexican Chicken Sala in a large brown bowl.

Skip going out and make a delicious, restaurant quality Mexican Chicken Salad at home with easy to find ingredients and some simple prep work. **This post (including photos, text and recipe) has been updated since its original post date in 2012 to include more helpful information and to improve the ease of preparation. Ok, so

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Chicken Enchilada Soup {Chili’s Copycat}

Chicken Enchilada Soup is a Chili's copycat and our favorite soup ever. Cheesy, spicy, creamy and filling.

This Chicken Enchilada Soup is a copycat version of Chili’s famous soup. All the classic flavors of chicken enchiladas is a warm, hearty, cheesy, creamy soup.  **Update: post and photos updated since original date in 2013. There are so many things to love about fall but one of my favorites is the soup. I’m down

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Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Stew

Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Stew

This quick and easy Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Stew is slightly spicy, super hearty and filling. Just what you need on a chilly winter night. Ok guys, I am officially obsessed with my Instant Pot. I’ve made rice, stocks, tried several different blogger recipes along with some experiments and I’m hooked. This was my first

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Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

These taco stuffed sweet potatoes are an easy, healthy and filling dinner that will make the whole family happy. I love baked potatoes. You know, the ones stuffed with butter, cheese, bacon and sour cream. They are probably one of my favorite things in life. Potatoes stuffed with BBQ pulled pork, buffalo chicken and chili are equally delicious.

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Southwestern Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Avocado Dressing

I have another Mexican inspired recipe to share today in preparation for Cinco de Mayo tomorrow just in case you didn’t find something in yesterday’s taco post. We decided on these Loaded Carne Asada Tacos for our little celebration but if you want to make smarter decisions and keep it light, this Southwestern Chopped Salad

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Hot Black Bean Dip {Football Food}

Those that know me well know that chips are my downfall, my nemesis, that one food I just can’t resist. I seriously have a hard time practicing self control when they are around. Which is why they are only in my house on rare occasions.  Football games being such times since they are the perfect snack to

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Turkey Chili with Corn and Black Beans

When I think of the perfect food to eat on a crisp fall day while watching football, chili automatically pops into my head. It’s warm, comforting, filling and can easily feed a crowd. And this Turkey Corn Chili is perfect for all of those things. Although I love a rich, hearty and tomato-y chili, it’s still really

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Cilantro Lime Rice and Seasoned Black Beans with Chicken

This is officially my new favorite dinner. I could literally eat it every week. That’s saying something since I usually make a new recipe then don’t make it again for months because I keep trying new things to share with you guys. But this… This happens a lot around here. It’s easy, healthy and fills you

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BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

We love quesadillas so I am always thinking of different varieties to mix it up and this has got to be one of my favorite combinations yet. Joel grew up in Kansas City and I lived in the south for several years so we are big fans of barbecue. And Noah totally loves corn and

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