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Sep
14

Time Crunch Taco Bell Quesadilla

Same quesadilla, made at home, no drive thru needed. One tortilla, rotisserie chicken, cheese, and Taco Bell’s own ranchero sauce straight from the bottle. Folded, pan fried, done.

This one’s saved us more than once when we’re Hungry. Ten minutes, barely any cleanup, high in protein, and it still feels like an actual lunch instead of just grabbing whatever’s in the pantry.

The sauce goes on first, then cheese, then chicken, then more cheese on top. Fold it over and let the pan do the rest.

Recipe type: Lunch

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: about 10 mins

Serves: 1

Ingredients

  • 1 tortilla
  • 1 serving Mexican style shredded cheese
  • 3 oz chicken (we use rotisserie)
  • Half a serving of Taco Bell Ranchero sauce
  • Avocado oil spray

Instructions

  1. Spread the ranchero sauce on half of the tortilla.
  2. Add a little cheese.
  3. Add the chicken.
  4. Top with the rest of the cheese.
  5. Fold the tortilla in half.
  6. Heat a pan to medium heat and spray with avocado oil.
  7. Place the folded tortilla in the pan.
  8. Let sit for 1-2 minutes, or until golden brown on the underside, then flip.
  9. Cook the other side the same way.
  10. Let cool for 5 minutes, then cut and enjoy.

Note: don’t let it cool too long, or the cheese starts to firm back up. A few minutes is enough to avoid burning yourself while it’s still warm and melted inside

Thanks for stopping by! If you make these – tag us. We’d love to see them.

-Noah & Oliver

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Sep
11

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

No oven, no baking, just mix it, press it, top it with chocolate, and freeze. Five ingredients and you've got a protein bar that actually tastes like a treat. The dough is just peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla protein powder, and a splash of vanilla extract. Press it into a pan, melt some chocolate chips over the … Continue Reading...

Sep
8

Gluten Free Mozzarella Sticks

Crispy on the outside, cheese pull on the inside, and gluten free. Bread and freeze the cheese sticks ahead of time, then a quick bake gets you that golden coating without any deep frying. These are gluten free thanks to the gluten free flour and gluten free bread crumbs. Just double check your specific bread crumb … Continue Reading...

Sep
3

High Protein Cinnamon Sugar Bites

Soft on the inside, coated in cinnamon sugar, and gluten free. Four ingredients for the dough, no yeast, no proofing. Roll it, cut it, air fry it, coat it. That's the whole process. The dough is just gluten free flour, Greek yogurt, baking powder, and salt. Mix it, knead it, roll it into logs, cut into bite size … Continue Reading...

Aug
31

Lemon Pepper Salmon & Loaded Sweet Potato

A full dinner that's actually easy to pull off. Lemon pepper salmon straight in the oven, a sweet potato that gets a torched marshmallow finish, and some fresh peaches on the side. That's a real plate. The salmon is simple. Olive oil, butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lemon pepper seasoning, then into the oven. … Continue Reading...

Aug
27

High Protein French Toast Bites

35 grams of protein and gluten free. This one tastes like dessert but still hits your goals. Bread gets cubed, dipped in a protein mixture, pan-fried till golden, then topped with strawberries and chocolate. That's it. This is honestly the best high protein breakfast we've made so far. Use gluten-free brioche buns to … Continue Reading...

Aug
24

Gluten Free Garlic Parmesan Bites

Crispy on the outside, soft and cheesy in the middle, and packed with protein. These come together in one bowl, no dough kneading, no waiting around for anything to rise. Mix it, scoop it, bake it. We used mozzarella, Greek yogurt, egg whites, gluten free flour, garlic powder, and parmesan. Everything goes in one bowl, … Continue Reading...

Aug
20

Easy Gluten Free Mexican Street Corn

All the flavor of street corn, none of the mess of eating it off a cob. Corn gets a quick char in a pan, then gets tossed with a creamy, garlicky, spicy mix and scooped up with chips. That's the whole move. It comes together fast: brown the corn in a hot skillet, add to everything else, mix, done. We used low-fat feta … Continue Reading...

Aug
17

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Soft, moist banana muffins loaded with mini chocolate chips. There's nothing better to do with a couple of overripe bananas than turn them into muffins. This one's soft, moist, and loaded with mini chocolate chips in every bite. It comes together with two bowls and no mixer needed, and the short rest before baking … Continue Reading...

Aug
10

High-Protein, Low-Calorie, 5-Ingredient Bagels

No yeast, no proofing, no fuss - just five ingredients and a hot oven. Bagels always seemed like one of those things you just buy instead of make - yeast, proofing time, boiling before baking, the whole production. This recipe skips all of that. Five ingredients, no yeast, no waiting around for dough to rise. Mix, … Continue Reading...

Aug
6

S’mores Cookies

All the campfire flavor - melty chocolate, toasted marshmallow, graham cracker crunch - in cookie form. Chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker - that combo just works. We wanted that same campfire flavor without actually needing a fire pit, so we turned it into a cookie you can make any night of the week. Here's how … Continue Reading...

Aug
3

Update: Back in the Kitchen

Hi everyone! You've probably noticed things have been a little quiet here lately, like years of quiet, lol! Between raising my four sweet babies who are almost all grown up now (high schoolers and college age, say what?!), running them around to their practices and meets (they are all swimmers, with two swimming in … Continue Reading...

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