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Tex-Mex Rice

Watch me make this over on my YouTube channel Faith, Food and Family ! Tex-Mex Rice Ingredients: 2 tsp of garlic powder 2 TBSP of oil (I use avocado, canola or olive oil) 2 cups of jasmine rice 29 oz of chicken broth (I use unsalted) 1/2 cup of salsa 3/4 cup of corn (can use canned, frozen or fresh) salt(or any other desired seasonings) to taste Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat, and add rice to the pan. Stir frequently and toast the rice. When you see the rice turning golden brown in areas, you are ready to add the rest of your ingredients. Add chicken broth, salsa and corn and salt to the rice and stir well. Bring to a boil and then turn down the heat to low and cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Fluff rice before serving. NOTES: I don't use any salt because I watch my sodium. Feel free to add salt to yours if you would like. Be careful if you use salted broth though since it could be easy to oversalt the recipe. Also, you can definitely add cumin, mexic...

Lazy Lasagna

This tastes just as good as lasagna in my opinion. Great for those busy weeknights or when you just don't know what to cook. Watch me make this over on my YouTube channel Faith, Food and Family ! Lazy Lasagna This recipe was adapted from A Mindful Mom's recipe Ingredients: 1 pound of ground beef, cooked 16 ounces of bowtie pasta 4 cups (32 ounces) of your favorite marinara, spaghetti sauce or homemade sauce 16 ounces of cottage cheese 1 egg 2 cups of shredded mozzzarella cheese (divided into 1 cup and 1 cup) 1 cup of shredded parmesan (divided into 3/4 cup and 1/4 cup) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta in boiling water for 3 minutes under the al dente time. For example, my pasta said 11 minutes for al dente, and I cooked it for 8 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water after the noodles are cooked and drain the pasta. While the noodles are cooking, add the egg to cottage cheese and mix well. I just use the cottage cheese container s...