Buffalo Chicken Casserole!

   As you all know (since I tell you all repeatedly) we LOVE spicy food in my house. When I first made this casserole I thought my husband was going to keel over he loved it so much. I only make this every once in a great while so I better show you guys. It was definitely a great find. 

   We love spicy! If you love spicy you love buffalo spicy too. Well if you are as obsessed with buffalo hot wings like I am than you are definitely going to want to make this!! My mouth is watering again just thinking about it. (Good thing I still have leftovers.) 

   This is one of those recipes that I don't measure. I just eyeball everything. 

We are going to prep everything first. This makes it SO much easier!

Start out by slicing some red potatoes pretty thin. If you have a slicer use that for quicker more efficient work. 

I ended up having to slice some more while I was assembling the casserole. Better than wasting any I suppose. ;)

Let your potatoes sit in a bowl of water so they don't turn brown on you. 

Now shred up that rotisserie chicken. 

*Side note- I almost ate this thing in the car on the way home. Rotisserie chickens smell and taste so dang good!!! 

Discard the skin and bones or freeze them and use them in a homemade chicken stock later. Mmmmm. 

But save the drippings in the bottom of the container for a little later. 

   Now use a box grater to grate up a large (16oz) block of pepper jack cheese. This is so much easier if you stick it into the freezer for about 10 minutes. 

(I made my husband do this. He said to make sure and tell you guys he helped!)

    Now that all of your prep is done we are going to make a bechemel. 

Start out with about 3 tablespoons butter. Melt that in your pan and add about 3 tablespoons flour and whisk around. Let that cook out for about a minute. Add about 2 teaspoons dry mustard. After you combine all that start to slowly add your half and half. (Or whole milk.) About 2 1/2 cups. Whisk until it starts to bubble and thicken and season it. 

   Now here is the best part! Choose your favorite wing sauce. We absolutely love Franks. Add your desired amount of hot sauce to your bechemel. 

Let's just say I used about half of my bottle! :)

   Now add your rotisserie chicken juice to your sauce. Yum!!!

 

  

   Mix that into your sauce. Now heat your oven to 350 degrees. 

Start layering your casserole. 

Start off with a thin layer of sauce in the bottom of your 9x13 pan. 

Now a layer of potatoes.

   Now chicken.

   Now cheese.

   Now back to the beginning. Sauce, potato, chicken and cheese.

On your very top layer do sauce then cheese. You want your cheese on the very top so it can turn bubbly and brown.

   Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Remove foil and bake another 30-45. Or until cheese starts to brown. Let it rest about 10 minutes before serving. It's so pretty when it's done!

 

   It was hard to take a good picture of it on the plate. But here you go anyway! :)

  If you love hot wing or anything spicy then this is a must try recipe! I hope you all enjoy!! 

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Quick and Easy Glazed Salmon!

               So I threw together this quick and easy dinner tonight and we really liked it. Especially for it being so easy and budget friendly. So I'll jump right in. 

Maple Glazed Salmon!!

       Start out by preheating your oven to 450. Using a shallow pan spray it down with some non-stick spray and place salmon skin side down. (unless you don't have salmon with skin of course!) 

        Now mix together about 4 tablespoons of maple syrup ( I used 100% ), 2 tablespoons soy sauce, a pinch of cayenne and about 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. (Make sure it's not garlic salt or else it will be to salty. The soy sauce will be enough.) 

        Now use about half of the sauce to brush on the filets. Bake at 450 for about 5 mins. Take out and brush on the rest of the sauce and broil on low until finished cooking. (Mine took about 6 minutes.) 

Cooking time will vary depending on the size of your filets. Just a heads up- Line your pan with some foil. I forgot to do this and the extra sauce on the pan burned and it was a pain to clean off!! 

With this dish I cooked up some yellow squash and zucchini fresh out of my garden. I sautéed them with a little pat of butter and a pinch of sea salt on a lower heat. I like them to be a tiny bit browned. 

         With that I mashed up some red potatoes with a little butter, cream, salt and pepper. 

           And your DONE!!! That's it. It's that easy!!!! I know it's a short and easy recipe but I had to share for that alone. I hope you guys enjoy!!! 

        Want to know what I was sipping on while I posted this blog???? 

Ever heard of a passion tea lemonade from Starbucks? Well I decided to make my own at home to save a little money. With a little help from Starbucks of course! 

I bought Starbucks passion iced tea bags and Minute Maid lemonade (15 calories!!).

You don't even need to sweeten it because the lemonade does that for you. Yum!!!

For the Salmon:

4 salmon filets

4 tablespoons 100% maple syrup

2 tablespoons soy sauce

A pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

For Veggies:

Squash and zucchini 

Teaspoon butter 

Sea salt

For the potatoes: 

Red potatoes

Sea salt and pepper

Cream (I used half and half) 

A couple tablespoons butter