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Cowboy Chicken

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This cowboy chicken recipe is packed with bold flavors . The chicken is seared with lots of vibrant seasonings , surrounded by corn, black beans, and fire-roasted tomatoes, all smothered in melty cheese. Your family will love this quick meal that is ready in just 35 minutes ! Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe Budget-Friendly : This recipe uses simple ingredients, that don’t cost much! I’m always on the lookout for good food that doesn’t break the bank! Quick and Easy to Make : Prep for this meal is quick and easy! Simply sear your chicken and onions, dump some cans into your skillet, bake and dinner is served. Delicious Flavors : All of the seasonings you need to create his dish combine to make an explosion of incredible flavor! Your family will be begging for more! Ingredients You Need to Make Cowboy Chicken The ingredients list might look long, but it is mostly the seasonings you need. Most of the items you probably already have. Scroll down to the recipe card for exact mea...

Washington State’s Snipes Mountain AVA Is a Story of Evolution and Evolving Wines

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Co Dinn, owner and winemaker at Co Dinn Cellars in Sunnyside, Washington, can condense 15 million years of geologic history into a five-minute lesson: 15 million years ago, a hotspot—the same one pulsing beneath Yellowstone National Park—created fissures in the earth. Lava poured across eastern Washington, leaving behind basalt rock and the sprawling, flat Columbia River Basin. Around the same time, tectonic shift, says Dinn, “wrinkled the earth like an accordion.” Upward folds of land diverted the course of the ancestral Columbia River, which once flowed through what’s now Upland Vineyards , where a majority of the grapes grown in the Snipes Mountain AVA are located. The river left behind an alluvial wash of sand, gravel, cobbles, pebbles and clay that today mingles with loess, a windblown sandy soil dragged south two million years ago by glacial floods during the second Ice Age. In the early 2000s, Professor Joan Davenport, a soil scientist and now professor emeritus at Washington ...

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs take classic meatballs to the next level! Tender and juicy with melty cheese on the inside. Serve these meatballs as a party appetizer or over spaghetti noodles for a hearty meal! Reasons to Make These Meatballs Quick and Easy Dinner : Mozzarella stuffed meatballs are a quick and easy weeknight dinner! They only take 15 minutes to prep and 30 minutes to bake. Fun Twist on Meatballs: Melty cheese on the inside of a meatball? Yes, please! Your family will love this recipe and they’ll want it on repeat! Tender and Juicy: The oven bakes your meatballs to tender and juicy perfection! The oven is my favorite way to cook meatballs! Ingredients to Make Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs The meatball base uses staple ingredients, just make sure to have your cheese on hand because it’s the BEST part of this recipe! Follow the recipe card below for exact measurements. Ground Beef: I prefer lean ground beef for this recipe! Italian Breadcrumbs:  Give th...