Quick tip

Here's a quick tip for saving money. I buy the dry gravy and seasoning pouches for things like chili and taco dinners or creating Ranch dip etc...

Recently I noticed that a pouch of Old El Paso taco seasoning can run as much at 90 cents a pouch. It only has 1 ounce of seasoning for one round of a taco dinner.

But the other day I spotted a canister of Old El Paso taco seasoning that had 6.25 ounces in it. It's about half price if you buy it in bulk in the canister instead of the individual 1 ounce pouches!

Last night I had some chicken breasts to slice and cook. I had 6 breasts. I sliced them into thin strips, I chopped one onion, 1/3 of a bell pepper, and a small can of green chili peppers and coated them in canola oil. I sprinkled them with the taco seasoning and cooked them on my Geroge Foreman grill. Cook them for about 3 minutes.

Then I decided my kids would like this with cheese sauce. I added a little canola oil and milk to a skillet over low to medium low heat. I started adding small chunks of velveeta to the skillet until it was all melted. I added back the grilled onions and peppers to the cheese sauce. I sprinkled some red pepper on the sauce to give it a little bit of "hot". I ate mine in a warmed flour tortilla. The kids used the tortillas and they also just dipped their chicken into the cheese sauce. It was good ya'll. It was easy too! And if you're like me and you find that you can use taco seasoning on more than just ground beef, it's a good way to save money to buy it in the bulk shaker size to season as you see fit!