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Monday Menu #152- Mexican Rice Casserole & Rotel Chicken Spaghetti

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Sep 18, 2023

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This week’s Monday Menu meal ideas are centered around 2 quick and easy comfort dishes- Cheesy Rotel Chicken Spaghetti and a Mexican Rice Casserole that’s an all-in-one skillet meal! There are choices for sides and lots of shared ingredients to make your grocery shopping easy and less wasteful. Monday Menu is always a winner!

A collage of best recipes for creating quick and easy weeknight meals for families.

Easy comfort food is always a big hit when you’re feeding the family or taking a dish to a friend or neighbor in need. And this week’s dinner ideas pull together some of the best Southern Discourse recipes to make 2 go-to comfort food meals you’ll always keep handy!

This Week’s Secret to Success

  • You know that choosing recipes that share ingredients keeps your grocery shopping simple. You often can save money by buying larger quantities and you don’t have to run all over the store to grab all sorts of ingredients that you may or may not use all of.
  • This week makes the most the shared ingredients strategy by selecting recipes that share chicken broth, sour cream and cans of diced tomatoes and green chiles.
  • Guacamole and fresh salsa also share many of the same ingredients. While the snack recipe and this week’s dessert recipe both use pineapple.
  • To make this week even easier, if you don’t want to make different side dishes for each meal, don’t! Make one big green salad that you freshen up mid week and serve it with both meals. It’s delish!

Menu 1- Rotel Chicken Spaghetti Dinner

This easy chicken & spaghetti dish is loaded with creamy, cheesy goodness! Shredded chicken, Velveeta cheese, sour cream, and Rotel tomatoes come together to make the perfect, simple family dish that everyone loves! Add sautéed green beans or a quick green salad for a complete, quick weeknight meal.

Rotel Chicken & Spaghetti

Sauteed Green Beans with Bacon & Mushrooms

Menu 2- Cheesy Mexican Rice Casserole

Cheesy Mexican Rice Casserole is an easy, one-pot rice dinner recipe with all the flavors and feels of your favorite taco! Loaded with seasoned ground beef, black beans, corn and tomatoes, this hot & cheesy Tex Mex comfort meal is a guaranteed family favorite. Also perfect with a quick green salad or go full fiesta with fresh guacamole and tomato salsa with cilantro and lime.

Cheesy Mexican Rice Casserole

Fresh Guacamole: Our Favorite Tex-Mex Dip

Fresh Salsa with Cilantro & Lime

Dessert This Week!

Cherry Coca-Cola Jello Salad is a sparkling dessert fruit salad with delightfully intense flavors of a cherry coke float. Punctuated with juicy, tart cherries, bright pineapple, crunchy pecans and light flakes of sweetened coconut with a pop of fizzy Coca-Cola & a cream cheese whipped topping, jiggly jello has never been so fun… or delicious! Perfect for tailgating too!

Coca cola jello salad in a trifle dish. Made with cherries, pineapple, coconut pecans, coca-cola and cherry gelatin.

Here’s What We’re Snacking On

Speaking of tailgating, this Pineapple & Ham Hawaiian Dip is what is on our game watching menu for the week. It’s s a richly creamy, savory and lightly sweet dip loaded with smoky ham, crushed pineapple, cream cheese, green onions, chopped pecans and a dollop of real mayonnaise. An effortless, make ahead appetizer this dreamy dip delivers a truly delicious wow!

Similar to a cheese ball, these Hawaiian flavors with sweet pineapple and savory ham make for a great make ahead dip

Making Breakfast Easy

Who can resist spicy sausage, cool cream cheese, all wrapped in a flaky, tender crust?  Not me!  These cute little Sausage & Cream Cheese Hand Pies are unbelievably easy to make using just 3 ingredients, a pre-made crust and bake up in only 10 minutes.  Serve with a spoon of jam and you have a brunch or party snack everyone will want to get their hands on!

Sausage & Cream Cheese Handpies ready to serve on a platter

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A collage of best recipes for creating quick and easy weeknight meals for families.
This week's Monday Menu meal ideas are centered around 2 quick and easy comfor dishes- Cheesy Rotel Chicken Spaghetti and a Mexican Rice Casserole that's an all-in-one skillet meal! There are choices for sides and lots of shared ingredients to make your grocery shopping easy and less wasteful. Monday Menu is always a winner!

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