New Year’s Eve is a time reflect on the past year and look forward to the next year of possibilities. People usually celebrate with the company of loves ones, parades, fireworks, champagne and fun foods.
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
For my family, we usually celebrate by staying in, watching movies, playing games, and making creative appetizers. This year we made Baked Spinach and Artichoke Dip and 2 kinds of Taquitos. Although the main part of the recipe is not mine, I wanted to share my tricks and take on them.
Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos
3 large Chicken breast
8 oz cream Cheese
1/3 cup sour cream
Colby Jack Cheese
1 package frozen spinach
Small Tortillas
Olive Oil spray
Cook chicken as instructed
Once chicken is cooked, add Chicken, cream cheese, sour cream and as much cheese as you would like into food processor. Add salt and pepper as needed.
Warm the tortillas in the microwave for amount 15 seconds
Spread the chicken mixture on the tortilla, sprinkle with cheese and roll
Place rolls into the air fryer and spray with Olive Oil spray
Air Fry Taquitos on 400 for 15 min. Spray with olive oil half way through.
Tips:
Putting a little bit of butter on each chicken breast helps keep them moist while they back
By using a food processor, it helps shred the chicken and mix all in one step
Warming up the tortillas helps make them easier to roll
The Olive Oil spray helps the tortilla crisp up in the air fryer
Depending on the type of air fryer, you may need to flip half way through.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
16 oz of cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
Garlic
Parmesan cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
1 can artichoke hearts, Drained
2 packages (18 oz) frozen spinach, cooked as instructed and drained
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9 pan with cooking spray
In a mixing bowl, stir together cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, parmesan, and mozzarella
Stir in artichokes and spinach
Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan
Bake in preheated oven until heated through and melty, about 20 min
Sprinkle top with mozzarella cheese and bake for another 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted.
Tips:
I did not use exact measurements. Jad and I like a good amount of garlic and cheese in ours so I just add till I think it looks right. I think I used maybe 4 cloves of garlic
Jad and I don’t mind the flavor of the artichokes, however, the large chunks are not our favorite. I use a food processor to cut them up before adding them
Both were very good and the best part? We ate it for the next few days!
I hope you all had a great time celebrating the New Year and remember this year is a fresh start.
“Packaged inside of every mistake there lays a great lesson. And while I don’t want to take the mistake into the New Year, I most certainly want to take the lesson that’s packaged inside of it.” - Craig D Lounsbrough
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