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How To Make Pico De Gallo Easy Recipe

If you have 4 simple ingredients you can make Pico De Gallo with this easy recipe!  Did you know that the other name for it is salsa fresca? Obviously by now you know that Pico is a Mexican dish the translslation for it means “rooster’s beak” and you can use it for various dishes in Mexican Cuisine. The best use for it however is as a topping for a multitude of different hispanic foods! Use it to dress your taco, fish, sorta, and even as a simple dip.

Pico de galloThis Mexican style salsa is served uncooked and with “raw” ingredients and will look like a simple salsa once finished. This image depicts the simple recipe used here!

EASY RECIPE FOR PICO DE GALLO (Yields about 2 cups)

Ingredients:

  • 6 Roma tomatoes that are fairly firm. ( you can use 2 large from
  • The vine if you don’t have or cannot find Roma)
  • 1 Large Onion
  • 2 Limes (to taste)
  • 1/4 Cup cilantro (used to taste)
  • Salt & Pepper

Simple Directions:

Prep: Cut tomatoes in half and scoop out the seeds

Chop onion and  tomatos evenly (not too small) and place in a medium sized bowl. Chop cilantro and add to other ingredients. squeeze 1 lime into dish with all the ingredients. Toss the salsa and add salt and pepper to taste. Add juice form the other lime if needed. Give a final mix and serve !

Digiorno Pizza Cooking Instructions

Digiorno Pizza cooking Instructions and oven times:
cooking time
The cook times listed below are for the Digiorno Original Rising Crust varieties.

Supreme
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 22 to 25 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 425°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 25 to 28 min.

Pepperoni
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 18 to 21 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 425°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 23 to 26 min.
pizza cooking times
Three Meat
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 21 to 24 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 23 to 27 min.

Four Cheese
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 19 to 22 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 425°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 23 to 26 min.

Italian Sausage
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 21 to 25 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 21 to 28 min.

Sausage and pepperoni
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 21 to 24 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 27 to 29 min.

Spicy Chicken Supreme
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 24 to 27 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 26 to 29 min.

Spinach, Mushroom, and Garlic pizza
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 24 to 27 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 25 to 29 min.

Hawaiin
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 22 to 24 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 25 to 29 min.

Half Cheese Half Pepperoni
• Bake at 400°F
• Pizza directly on oven rack.
• Bake 19 to 22 min.

SOFTER CRUST
• Bake at 400°F.
•Place pizza on cookie sheet
• Bake 23 to 26 min.

Beef  Round Roast Recipe Slow Cooker

Sometimes weekday meal planning can be difficult but with a slow cooker recipe and a cut of beef round roast you can put together dinner fairly easy.

This easy to follow recipe requires little work and can be prepared in less than 15 minutes, however, depending on the size of the roast it may require up to 8 hours of cooking time in the pot.

Ingredients:

2-3 carrots
1 bell pepper
1/2 dozen large mushrooms (sliced)
1/4 onion sliced (optional)
3-4 cups beef broth

So, a little tip… if you do not have all of these ingredients try experimenting with some that you do have, just use your imagination, if it doesn’t work then next time you will know not to add particular ingredients.

Easy beef round roast recipe slow cooker style: With pictures provided below!

Directions:

veggie prep
After a thorough rinse, chop all of the vegetables.

veggies in slow cooker
Add the veggies to the empty slow cooker.

wash mushrooms
Wash the mushrooms, slice them with a chefs knife.

beef topped with mushrooms
Add the sliced mushroom to the pot with the other ingredients.

beef round in slow cooker
Place your cut of round roast on top of the other ingredients in the pan.

beef broth canned
Add 3-4 cups of beef broth (depending on how big your roast is) adding a little water helps if you need.

round roast in crockpot
Depending on big you round roast is cook on high or medium anywhere from 4-8 hours until tender and cooked thoroughly.

Once the meat is cooked you can remove and serve with the vegetables. Use the juices to make a nice gravy to serve your dinner with!

Easy Roasted Asparagus Side dish recipe

One of my favorite vegetable side dishes is grilled or baked asparagus and sometimes it takes a simple recipe to make those meals prefect.

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This is hands down one of my go to vegetable recipes that is packed full of flavor, fast to prepare, and so easy to make.

If you have kids and need to keep them occupied while you cook asking them to help in the kitchen is great family time and this recipe should be great for them to help with.

Easy Roasted Asparagus recipe:

Ingredients:

Olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, grated parmesan cheese (optional), and a bundle or bunch of asparagus.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450°

Wash clean and snap off the ends of the asparagus, if you need details on this ill add it to another post soon.

Line a baking sheet with foil (for easier clean-up later). Lightly spray the pan with anti stick cooking spray.

In a bowl toss asparagus with a light even coat of olive oil and the rest of the spices. Salt, pepper, and garlic to taste or just lightly if this is your first time preparing the dish.

In one layer lay out asparagus evenly across the baking sheet and bake until the veggie is tender.

Serve as a side and enjoy this fast side dish!

Quick Super Easy Pork Chop Dinner Recipe

Try this Flavorful Pork Chop Recipe that you can make super fast for a weeknight dinner. Cooking pork chops in a pan is a little harder to keep from overcooking, just keep an eye on the meat and be sure to take off when heated to an internal temperature of 145 degrees. How long to cook pork chops in skillet depends on how high you have the heat on your pan, try to stay at medium temperature.

Below is an easy step by step recipe in pictures for an asian influenced pork chop with a side of greens.

Main ingredients: Bone in pork chops and Turnip greens for the vegetable.

pork chops value pack
Boneless pork chops will not have as much flavor as the bone in but you can choose whichever cut is best for your family. I chose a value pack that had four cuts of meat two will be cooked and two will be set aside for the next days meal planning.

marinate pork chops asian style
Marinate for the bone in chops for 15 minutes in the following: 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tsp white pepper, 1/2 tsp ginger powder, and a dash of garlic powder.

turnip greens
Next, Thoroughly wash the turnip greens

de stem turnip greens
Remove the leaves off of the turnip green stalks and set aside. Proceed to next step when you finish all of the leaves.

turnip greens chop
Form the turnip green vegetable into a “roll” and slice. The roll makes it a little easier to get all the green cut evenly and fast.
turnip green choppedgreen turnips washed
Once the vegetables are washed and sliced place them in a bowl and add some salt and pepper.

cooked greens
Add some olive oil to the hot pan and cook the turnip greens until tender. When cooked serve on to plate.

cook pro chops bone in pan
Next, cook the pork chops with some olive oil.
pan seared chops

east pan seared dinner plate
Serve and enjoy this super fast pan seared pork chop meal!

Save time and marinate the day before! As noted above I saved two cuts of the meat out of the value pack for the next days meal, this is what I did with them. I placed them in a zip top or zip lock bag. zip lock marinade I added about 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, honey and olive oil. I will let this marinate until the next day and use this time saving technique for a family meal!