Thanks to Chili’s for sponsoring this discussion and saving my family from another night of quesadillas and PB&Js. Things have been a little quiet around here lately. There’s a great reason for it though. I have my first big book deadline coming up. I promise that more info is coming soon, but there are still some details on the back-end that have to be worked out.  I spend some long days in the kitchen doing recipe creating and testing. It’s a little ironic though that I spend all day in the kitchen and come dinner time we have nothing to eat. I also have no energy to cook anything. As a result we’ve been eating out a lot or relying on simple foods. Eating out gets expensive and I think my kids are starting to believe that quesadillas are their own food group. The good news is that I have found some great and fast meals from Chili’s® at Home. It’s all the big and  bold flavors you love at Chili’s but quicker, easier, and less expensive than a night out at a restaurant. The other evening after a long day of recipe testing I decided to give Chili’s Chicken Bacon Ranch and Nacho Potatoes with Beef and Bacon a try. First up I will tell you about the Nacho Potatoes with beef and bacon. This was definitely tops in the bold flavor category. It had a nice spicy cheese sauce to go along with the potatoes, beef, potatoes, and fire roasted peppers. With a name like Nacho Potatoes and a very cheesy sauce, we decided to try these on tortilla chips and eat them like nachos. My husband usually shies away from spicy food, but this was his top pick. He said it was spicy, but really tasty. I found that I actually really like potatoes on nachos. I will be going that again. 

Our other entree was the Chicken Bacon Ranch. This was my favorite for sure! Anything was ranch in the title is usually a winner for me. I liked that there were nice chunks of chicken breast. I love broccoli but the kids do not. I liked that the chunks were big enough that I could pick them out of the kids and save them all for myself. :)The Chicken Bacon Ranch felt like something I would make on my own, and I would totally buy this again.

You can find Chili’s® at Home in the frozen food aisle with the frozen entrees. We tried out some of the multi-serving options but they also offer a wide selection of single serve entrees. 

I really want to try out the Cheesy Chicken Pasta Florentine. It looks and sounds so delicious to me!

Here is a list of the other single serve options:

•  Bacon Mac ‘N’ Cheese
• Cajun-Style Chicken Alfredo
• Chicken Bacon Ranch
• Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl
• Island Chicken & Rice
• Mango Chicken with Rice
• Pepper Jack Mac ‘N’ Cheese

Right now you can get a $1.00 off coupon. My grocery store had the single serve entrees on sale for 2/$5.00. You can print the coupon two times, so then you could get two entrees for $3.00. What a deal!  I’m curious, which Chili’s at Home entrees would you choose for a big night-in? Let me know in the comments!