Savvy with Abbie

I received the Cravings 2 cookbook as a Christmas gift from my boyfriend and this is the second recipe that I made. I think the photos in the cookbook were more beautiful than mine but overall, it was pretty good. I made the dressing and decided not to use it after all. My changes and edits are made below but Chrissy Teigen's full recipe of the Cool Ranch Taco Salad can be found HERE . Ingredients for the beef mixture: frozen corn (one bag) 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon paprika 2 teaspoon ground cumin 2 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 15-ounce can of black beans, drained Ingredients for the salad: 1 large head of iceberg lettuce, shredded black olives 2 cups Cool Ranch Doritos sour cream For dressing I used salsa. Directions for the beef mixture: Heat a large skillet over high heat until really hot. Put corn in the pan and heat until the corn is

I received the Cravings 2 recipe book from my boyfriend this Christmas and have already enjoyed several recipes including this one! The Cheesy-knife-and-fork Meatball subs were REALLY good but I have to say it probably took 1.5-2 hours to prepare everything, especially since the sauce is made-from-scratch! Everything is so good and we made enough for four servings. Just make sure you plan ahead of time to have time to make everything! Once again, we did change just a few things but overall it was pretty dang amazing! Ingredients: For the sauce: 6 tablespoons olive oil garlic powder 1/2 cup tomato paste 3 cans whole peeled tomatoes in juice 2 teaspoons dried oregano 2 teaspoons dried basil 2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons sugar For the meatballs: 3/4 cup bread crumbs 1/3 cup milk 1 egg 1/2 pound ground beef 1/2 pound ground pork 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon kosher salt ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspo