 maybe it's because it's fall time or maybe it's just because I'm pregnant. I am slightly obsessed with casserole's right now and I'm so excited to share my favorites with you. Now these recipes that I'm making today actually come from our family friendly meal plan. Now we're doing a seven day free trial. If you want to try out our meal plan I'll put a link down below for you. I'm telling you it's a game changer but if you just want the casserole's that is why I'm here let's just jump right in. So the first recipe I'm making is called Cowboy Casserole with tater tots. All right for this recipe you're gonna need some tater tots. I cut up an onion, we have some spices I'll put those down below in the description for you. One pound of ground beef, milk, corn, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream and last but not least some cheese. The first thing you're gonna do is cook your ground beef and onion together. Now I kind of cheated and I cooked this already so you wouldn't have to watch me do it. So once your meat is all heated through we're gonna add one can of corn that I have drained and then the can of cream of mushroom soup. All right and we're just gonna mix this together a little bit. Now if you want to make sure you drain your ground beef just so you can get rid of some of that grease. Okay to this you're gonna add half a cup of sour cream, one half cup of milk and then about a half cup of cheese. I like to add a little bit more and then just mix this all together. And don't forget the seasonings we have garlic powder, onion powder and salt and pepper. All right then you're gonna take your cheesy beef mixture and put it into the bottom of a 9 by 13 pan. Go ahead and spread that all around. Next we're gonna add on the tater tots. Now you just want to make sure they are a single layer so I'm gonna have to spread them out a little bit. All right let's try that see how it goes. Try and squeeze in as many as we can. Then you're gonna sprinkle about half a cup to a cup of cheddar cheese just on top of the tater tots. Now you want to preheat your oven to 375 and we're gonna cook it for 25 to 30 minutes. Next up is our zesty pizza casserole. Now if you have picky eaters I promise you they'll eat this one. We're gonna start with some rotini pasta then some delicious ground beef. We have an onion and a green pepper. Now we like pepperoni if you want to use ham or something like that you can but we're doing pepperoni today. Some mozzarella cheese of course. We like mushrooms, sliced mushrooms. Then you have some seasoning and then some delicious pizza sauce. Okay so we're gonna start by cooking the pasta in the instant pot. We're gonna dump in three cups of rotini pasta. Okay now the secret when cooking pasta is that you want to cover all of the pasta with water. You don't want any sticking up because if some are sticking up they're gonna be crispy. Now if you don't have an instant pot you just cook your noodles over the stove. So go ahead and put your lid on make sure your little knob is turned to ceiling then we're gonna push pressure cook and just go down to four minutes. All right let's cook the beef. All right first you're gonna add one pound of ground beef and now I'm just gonna add my onions and my peppers right now too and I have my handy dandy chop and stir and we're just gonna cook this until all the meat is browned. All right once this is all done cooking we're gonna add two cans of six ounces of pizza sauce. Then we're just gonna add one can of sliced mushrooms about four ounces. We got some seasoning in here down below in the description I'll tell you all the seasonings and then I have about four ounces of pepperoni. Now I cut them into little pieces just because you don't want a big bite of pepperoni. All right pasta is all done cooking I'm gonna put this little guy on and we're gonna drain it. All right now we're just gonna dump the pasta into our pizza sauce and just mix this all around. Okay so you have a few options here now you can just leave it in the skillet put a little cheese on top let it melt and it's pretty much done or you can put it in a casserole dish and bake it in the oven till it melts so either one it doesn't matter they're both delicious. So I did half and half so I have a little pan that we're gonna save for later I'm gonna put cheese on it we're gonna cook it right now just pretty much until that cheese is melted and everything is cooked all the way through. Or if you're gonna you know keep it on the stove top just add a little bit of cheese if you could put the lid on it it will melt that cheese so quickly I love this recipe because you can have it right now or for later. The next recipe is our loaded nacho casserole. So for this recipe I cut up a little onion a green pepper then we have lots of canned things so we have two cans of diced tomatoes one can of black beans one can of pinto beans some corn eight ounces of tomato sauce some taco seasoning and then four ounces of diced green chilies those are the canned things then we have some chips some cheddar cheese and then last but not least some ground beef now if you don't want to use ground beef in these recipes you can also use ground turkey too. All right we're gonna start with our ground beef or ground turkey whatever you choose and then again I'm just gonna add my peppers and onions you guys we like peppers and onions today because lots of recipes with them then we're just gonna chop up our meat and cook it up all right meat is cooked vegetables are soft we are ready to move on so I'm gonna add the two cans of diced tomatoes the liquid is still in them now this sauce is gonna be a little thin but that's okay that's how we want it next we're gonna add one can of pinto beans and one can of black beans then I drained my can of corn that's going on top you guys this is this is like a tower I'm enjoying myself right now then your tomato sauce and your diced green chilies okay I think that's everything we're gonna mix this all together oh wait oh wait we need some seasoning so we're just gonna add our taco seasoning all right now we can mix it this looks so colorful I love it now we're gonna put the lid on and let it simmer for about 20 minutes on low heat while that is simmering we're gonna get this ready so I'm gonna take some chips and kind of just crunch them we want a little bit of a layers going on here okay gonna crunch those down so it's kind of flat okay we're ready so it's been about 20 minutes now like I said before it is a little liquidy that's okay you can drain if you want to but I like it with the liquid so we're gonna leave this in and then yeah put it on our chips so I'm gonna use a ladle because I figure it just works better that way and we're just going to use half of our meat mixture onto the bottom of this now we're gonna do another layer of chips I'm gonna crunch them a little bit before I put them on okay then we're gonna press down a little bit and get ready for the next this is getting very full so make sure you really do use a 9 by 13 pan if not you can just use two little pans that'll work too all right now we're gonna add on the cheese guys I'm so excited for this one so excited oh guys this is heavy we're gonna kick it 350 20 minutes whoo I just want to show you these layers that look so delicious now the last recipe I'm making is chicken teriyaki casserole this casserole is a little bit healthier for this recipe you'll need about three chicken breasts six cups of your favorite stir-fry I just like to get the frozen kind now I asked for quinoa I like to use this that cooks in 90 seconds it's probably one of my favorite things then we have some spices some cornstarch a half cup of brown sugar soy sauce and then a little bit of water all right so first we're gonna start by heating up our sauce pan we're gonna add one cup of soy sauce then to that we're gonna add three fourths cup of water half cup of brown sugar and then we have some garlic and ground ginger that we're just gonna put in there all right let's mix this all around until it boils okay so why we're gonna wait for that to boil we're gonna add two tablespoons of cornstarch ignore the little giggles in the back and then two tablespoons of water we're just gonna mix this together while we wait for that to boil okay this is boiling so we're gonna add our little mixture in here okay once you add it in mix it in we want to take this off the heat in like a 9 by 13 pan this is a little smaller but it will still work you're gonna spray the bottom of your pan with nonstick cooking spray and we're just gonna lay the chicken onto the bottom of the pan then we're just gonna pour the sauce over top of the chicken oh that looks good and then bake it at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes okay now you can shred this with two forks but I'm actually just gonna take it out and cut it into bite-sized pieces okay so now we're just gonna add everything back in so I'm gonna put in my chicken and then we have about four to six cups of vegetables and these are frozen just pour those on top and then I cooked the quinoa just because it makes my life so much easier and we're gonna put this packet in there and then carefully carefully stir it around now if you used a 9 by 13 pan this should be a little easier mine's just a little bit smaller but that's okay all right we are pretty mixed up good here so we're gonna cook it for about 10 to 15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked all the way through oh this one might be my favorite one yet now if you loved these casseroles and you need some I don't know dessert ideas you can find some of our no-bake desserts right up there all right guys I'll see you next time bye