Nothing complicated. No long ingredient lists. The best quick fix recipes are just that. My favorite recipes that take minimal time and effort but still taste great.



















Nothing complicated. No long ingredient lists. The best quick fix recipes are just that. My favorite recipes that take minimal time and effort but still taste great.



















Life is way, way too short for boring, tasteless potato chips. Time after time I’ve been disappointed with store-bought chips that advertised themselves as ‘outrageously good’ or ‘fantastic and new!’. Well, no longer. My quick fix woodfired garlic potato chips bring flavor in every bite. Wonderful garlic that has a lightly smoky flavor from being roasted over fire, not in an oven. Such wonderful depth of flavor. A little chili and paprika round out a great seasoning that makes potato chips perfect.

These quick fix woodfired garlic potato chips really take no time at all. They’re easy, too. The only ‘tough’ part is making sure that you’re gently tossing the warmed chips with the seasoning. Those chips didn’t do anything to you, so don’t toss them around like bean bags. Nice and easy and they’ll stay together. With a little patience you’ll get each chips nicely seasoned and ready for devouring.
Also try my quick fix rotisserie chicken-seasoned potato chips. No, really. They’re fantastic! (They don’t taste like chicken).
Nutritional values are approximate.
Sometimes I just want a quick turkey meal. I might use leftover turkey, or I might just toss a turkey breast into the oven. Jennie-O makes a frozen oven-ready turkey breast that you just bake for about 90 minutes. No thawing, brining, basting. Nothing. You don’t even have to take it out of the bag (well, until it’s cooked that is). Everything else is already done for you. You don’t even really have to think about it! Add some leftover mashed potatoes and gravy and I’m good-to-go. Say hello to my quick fix turkey Manhattan!

If you decide to make an oven-ready Jennie-O turkey breast you’ll have plenty of leftovers to make more than these quick fix turkey Manhattan sandwiches. I have an awesome copycat of Stove Top chicken stuffing that is the perfect side dish for turkey. But, to be truly ‘quick fix’, you’ll have to use the stuff out of the box! That’s why it’s called quick fix!
Also try my quick fix turkey Reuben.
Nutritional values are approximate.
Unbelievably easy to make, these quick taco salads disappear really fast. Use whatever toppings you have on hand. And whatever toppings you enjoy. We kept them pretty simple. There’s nothing fancy going on here. Just a quick and easy salad-for-dinner.

If you have the time, slow cook the beef a little longer for a more tender, flavorful filling. I like to let mine simmer with the lid on for at least two hours. I add a bit of water if the mixture gets too dry. It’s not really a necessary step but I think the beef gets more flavor. All the way through.
I highly recommend that you shred or grate your own cheese at home. Don’t buy the pre-shredded or pre-grated stuff. It has stuff added to it to keep it from sticking together. That ‘stuff’ affects how the cheese melts. Shred it yourself and use the good stuff.
Also try my Mexican cornbread salad and my quick fix shrimp tacos.
Nutritional values are approximate.
Quick fix turkey Reuben sandwiches changed my mind about what I used to refer to as ‘fake Reubens’. I had a thing against turkey Reubens. Once I ordered a ‘real’ Reuben in a restaurant and they accidentally brought me a turkey one instead. It was one of the worst days of my life. Or so I thought. Well, now I must apologize. I was wrong. I thought no way could a corned beef-less sandwich be anywhere as good as the classic. Well, this is a mighty good sandwich. And it’s crazy easy to make, too. That’s a lot of wins in this little sandwich. Now, I make them regularly.

I could eat my share of quick fix turkey Reuben sandwiches. And I’d even order one at a restaurant. Those would have roasted turkey, and if you have that on hand by all means put some on this sandwich. I used thin-sliced sandwich meat. Thick-sliced would work just as well. No matter what, it’s quick, easy and delicious!
For me, just personally, I am a firm believer that every Reuben must be served with a dill pickle spear. An ice cold one at that. With plenty of crunchy.
Also try my quick fix turkey Manhattan.
Nutritional values are approximate.
It was one of THOSE days. Not enough time to even think about dinner. But, a quick glance in the fridge and pantry and I was able to throw together a plan. Quick fix taco salads it would be. And you know, they turned out great! Crunchy shells, crunchy lettuce, and all of our favorite salad toppings.

I used chopped grilled chicken to top these salads, but any cooked meat (or no meat for that matter) would be great too. Like chilled cooked shrimp. Or warm taco beef crumbles. Just because these taco salads are quick to fix doesn’t mean that they are low on flavor.
I highly recommend that you shred or grate your own cheese at home. Don’t buy the pre-shredded or pre-grated stuff. It has stuff added to it to keep it from sticking together. That ‘stuff’ affects how the cheese melts. Shred it yourself and use the good stuff.
Also try my quick fix shrimp tacos.
Nutritional values are approximate.
This may well be my wife’s favorite chili. And that’s saying something because she’s pretty picky about chili. There aren’t many that she even sorta likes. And I have to admit, it’s mighty darned good. This quick fix Tex-Mex corn chip chili is definitely quick fix. The only way you could make a chili any quicker is if the entire dish came out of a single can. Served over crunchy corn chips, it has all you need in a no-time-to-waste chili. Beans, beef, tomatoes, chiles, and cilantro. Oh and a bit of cheese.

I prefer fire-roasted green chiles any time a recipe calls for green chiles. The roasting adds a nice caramelized flavor and texture. Same goes for canned tomatoes, I prefer fire-roasted. Both make this quick fix Tex-Mex corn chip chili fantastic.
For a little kick use spicy pinto beans instead, substitute pepper jack cheese, and add in a minced roasted jalapeno.
I highly recommend that you shred or grate your own cheese at home. Don’t buy the pre-shredded or pre-grated stuff. It has stuff added to it to keep it from sticking together. That ‘stuff’ affects how the cheese melts. Shred it yourself and use the good stuff.
Also try my Tex-Mex bacon cheeseburgers.
Nutritional values are approximate.
You’re at this post for a reason. Maybe, like me, you actually like Steak-Umms. Like many, I was first exposed to them in a school lunch cafeteria years and years ago. And like many kids of the time, I would go home and beg mom to get them so I could have a steak sandwich there too. Mom wasn’t too keen on them, but would buy them for me as a rare treat. I’d have them about as simple as you could get: fried the Steak-Ummm, put it on a bun or white bread with ketchup, eat. Well, now I step things up with my quick fix steak sandwich, made using the Cuisinart Griddler.

The Griddler makes making a steak sandwich about as easy as you can get. Having the two big cooking griddles lets you cook several things at once. Without it, I’d end up with a skillet for the Steak-Umms, another for the onions and peppers, and I’d probably fire up the oven or toaster just to toast my sub roll. Sheesh, that’s a lot of stuff when I can do it all on my Griddler.

The history of the Steak-Umm is actually rather interesting. You can read about it here.
You can also make outstandingly good smash burgers on the Griddler.
Nutritional values are approximate.
Boring potato chips. Not in my house. Not since I discovered taking plain-old regular chips to a new level. Like these quick fix sweet-and-savory potato chips. All it takes is a bag of chips and some seasoning. A few minutes in the oven and you’re soon enjoying chips that pack in flavor in every bite. Every single one. None of that ‘oh, shoot another chip that didn’t get any seasoning’ like you experience in the store-bought bags. Now I can load my chips up with tons of flavor. Slightly sweet, with a touch of spices such as thyme and sage, these chips are different and delicious.

The key to making these quick fix sweet-and-savory potato chips is using ruffled chips. Yes, you can use ‘smooth’ chips and you’ll have a great snack. But to make them fantastic, you want more of the seasoning on every chip, in every bite. That’s where those ridges come in. They’ll grab the flavor and keep it on the chips, where it belongs.
I used the Sweet Peeper seasoning from Fire and Smoke Society to make these treats. No, that’s not a typo. It’s ‘peeper’ as in chicken. I used a chicken rub. This is proof that you can think way out of the box and make new flavors, new chips that no one else would think of. Go take a gander at your pantry. I bet you’ll find great seasonings that’ll make for great chips too!
Nutritional values are approximate.
Sheesh. I had no idea. I’ve made homemade salsa a number of times. It wasn’t terribly difficult, but it wasn’t crazy easy either. I started looking around for a better way and kept hearing about a spicy tomato sauce that people were using as a base for making salsa. El Pato tomato sauce is apparently the key to easy salsa success. So I grabbed a few cans at our local international market and got to making this quick fix spicy salsa. This isn’t fancy, but boy does it ever hit the spot. Perfectly tomato-y, perfectly spicy and with the just right amount of cilantro and onion. And wow is it ever easy to make.

It seriously takes you long to read this sentence than it does to make a batch of this quick fix spicy salsa. Ok, well, you’d have to be a crazy good onion and cilantro chopper, but it’s probably possible. Don’t let the simplicity fool you either, this salsa has great flavor. I found it very difficult to stop eating it. Just grab a bag of your favorite tortilla chips and make a batch today!
This salsa is great on top of hot dogs!
Nutritional values are approximate.