The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
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A rotisserie chicken Caesar wrap makes good use of cooked chicken and a bagged salad kit, with no stove required. Toss the filling together just before eating, or pack the dressing separately to keep the tortilla from getting soggy.
Essential Concepts
Ready in about 15 minutes. Keep dressing separate for packed lunches.
Related posts: Chicken Salad (https://www.budgetbytes.com/chicken-salad/) and Curried Chicken Salad (https://www.budgetbytes.com/curried-chicken-salad/)
Rotisserie chicken pesto pasta comes together while the noodles cook: peas go into the pasta water, spinach wilts in a skillet, and prepared pesto finishes the dish off the heat. It takes about 20 to 25 minutes, with no raw chicken or separate sauce to prepare.
Essential Concepts
Cook the pasta and peas together; warm the chicken, wilt the spinach, and stir in pesto off the heat. Related posts: https://www.budgetbytes.com/one-pot-creamy-pesto-chicken-pasta/ and https://www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-pesto-pasta/
Dump cake without butter can be made with oil, plant-based butter, or baking margarine. The key to preventing dry spots is spreading the cake mix evenly and making sure every patch gets fat or moisture.
Essential Concepts
Start with ½ cup of fat per box of cake mix. Related posts: [Dairy-free dump cake](/dairy-free-dump-cake/) and [Fixing dump cake dry spots](/dump-cake-dry-spots/).
Mini dump cakes turn fruit filling, cake mix, and butter into 12 soft, spoonable portions baked in a muffin tin. For related ideas, see [classic dump cake](/classic-dump-cake/) and [mini fruit crisps](/mini-fruit-crisps/).
Essential Concepts
Use liners, moisten all the cake mix, and serve with spoons.
Yes, you can freeze dump cake before baking and bake it straight from the freezer. Use a metal pan, allow extra time, and check that the fruit is bubbling and the topping is browned rather than relying on the clock.
Essential Concepts
Freeze well wrapped; bake from frozen.
Related posts: [Dump cake storage](/dump-cake-storage/) and [How to bake dump cake](/how-to-bake-dump-cake/)
