Simply Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

I was really looking forward to trying this recipe. It turned out wonderfully. And I was on the ball tonight taking pics as I went with the steps. This recipe is from one of the moms on my moms' site.



Ingredients:
1 lb chicken breast, diced
1/2 medium onion, chopped (I used whole and thought it was too much)
1 tbsp olive oil
8 flour tortillas
1-1/2 cup shredded cheese (I used colby jack)
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 (15 oz) can chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chiles
half packet taco seasoning
1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes


Directions:
Preheat oven to 400*. Cut up onions and chicken and cook in oil on medium-high heat until done.

Scoop the cooked chicken and onions into the 8 tortillas. Add cheese to each tortilla and roll up.
Lay seam down in a 9 x 13 baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Melt butter is pan (I just used the one I used for the chicken and onions).

Stir in flour to make a roux. Stir and cook until bubbly. Whisk in the chicken broth and bring to a boil stirring frequently.

Add in half a packet of taco seasoning and crushed red pepper.

Remove from heat and mix in the sour cream and chiles.

Pour evenly over the enchiladas and top with cheese.

(You could double wrap and freeze baking dish at this point).

Bake 400* for 20 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.

Uncle Bens was on sale this week PLUS I had a coupon so I served the spanish style rice with the echiladas.

Special Sauce

This sauce is sweet and amazing on pork chops.

Ingredients
1 stick of butter
3 cups of brown sugar
1 tsp garlic powder
3 tbsp A-1 sauce

Directions
Melt butter. Stir in brown sugar and garlic powder. Pour in A-1 (can be more if you'd like runnier).

stromboli

with my strict new budget, i kept my grocery bill under $65 this week (really good for me, could be much much better). we had stromboli and corn on the cob tonight. stromboli is so easy and cheap. this is the version i made tonight.

stromboli

ingredients:
pizza crust
2 cups cheese
6 pieces turkey lunchmeat
12 pepperoni
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
pepper

lay the pizza crust out on a greased cookie sheet. layer all the ingredients and sprinkle pepper on top. fold over the pizza crust to close the stromboli. cut slits into the top. bake 350 15-20 minutes until it looks golden brown.

i've made this with marinara in it and mushrooms, olives, cheese, and peperoni. you can put anything in it you want! i'm a little bummed there are no leftovers for tomorrow :(

Pasta e Fagioli

I found this Olive Garden knockoff on this blog and had to try it. Nicholas and I cooked it up while taking care of a toddler and my friend's 3 month old. There's plenty so I'm freezing half for a future dinner.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 small onion, diced (I used red)
1/2 of a small 1 lb. bag of baby carrots, chopped
5 stalks of celery, diced
2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
1 can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (32 oz) carton + 1 (14.5 oz) can of beef broth
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 1/4 tsp pepper
2 1/2 tsp fresh parsley, chopped
3/4 tsp tabasco sauce (I used Frank's red hot)
1 jar (1 lb 10 oz) spaghetti sauce (I used Prego garlic mushroom)
1 cup dry small pasta (I used Davinci orzo)
salt to taste

Instructions:
Brown ground beef in oil. Drain if needed.
Add onion, carrot, celery, and tomatoes. Simmer 10 minutes.
Add beans, beef broth, oregano, pepper, parsley, tabasco sauce, and spaghetti sauce.
Simmer soup on low for about 30-45 minutes until carrots are almost tender.
Add pasta to pot and simmer on low for 15-30 minutes until pasta is almost al dente.
As soup cools, the pasta will absorb the broth.

why not?

i've got printed copies of recipes all over the house. i've always thought of getting one of those old-style photo albums with the sticky pages and organizing them, but i think a blog might work better. i've got minimal skills, a picky husband, and this fear that any recipe too hard will go in the trash while james heads to mcd's. lately i have had success with recipes, especially from those on my mom's forum. all of those women are just as pressed for time and trying to please hubbies and toddlers alike. i plan to post any successful recipe here for my keeping. if you want to try them, be my guest. they won't be on here unless they are good!