White Chicken Enchiladas

Tonight I attempted to make Enchiladas for the first time. I did get some help from Kailynn but hey this is a work in progress for me as my cooking skills are just plain old NOT good. The recipe again came from Pinterest and according to many people on that social network, they are the best White Chicken Enchiladas.

From the taste testers I had tonight they all seemed to really enjoy the food, so this is something I would totally want to make again and was much easier than last nights Rolled Lasagna.

Chicken enchiladas with green chili sour cream sauce

*These are seriously so so good*

10 soft taco shells

2 cups cooked, shredded chicken

2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

3 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. flour

2 cups chicken broth

1 cup sour cream

1 (4 oz) can diced green chillies

1/2 cup of sliced olives

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x13 pan

2. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese.  Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.

3. In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute.  Add broth and whisk until smooth.  Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.  

4. Stir in sour cream and chilies.  Do not bring to boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.

5. Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.

6. Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

 

 

 

 

Dancing kids

Christmas Dinner

Lasagna Rolls;

Tonight Kailynn and I decided to tackle a new food for dinner. Since on Christmas eve we knew we were in for a long night and Christmas night our family attends an annual party at a dear friends house, I'm going to call this our families Christmas dinner. Kailynn found the idea on Pinterest and after making a grocery list I was off to our local food market. Given a list of stuff I've never heard of and a dead cell phone battery I was on my own to figure out what exactly Kailynn was talking about when she wrote the list.

The final product was what I would call a Lasoli (Lasagna & Ravioli mixture). The best part was that because it is cooked in a cupcake sheet plating a piece is really easy and not messy at all compared to normal Lasagna.

The meal itself consists of our slightly lower calorie version of Lasagna.

Ingredients:
for the sauce-
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 large onion
1/2 pound lean ground turkey cooked and drained
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1 small zucchini, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-6 oz. can tomato paste
1-8 oz. can tomato sauce {+1/2 can water to wash out can}
1-14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon dried basil
1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon sugar
salt & pepper to taste

for the cheese filling-
1-10 oz. tub Philadelphia Italian Herb & Cheese Cooking Cream
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, grated & divided
1/3 cup low fat cottage cheese
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 egg

For Dessert we made Banana, Nutella Milk Shakes. Very simple and includes banana, ice, milk, nutella, then freeze.

Where to begin

"Begin with the end in mind." ~Stephen Covey

Work place blues

Been at my place of employment for 4 years now. We have assigned parking spaces. They have our license plate numbers and yet we still need a parking placard in our window.

Today I left my placard in my other car (the one I hardly ever drive) and I leave work to a parking violation. Mag Instrument obviously has nothing better for its employees to be working on. I bust my ass everyday and we literally pay someone to write parking tickets and issue them to those of us actually working. Mr. Maglica Senior you and your company need to get a life!