Chilis Chicken Enchilada Soup

Ingredients:
1 Tbslp. vegetable oil
1 lb. chicken breast (approx. 3 fillets)
1/2 cup diced onions
1 garlic clove, pressed
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup masa harina (Mexican flour.. can be subsituted with normal flour but has slightly different taste)
16 oz. velveeta cheese
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. cumin


Directions:
1. Add 1 Tblsp. oil to a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add chicken breat to pot and brown for 4-5 min
per side
3. Set chicken aside
4. Add onions and garlic to pot and saute over medium heat for about 2 minutes, or until onions begin to become translucent.
5. Add chicken broth.
6. Combine masa harina with 2 cups of water in a medium bowl and whisk until blended.
7.Add masa mixture to pot with onions, garlic and broth.
8. Add remaining water, enchiladas sauce, cheese and spices to pot and bring mixture to a boil.
9. Shred the chicken into small, bite sized pieces and add it to the pot.
10. Reduce hea and simmer soup for 30-40 minutes or until thickens.
** We thought this was a tad to thick compared to chilis, if you agree add a little more chicekn broth.
11. Serve soup, garnish with pepper jack cheese, tortilla chips amd pico de gallo.

Servings: 12
Calories:232.4
Fat: 11.2 g
Carbs: 15.1 g
Protein:17.3g

Pasta E Olio

Picture is partial wheat/ white



Ingredients:
1 lb. spaghetti
2 tsp. chopped garlic
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup melted butter

Directions:
1. In a large pot with boiled salted water, cook spaghetti pasta until done. Drain
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over a low heat saute garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes with olive oil. Cook until garlic turns golden in color, about 10 to 15 min.
3. Toss pasta with garlic mixture and butter. Serve Warm

Servings: 8
Calories: 323
Fat: 13.4 g
Carb: 42.8g
Protein: 7.6g

Perry Salsa

Ingredients:
Hunts Canned whole peeled tomatoes, drained
1 jalepeno...add as , much or as little as you like, thats were the heat is.1/2 bunch of cilantro
1/2 - 1 tsp garlic (to taste)
1 freshly squeezed lemon.

Place all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.

Creamy Black Bean Burritos

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time : 15 min.
Servings: 6


6 flour tortilla
6 Tbslp. vegetable oil
1 meduim onion
3/4 red bell pepper
2 Tbslp. minced Garlic
2 (15 oz) cans of black beans, rinsed and drained
1 Tbslp. minced Jalepeno Pepper (less for less heat)
6 oz. cream cheese
1 1/2 tsp. salt
6 Tblsp. fresh cilantro


Directions:
1.Wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven heated to 350* Bake for 15 min. or until heated through.
2. Heat oil in a 10 inch skillet over medium heat. Place onion, bell pepper, garlic and jalepeno in skillet, cook for 2 min stirring occasionally. Pour beans into skilltm cook for 3 min.
3. Cut cream cheese into cubes and add to skillt with salt. Cook for 2 min. stirring occasionally. Stir cilantro into mixture.
4. Spoon mixture evenly down center of warm tortilla and roll tortillas up. Serve immediately.


Calories: 692
Fat: 35.8g
Carbs: 70.2g
Protein: 21.2 g

Sour Cream Scalloped Potatoes

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time 1 hr. 10 min
Servings: 8

1 (32 oz) package frozen cubed hash brown potatoes, thawed
2 cups cour cream
1 (10.75 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup finely chopped onion (or about 1/2 Tbslp. onion powder)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 cup crushed corn flakes
Directions:
In a bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Pour into a greased baking dish. Bake, uncovered @ 350* for 1 hour. Sprinkle with corn flakes and return to oven for 10 min.

Saucy Chorizo Meatballs

So moist and absolutley delicious!!


Ingredients:
1 tube ground beef
3/4 Tube Pork Chorizo
4 peices of bread.. toast and crumbled in food processor ...into bread crumbs
2 eggs
2 jars favorite spaghetti sauce


1.Mix all ingredients together in bowl.
2. Roll into 1 -1.5 inch balls.
3. Place on well greased pan
4. Bake for about 30 minutes rolling about every 10 min.. or until cooked through
5. Place cooked meatballs in crockpot, covering with sauce.... simmer for about 2 to 3 hours.


You can eat these plain, topped with shredded mozzarella cheese.

We ate them on sub rolls topped with cheese and toasted in the oven... Liek normal meatballs subs.


Sooo fabulous!!

Cookie Brownies

Very Delicious


Use your favorite choc. chip cookie recipe and your favorite brownie recipe.

Spread brownie mix in pan and drop spon fulls of cookie dough on top of brownies. Bake

Beef Chimichangas

These are a Sanders Favorite. Soo Yummy!!

I never measure but heres how my bowl looks before stirring.

Cook roast in crock pot, then shred.
Add about 2 cans cream of mushroom.
Add spoonful of garlic
Add shredded cheese



Mix and spread into tortilla, about this much :

 Fold and hold together with a toothpick



Fry in oil (make sure oil is hot enough before placing in chimichangas.. otherwise it will soak up extra oil instead of cooking it. :(   )      You could bake these instead to be be more health concious.

 Serve with guacomole, sour cream, salsa, lettuce, cheese, ect ...I only had salsa and sour cream.

Dinner Rolls

1 Cup warm milk


2 eggs, room temperature

1/3 cup margarine, melted

4 1/2 cups bread flour

1 tsp. salt

1/2 cup white sugar

2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast
 
 
Warm milk and eggs in microwave to be room temperature. Add to bread machine. Add 1 Tbsp. *warm, (baby bath) with 1 tsp. sugar and yeast in small dish. Let yeast rise a little. Dump all wet ingredients into bottom of bread machine and then add all dry ingredients. let dough rise and then roll into balls or pretty rolls and bake at 350* for about 15-20 min or until golden brown (depending on size of rolls).

Potato Corn Chowder

Six Potatos cubed in 1/2-3/4 inches
1 onion, cubed
1 can creamed style corn
1/2 pkg. cooked bacon , cut into chunks
6 cups chicken broth
pepper and grilled seasoning to taste


Cook bacon. Take out of pan.. cook onion and potato cubes in bacon dripping until browned a little. Put all ingredients in crock pot nad cook for 4-6 hours. Enjoy

Grilled BLT Wraps

I made myself a wheat one but the kids ate white.

Spread your tortilla with a little mayo. Top with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato. Palce on greased grill..I used my George Foreman


Pete and the kids dont like tomato so I put a slice of Turkey and a little cheese to jaxx it up a little. The boys both are 2. Soo Simple and yummy