Monthly Archives: July 2014

Ground Beef Enchiladas

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I had a little over a pound of ground beef in my freezer… and stuck. What do I make??? BEEF ENCHILADAS!!!! Of Course!! 🙂 And, my husband will always be excited about anything mexican themed at all.  They were scrumptious, and had a little bit of heat… and if you like spice, you can dial up the heat easily!! (I’m a bit of a wimp in that department!!)

I was out of cans of enchilada sauce, but I DID have one 6 oz. can of  organic tomato paste. So… I MADE red enchilada sauce. I made mine mild, in order to dial up the spice, you just add more of the spiciness… cayenne, chili powder etc.

Red Enchilada Sauce:

1 can tomato paste 6 oz.
6 oz (fill that can with chicken broth) of low sodium chicken broth (up to 1 cup)
2 TB canola oil
1/4 cup water
2 TB chili powder (add more for addtl. spice)
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp onion powder
sprinkle of cayenne powder (more for extra spice)

Stir together and set aside

Should look like this:

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Enchilada Indredients:

1 pack of 8-10 flour tortillas
1.5 lbs lean grass fed ground beef (my personal fav.)
1 can organic black beans (I use Trader Joes)
1/4 cup Salsa Verde (I LOVE Trader Joes version of this too!!)
1 cup Organic frozen super sweet corn
1/2 cup water
1/2 packet taco seasoning (or 2 TB homemade taco seasoning: http://www.abigmouthful.com/homemade-taco-seasoning-and-turkey-tacos/)
1/2 (or a bit more) of the enchilada sauce that you made
salt and pepper to taste

 

Fill each tortilla with about 1/8 to 1/4 cup of filling. Enough that when you roll it up, it’s not spilling out. Fill and roll and put seam side down into a 8X8 pan that’s been prepared with cooking spray.  Repeat until all filling has been used. This recipe should use approximately up to 10 tortillas. You may need a 9X13 pan if it doesn’t fit into the 8X8 pan.  I only made 4 because I ran out of tortillas. Then, top with the remaining red sauce, and a bit of the salsa verde, and top that with cheese. Cover with foil, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove and ENJOY!!!!!!! I served this with chips and guacamole and some salsa verde. Filling, and delicious.

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Greek Chicken Wraps

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This used my leftover chicken that I had frozen from this previous post: https://dancinandcookininthekitchen.com/2014/06/02/sunday-lunch/

Now, if you didn’t have this leftover chicken… maybe you had some chicken from a rotisserie chicken leftover… or from a previous meal. This was a quick and easy meal.

Ingredients:

2 small chicken breasts (leftover or otherwise) heated, cooked and cut into 1-2 inch pieces
1 scallion
garlic powder (to taste if you sautee the chicken to reheat)
shredded cheese (as desired)
Lettuce
cherry tomatoes
Tzatziki Sauce (I buy pre-made organic from Trader Joes… you CAN make it… but it takes time)
Tortillas

 

Quick warm up and sautee in a skillet for a couple of min with a bit of cooking spray, add some garlic and a bit of greek seasoning (Pampered Chef has a great one!!), cumin, salt and pepper, etc. Then cut into 1-2 inch chunks. Place onto tortillas. Then, sprinkle desired amount of shredded cheese on top. Top that with scallion (green onion). Then, top with lettuce and tomato. Spoon generous amount of Tzatziki sauce onto wrap, roll and ENJOY!!!!

We paired this with guacamole and Trader Joes sweet potato chips.. DELISH!!! 🙂