Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Fully Cooked

Food definitely contributes to abundant family living and we love to eat.  I'll tell you up front that I'm not a great cook.  I've never really enjoyed it, but I'm learning to like it more and more now that our kids are all grown up and I have more time to spend in the kitchen.  The recipes I'll be sharing with you on this blog will be recipes that are easy to prepare with common ingredients. 

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

Here is what you will need:
1 10.5oz. can of condenses cream of chicken soup
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of picante sauce
1/2 cup of salsa
1 TBSP butter
1 yellow onion
Pam cooking spray
4 cups of chopped cooked chicken (I cheated and used 2 bags of frozen grilled chicken.)
2 cups of Mexican blend shredded cheese 
Salt and pepper to taste
9 large soft tortillas

Instructions:
1.  Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
2.  In a medium bowl, mix together the soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

Mix together the soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

Mix well the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.

3.  In small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of butter.  I use the salted butter.  When the butter is melted, add the onion, chopped.  Saute the onion in the butter until slightly browned or browned to suite your taste.  Add more butter if needed.

Saute one yellow onion in 1 TBSP of butter. Add more if needed. Brown to taste.

4.  Spray a separate large frying pan with Pam cooking spray.  Add in your cooked chicken.  Just before you think the chicken is done, stir in the sauted onion.  Cook a little longer until the chicken is browned to taste. ​

Add the chicken and onion together and brown to taste.

5.  Remove the chicken and onion mixture from heat.  
​6.  Stir in the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa.  Stir in 1 cup of Mexican blend shredded cheese.  Add more cheese if you want to.  Stir it all together.
​7.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Remove chicken and onion mixture from heat. Add in the mixture of soup, sour cream, picante sauce, and salsa. Add in the shredded cheese.

Stir all the ingredients together.

8.  Spoon the mixture into large soft tortillas.  Fold the tortillas over and lay them upside down in a 9x12 baking dish.  We like the super soft Mission flour tortillas.

Super Soft Mission Flour Tortillas

9.  You'll probably have a good bit of the soup mixture left over.  Spread it over the filled tortillas in the baking dish.

Spread any extra soup mixture over the filled tortillas.

10.  Spread remaining Mexican blend shredded cheese over the entire dish.  Add more if you like.  We like a lot of cheese!

Spread remaining shredded cheese over the entire dish.

11.  Bake for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot in the middle and the cheese is melted to taste.

Bake for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot in the middle and cheese is melted to taste.

12.  Serve with your favorite rice blend. 

Serve with your favorite rice blend.

13.  Enjoy!

I am happy to announce that my entire family loved these enchiladas.  They have already requested to have them again very soon.  I think your family will love them too.  I'll make it easier for you to try it.  If you would like to print the recipe without the photos, you can print it out here.

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Easter Treat Ideas for Your Family Table

Easter is almost here!  Here are several fun easter treat ideas for your family table.  These are the cutest ideas so be sure to check them all out. 

Easter Treat Ideas for Your Family Table

Easter Bunny Bark from The Decorated Cookie

Spring Flower Pretzel Bites from Two Sisters

Rice Krispie Easter Chicks from Crafty Morning

Easter Basket Bundt Cake Recipe from I Think We Could Be Friends

No Bake Mini Egg Easter Nests from Sugar, Spice, and Glitter

Chocolate Cheesecake Easter Dirt Cups from iHeartPublix

How to Make Jello Eggs from Mommy's Fabulous Finds

Easter Popcorn Recipe:  Pastel Chocolate Covered Popcorn from MomFoodie

Vanilla Cake Pops from Simply Homecooked

Easter Basket Charcuterie Board from Kelleynan

Easter Treat Idas for Your Family Table

Easter Blossom Sugar Cookies from My Kitchen Craze

Easter No Bake Miniature Cheesecakes from Super Hero! 

Easter Rice Krispies Treats from Inside Bru Crew Life

Edible Easter Bunny Snow Globe from Brilliant Little Ideas

Deviled Egg Chicks from Savory Experiments

Dipped Easter Egg Treats from Mom Luck

Easter Chex Party Mix from Chex

Sugar Cookie Easter Egg Fruit Pizza from Today's Creative Life

Egg BLT Sliders from Eggland's Best

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Winter Soup Recipes

It's almost 2022 and I'm ringing in the new year at home on my couch, recovering from the the infamous COVID19 virus.  Earlier this evening, my sweet mom left a pot of her homemade soup on our porch.  I hadn't had it in a long time.  Even through my sense of taste and smell is almost gone, I could taste it well enough and it felt so good to my throat and even better to my soul.  Now I'm sitting here thinking about my January meal planning.  I'm looking for lots of winter soup recipes to try.  Here's my list.  Maybe you will want to try them too.

Winter Soup Recipes

1.  Baked Potato Soup from The Cozy Cook

2.  Italian Sausage and Spinach Tortellini Soup by LoLo Home Kitchen

3.  Cheeseburger Soup by Spaceships and Laser Beams

4.  Lasagna Soup by Tastes Better From Scratch

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5.  Chicken and Rice Soup by Julie's Eats and Treats

6.  Creamy Chicken Florentine Soup by Wholesome Yum

7.  Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup with Basil Drizzle by Everyday Healthy Recipes

8.  Julia Child's French Onion Soup by Insanely Good

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9.  Easy Chicken Noodle Soup by Fit Slow Cooker Queen

10.  White Bean Spinach Soup by Crowded Kitchen

11.  Easy and Comforting Ham and Potato Soup by Baking Mischief

12.  Texas Cowboy Stew by by 100K Recipes

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13.  Easy Chicken and Dumplings by The Novice Chef

14.  Carrot Lentil Ginger Soup by Short Girl Tall Order

15.  Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup by Healthy Fitness Meals

16.  Hearty Homemade Corn Chowder by The Chunky Chef

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17.  Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup by Butter Be Ready

18.  Sicilian Chicken Soup by Little Broken

19.  Stovetop Buffalo Chicken Soup (With Slow Cooker Instructions) by Organize Yourself Skinny

20.  Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup by Simply Made Recipes

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How much do we love the holidays? Honestly, between Thanksgiving, end-of-year parties, dinner parties at home, and the lead-up to Christmas, we’re blessed with a veritable treasure chest of culinary pursuits, heavily laden tables, and the bliss that comes from breaking bread with family and friends. 

But all of that wonderful food doesn’t come without a cost and we’re not talking financially. At least not in this context, rather we’re talking about that most hated of culinary currencies - the calorie!

So how do we feast our way through December and still start the new year strong? Dear reader, we may have just solved that problem for you.

'Tis the Season for Cooking!

Image by AnonymousTraveller 

FIRST, PLAN YOUR MENUS

The easiest way to navigate your way through healthy eating this December is to plan for it. Knowing what parties you’re hosting, who’ll be attending, and what you intend on doing over Christmas and the new year will help you break down what your shopping list needs to look like, and where you mean to get your supplies from. 

A good menu planner is not just about ingredients, it’s also about the availability of those ingredients. Bertagna Family Farms is a great source because the product high-quality healthy foods and all the ingredients you could want for a delectable, fresh and healthy table spread.

IT’S ALL ABOUT GOING NATURAL

Fresh, naturally and organically produced foods and ingredients don’t have to compromise on taste and presentation. The opposite is actually true, because a table decked with brightly colored fruits and vegetables doesn’t just burst onto the tastebuds, but it also revitalizes the imagination.

Snack on Raw Organic Almonds, yogurt, and honey for something sweet, and roasted vegetables in olive oil and rosemary, sage, and other exotic spices and herbs will leave your visitors craving more, and feeling as if they could actually have more.

SUPPORT LOCAL

When you can, support your local industries and farms. Not only will this mean you have fresher produce but you’ll also be taking part in the economic recovery of local economies in the United States. (Or wherever you might find yourself).

QUALITY OVER QUANTITY (IT’S A THING!)

We’re always so tempted to over-prepare and ensure that our tables are creaking under the weight of giant turkeys, serving bowls overflowing with their contents - and then having to live off leftovers for the next few days.

Planning your meals and preparing them with quality, fresh ingredients go a long way to make sure that tummies are well filled without excess and waste. It is the perfect time of year to celebrate all of God’s goodness while being mindful of everyone who might not be in that same position. Quite literally, food for thought.

INSPIRED COOKING

Do some homework. Search for recipes that will appeal to your family’s palette and still hit your healthy eating goals. Remember, you don’t have to abandon all of your favorites, you just have to make a few smarter choices and over the season, they will lead to big results.

We want you to have a blessed, safe, and prosperous season filled with love and abundance. So happy eating, and happy Christmas!

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Savory Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

Savory Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year.  I love to start the day watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with my family.  Then, we head to my husband's family Thanksgiving celebration which usually begins at 2:00pm.  We spend a few hours with his brother's family, aunts, uncles, and cousins before heading to my mother's house where she hosts both my dad's side and her side of our extended family.  We spend the evening with my parents, my brother's family, aunts, uncles, and cousins before returning to our home where we collapse bone tired from the day's festivities.  That is if our adult children (and sometimes my mother and her cousins) don't talk us into an all night shopping spree.  Those all night shopping sprees were fun for a while but now I prefer to come home,  plop down in front of a Christmas movie, and shop online.  Now, let's talk about the food!  With the busy schedule I just described, I usually do all my cooking on Wednesday with a little touching up in the oven, microwave, or air fryer while we enjoy the parade on Thanksgiving morning.  My favorite contributions are chicken casserole, sweet potato soufflé, and chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies.  Do you know what you are bringing to the Thanksgiving table this year?  If you have no idea, perhaps this list of 20 savory recipes for Thanksgiving dinner will help you decide.  

Feel free to add to the list in the comments section at the end of this post.  

20 Savory Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

The Appetizer

Let's start with an appetizer idea.  I found a new one that I might try this year.  How about fried olives?  This recipe posted by Carolina Gelen looks simple and delicious.  

The Charcuterie Board

Charcuterie boards are all the rage right now. There are a million ways to put one together, but if you need some inspiration, check out this Harvest Charcuterie Board for a tasty appetizer option from Melissa at No. 2 Pencil.

The Meats

Now for the main attraction, the turkey!  Are you the one who cooks the turkey for your family Thanksgiving meal?  Maybe you are cooking the turkey this year, but you've never cooked a turkey before?  Melissa at No. 2 Pencil has you covered with her yummy looking Garlic Herb Butter Turkey Thanksgiving Recipe.  I don't have to cook the turkey this year but if I did, I would try this recipe out.

Sometimes we have more than one meat offered at our Thanksgiving celebrations.  If you want to add chicken, ham, roast (or all three), then consider adding the next two recipes to your family table.

Ginger Orange Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts by Sarah at Whole and Heavenly Oven

CrockPot Ham by Jessica at The Novice Chef (Need a good slow cooker?  I have one similar to this one and I love it!)

Ribeye Roast with Garlic and Herb Crust over at Butter Your Biscuit.

The Dressing AKA The Stuffing

Jill at the Carefree Kitchen offers us Grandma's Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe.  She has included a video to help ensure that your stuffing turns out perfect.

Another popular stuffing or dressing recipe is this Make Ahead Sage Apple Stuffing from Denise at Sweet Peas and Saffron.

The Bread

We love Kings Hawaiian Dinner Rolls but if you want a homemade bread to serve at the Thanksgiving dinner table, try this Savory Monkey Bread recipe from Samantha Skaggs at Five Heart Home.

The Salad

This unique Thanksgiving Brunch Salad by Lily Mathuse includes pork sausage, eggs, and caramelized apples.  It looks both delicious and filling.

Another delicious looking salad for the Thanksgiving dinner table is this Fall Harvest Salad from Georgia at The Home Cook's Kitchen.  This salad included candied walnuts and dried cherries!   Top it off with a maple balsamic dressing.

Vegetables

When I came across these Cheesy Roasted Broccoli Patties from Po' Man Meals, I decided to add these as a regular table staple at my house.  We all enjoy broccoli and think these will go over well every time.  Add these to your Thanksgiving meal and also enjoy them year round.  

Is it even Thanksgiving if a Green Bean Casserole isn't on the menu?  Check out this one from Betty Crocker.

As a child, I avoided sweet potatoes as much as possible, but a an adult, I can't get enough of them.  Add a little color to the plate with these Rosemary Parmesan Roasted Sweet Potatoes from Marcie at Flavor the Moments.

If vegan is how you roll, you'll love these Savory Vegan Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes from Healthy Taste of Life.

I live in the South where collard greens are just part of life.  I'll admit that they aren't one of my favorite foods, but I like them occasionally.  My mother used to cook them often and they were almost always on my grandmother's table no matter the day of the year.  If you aren't from the south and you've never had them, here's a great recipe for you to give them a try.  Check out Southern Collard Greens from Small Town Woman.

Raw carrots are great but cooked carrots are really great.  Add Roasted Carrots with Honey and Garlic to your table this year and watch them disappear fast.  This recipe is brought to us from Jennifer at Carlsbad Cravings.

Another pretty dish for the Thanksgiving dinner table is Roasted Fall Vegetables from Lauren at Delicious Little Bites.  You'll enjoy Brussels sprouts and butternut squash accented with cranberries and maple walnuts.

If you're doing the Paleo or Whole 30 lifestyle, you'll enjoy Ultimate Stuffed Roasted Acorn Squash from Michele at Paleo Running Momma.

Here's a different way to cook corn.  Have you ever had fried corn?  I've had boiled corn on the cob, creamed corn, corn casserole, but here's something different - Five Ingredient Garlic Fried Corn from Mariah at The Simple Parent.

I hope these suggestions will help you fill your table with foods your family will love.  

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

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It's almost New Year's Day!  That means lots of people will be starting a new diet plan or maybe restarting a diet plan that didn't go so well in 2020.  I'm more of a calorie counter, eat less, move more kind of person but my husband likes the keto friendly lifestyle.  I'm not a nutritionist (not even close) but I do like to find or create keto friendly recipes for my husband's benefit.  We have 4 adults living here so when I cook, I like to cook a lot at one time so we have plenty to go around and then I can freeze the leftovers.  Earlier tonight, we enjoyed an easy hamburger casserole.  I made this hamburger casserole in a 9X13 inch casserole dish like this one.  I don't know the exact protein or carb numbers but the ingredients are all keto friendly.

Easy Keto Friendly Hamburger Casserole

*Before we get started, you should know that neither Oster, Hormel, or any other brand mentioned in this post contacted me about writing a review of their products or mentioning their products in a post.  This is not a sponsored post. 

Easy Keto Friendly Hamburger Casserole

First, you'll need these ingredients:

2.5 Pounds of Ground Beef

1 Medium/Large Onion, Chopped

2 Tablespoons of Garlic Powder

4 Ounces of Cream Cheese

1 Tablespoon  Worcestershire Sauce

Hamburger Seasoning to Taste

Salt and Pepper to Taste

One Package of Bacon 

4 Eggs

1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream

2 Tablespoons Mustard

2 8oz. Packages of Triple Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Pickles - Whatever You Like

Now for cooking instructions with photos:

First, pre-heat your oven to 350.  

Then, place ground beef and onions in a skillet. I LOVE my new tabletop electric skillet. I'll tell you about that shortly. Cook the ground beef and chopped onions until the ground beef is cooked thoroughly and the onions are soft.

Cook ground beef until the meat is cooked thoroughly and the onions are soft.

If your meat is not 90% lean, you will probably need to drain the excess grease after the meat and onions are cooked.

After draining your excess grease (if needed), add in the hamburger seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic, cream cheese, and Worcestershire sauce.  Cook a little longer until the cream cheese is melted.

Once the cream cheese is melted and all the ingredients are well blended (this smells soooo good), spray a 9X13 inch casserole dish with Pam cooking spray.  Then, spread the meat mixture into the bottom of the casserole dish and set aside.

Cook the bacon in a microwave (or fry it if you don't like the precooked kind) according to the package instructions.  I used the whole package.

Let the bacon cool enough so that you can handle it.  Tear it into pieces and sprinkle over the meat mixture in your casserole dish.  

You can opt to layer your favorite hamburger pickles over the bacon.  I saved ours for later.

Set aside. 

Sprinkle cooked bacon over the cooked hamburger meat mixture.

In a separate large mixing bowl, combine eggs, heavy whipping cream, mustard, and one 8 oz. package of triple shredded cheddar cheese. Mix thoroughly.  Then, pour the mixture over the meat/bacon in the casserole dish.

Mix together the eggs, heavy whipping cream, mustard, and cheese.

Spread egg, cheese mixture over the meat mixture in the casserole dish.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.  Then, remove from oven.  Sprinkle the second 8oz. package of triple shredded cheddar cheese mixture over the top.  

Sprinkle the second package of triple shredded cheese mixture over the dish.

*Side note about the triple shredded cheddar cheese:  You don't have to have the blended cheeses.  In fact, I usually add them separately (4 ounces of sharp shredded cheddar and 4 ounces of white shredded cheddar), but just today, I found a package of blended white cheddar, sharp cheddar, and mild cheddar cheeses.  I thought this would be better so I used it instead.  I like it because the cheeses are already blended. You just poor the whole thing in.

Finely Shredded Triple Cheddar Cheese from Kraft

After sprinkling the second package of triple cheddar cheese on top of your dish, place it back in the oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until the shredded cheddar cheese topping is bubbling and turning light brown around the edges.

Doesn't this look delicious?

 

Allow the dish to cool for about 5 minutes.  Then, you should be able to cut it into servings.

You should be able to cut a minimum of 15 servings in a 9 X 13 inch casserole dish.

So yummy!

I hope you like cheese!  This dish tastes so good. 

I chose to leave our pickles out of the main dish because not everyone here likes them and those who do prefer different kinds.  My husband likes spicy dill pickles.  I prefer sweet pickle relish which isn't really all that keto friendly so we enjoyed our pickles off to the side.  

This recipe was a big hit so we'll be making it often.  As I enjoyed my serving, I thought of another ingredient that would make this even better - tomatoes.  I think it needs fresh cut tomatoes or perhaps I'll add a can of Rotel next time.  I'll do that soon so stay tuned.  I'll let you know how that goes.  By the way, you can use less cheese if you want.   We have no shame.  We love our cheese.  LOL

Now, about that skillet!

 For the 30 years that I've been married and cooking for my family, I have gone through several electric skillets.  Every few years, when the one I'm using has seen its last days, my mother will give me a new one as a Christmas gift.  This year was a year to get a new electric skillet.  I was with my mother, enjoying a day of Christmas shopping, when I picked this one out.  I liked it because it has a pour spout on one corner.  Today, when using it for the first time, I realized how helpful that pour spout is.  The lid is awesome!  On two corners of the lid, there are little holes that fit in that pour spout corner so when you pour out excess liquids, you don't lose any food particles.  

This pour spout feature on this Oster electric skillet is awesome!

The skillet has wider hand grips than my previous skillets.  Gripping the skillet to pour out liquids is much easier with the wider handles.  The lid has two black "pad-like" knobs on two sides.  These are called thumb pads.  You can grip the skillet while holding your thumbs on the thumb pads.  This holds the lid on securely without burning your thumbs while you handle the skillet and pour out excess liquids.  

You can more securely grip this skillet while holding your thumbs on the thumb pads. This prevents burns.

The inside of the skillet has a non-stick finish that is much better quality than my previous skillets.  I just love it. 

*Reminder:  Oster did not contact me about reviewing this skillet.  This skillet is a Christmas gift and I love it so much that I had to include a few good words about it.  If you think you might enjoy one of these skillets, you can get the Oster non stick electric like the one I have below.  I think you'll love it as much as I do.

If you want a great electric skillet that you'll love, you can get this one here.

Are you new to the keto lifestyle or maybe you are a keto veteran who wants new recipes? 

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Easy Keto Friendly Hamburger Casserole

Don't forget to pin this post for future reference! Have a wonderful and safe New Year everyone!

This recipe is not keto friendly, but if you love pork chops, try these bacon ranch pork chops in gravy sauce.

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Need a dessert idea? Try this chocolate cobbler. It won't disappointment!

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