Friday, September 4, 2009

Slow cooker chicken tacos

It's really simple and very yummy.

1 1/2 pounds of chicken (I usually use boneless, skinless frozen chicken--at least 3 large pieces thrown in frozen -- not thawed)
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon chili powder

Put these three ingredients in on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours. Then add approximately 1 cup of salsa and allow it to cook for 30 more minutes.

Warm up some tortillas, throw on taco toppings and dig in. Yummy and simple!

Enjoy!

Bean Enchiladas

So I always kind-of liked the bean enchiladas we made growing up but I have changed a few things and I like them better now.

1 lb. Hamburger
1/2 onion
1 packet taco seasonings mix
1 can refried beans
1 can black beans
tortillas
1 recipe enchilada sauce (see below)
mozzarella cheese

Brown the hamburger and onions. Add taco seasonings packet and water as directed on packet. Boil for about 5 min. Add the refried beans. Rinse the black beans then add them to the hamburger. Add 1/3 of the enchilada sauce. Put some of the hamburger mix in each tortilla and roll it up. Here, you can either have each person warm their own enchilada up or cook them all together in the oven.

For the oven: put them all in a 9x13 pan and cover the top with the rest of the enchilada sauce and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake on 350 for about 30 min.

For individual enchiladas: Put what you want on your plate and top with enchilada sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cook in microwave till it's as hot as you want it :)

Enchilada Sauce:

1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 tsp. Chili powder
1 tsp. Cumin
1/2 tsp. coriander
1/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper

mix.

Hope you enjoy them like we have!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Country Apple Dumplings

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
  • 2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Mountain Dew ™
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  2. Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
  3. Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Pour over the apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew™ over the dumplings.
  4. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.