Grandmas enchiladas

 

My mom was married to a Mexican man for a very short time when I was about 5. This is how she learned to make enchiladas. Yesterday was her 78th birthday. (I’m naming them “grandmas enchiladas” because this blog is for my kids). ❤️❤️❤️😋😋😋

Grandmas enchiladas

Ingredients:

• Flour tortillas burrito size (about 10)
• Large can of mild red enchilada sauce
• 2# hamburger 
• 1 small yellow or white onion diced small
• 1 can corn drained
• 1 can large black olives drained
• 4 cups shredded Mexican cheese
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°
2. Brown hamburger and diced onions with taco seasoning.
3. Add can of corn. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
4. Simmer until it’s heated through.
5. Pour some enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13“ baking dish.
6. Take one tortilla and add in some of the meat mixture. Add 4 to 5 black olives on top of that and cover with some shredded cheese. Roll tightly into an enchilada.
7. Continue to do this until the pan is filled with enchiladas. Push them together so they are in their tightly.
8. You may have some meat left over as well as olives, tortillas, cheese, etc. You can use these for quesadillas for lunch the next day. LOL
9. Once you have the tortillas filled and rolled into enchiladas, pour the remainder of the enchilada sauce on top covering the enchiladas. Add whole black olives to the top and cover with remaining cheese.
10. Depending on how filled up your pan is, you may need to tent the top of the tinfoil so it doesn’t stick to the cheese.Cover the pan with the tinfoil.
11. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until everything is hot and bubbly.
12. This makes a large pan and serves probably 6 to 8. ENJOY!!!

Hamburger, cheese and rice casserole

 

This has to be one of the easiest casseroles on the planet. Especially if you have precooked hamburger! It’s a family favorite. 

Hamburger, cheese and rice casserole

1 lb ground beef

1/2 medium onion, diced or some dried minced onion

1 can(s) cream of chicken soup*

1 can(s) cream of mushroom soup

1 1/2 empty soup can of milk

2 c instant white rice (not cooked first)

2 c shredded cheddar cheese

salt & pepper to taste

Directions

1. Brown beef and diced onion. Season with salt and pepper. Drain well.

2. Preheat oven to 375*. Have a 9x13 baking dish ready.

3. In a medium bowl stir together rice, soups, and cheese.** Add meat and onions and stir. Add salt and pepper. 

4. Cover with foil and bake 35-45 minutes, or until bubbly.

*I only had 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup and it was delicious. 

**If you’re using precooked hamburger you can just put everything in the 9x13 and stir it all together so you have a one dish meal and don’t have to wash an extra bowl. 

Cheesy Easy Meatloaf

Hot out of the oven!

So I pulled 3# of ground turkey out of the freezer so I could make meatloaf yesterday.  Then guess what happened? My recipe called for eggs and I forgot I made the rest for breakfast! So I panicked and googled, "can you make meatloaf without eggs?" And someone had posted they used 1/4 cup of MAYO for each egg needed! Yahoo! So I tried it. Here is the funny part and some insight on *why* I'm not a good cook...I forgot it said 1/4 cup for each so I used 1/2 cup for each, meaning just over 1 cup of mayo in the meatloaf!!! So I laughed to myself and thought, well, that's what the adventure is all about... 

 

It ended up tasting good but needed more of the spices.  I didn't actually measure them like I usually do so next time I need to be a little more heavy handed, especially with 3# of meat!

 

Ingredients:

 

3 pounds ground hamburger (I used turkey)

2 cups shredded cheese (I used cheddar jack mix)

1 cup mayo (or maybe try it with 1/2 cup how it was supposed to be. lol)

1 cup Italian bread crumbs

garlic powder (or a couple tsp of minced)

onion powder (or if you aren't lazy, finely chop a real onion)

Italian seasoning

salt and pepper to taste

 

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.  Mold into a loaf and add to greased meatloaf pan.  Bake for 60-90 minutes until cooked through.  I served with homemade mashed potatoes (I'll post the recipe for them next time I make them), canned corn and beef gravy.

 



cheesy yum!

Serve with homemade taters and veggie!

Want a bite? =0)