Beef Enchilada's

Sorry for the lack of posts. I made a few meals last week, that just didn't turn out. So I didn't blog about them. We also ate at all 3 sets of parents houses last week. So not a lot of cooking at our house. But his week I am back at it.

I got today's recipe from recipezarr.com

I changed it just a little bit.

Sauce:
2 tablespoons Oil
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
2 1/2 cups water
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1-2 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 (4 ounce) can green chili peppers, diced, drained
1 teaspoon oregano

Combine sauce ingredients and bring to boil. Simmer for 30 minutes.


Beef Filling:
1 large onion, chopped
1 lb ground beef
chili powder (additional)

Brown beef with onion. Add 3/4 cup Enchilada Sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.

Rice Filling:
1 cup white rice
1 large tomato diced
1 can tomato sauce + water to equal 2 cups liquid.

Combine rice tomato and liquid in a saucepan or rice cooker. Bring to boil and simmer covered for 20 minutes.


10 8-inch flour tortillas or 8 10-inch flour tortillas
4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup)
4 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded (1 cup)
1 medium tomato diced

In a skillet, heat each side of tortilla for about 10-15 sec. Fill with Beef and Rice. Fold in ends and roll up. Place in 9x13 baking dish. Pour Enchilada Sauce on top. Cover with tomato's and cheese. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.






I think next time I will add some spinach in with the filling. (Either fresh, slightly boiled, or frozen spinach would do.)

We served this meal with just a simple salad, and it was absolutely delicious.

Posted on the GCC
and Foodie Friday

Beefaroni

I wasn't very organized today. If I had been organized I would have either bought or made some type of bread. But I have a baby, and we had swimming lessons today, and that seemed more important.
I did have some tomatoes from my garden that needed to be used. I wanted some sort of pasta, but I wasn't really in the mood to be creative on my own.
So I went searching and came across a recipe on "What's for Dinner"

Homemade Beefaroni

1 lb. ground beef
2 14.5 oz cans tomato sauce
1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 c. water
1 T. sugar
1 t. each garlic powder, salt and Italian seasoning
1/4 t. black pepper
1 lb. cooked pasta

I added some cherry tomatoes from my garden cut in quarters.

Brown ground beef in a sauce pan and drain. Stir in remaining ingredients, except the pasta. Simmer for about 10 minutes, to let the flavours combine.

Stir in the pasta until coated.

It would have been good served with bread and salad. But that didn't happen tonight.