Cherry Limeade

I found the recipe for this yummy sounding punch that I have been wanting to try. Matthew and I just made it and it IS yummy!

Cherry Limeade

1 can frozen limeade concentrate
1 bottle of Sprite, 7up or tonight I used the Food Lion brand
1 jar of maraschino cherries
1 lime (optional)

Pour concentrate, sprite and juice of cherries together. Mix well. (FYI-Don't shake in a bottle, the sprite is carbonated, I will be mopping the kitchen floor for a week). Add a few cherries and the sliced lime for looks/flavor. I only had 2 cherries left, the kids ate the rest.

It is really good cold!

Mexican Chicken

Update!!! One of my coworkers had the brilliant idea of mixing the stuff and wrapping it like an enchilada!! I plan to try that soon!

This has been the easiest thing I have made in awhile. You know that I like stuff that I can throw in the oven when I get home, and this was it!

Mexican Chicken
INGREDIENTS:
3-4 chicken breasts, boiled and cut into bite size pieces (I used a rotisserie chicken from Wal-mart!)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can rotel
1-2 cups cheddar cheese
Package of corn tortillas (small)

Tear the tortillas into small pieces and line the bottom of a pan. Mix together the soups, rotel and chicken and pour on top. Top with cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

You know me, always wondering something: I think the next time I will try it with the hard taco shells!!

All 3 of the food critics loved it! There are several kinds of Ro-tel's and I used the mild original, but if you want it spicier, you can certainly make it that way!!!

Chicken Enchiladas

After surfing the internet this afternoon, I finally decided that we would have chicken enchiladas for dinner. My original recipe came from school several years ago, but I disliked some of the things in there, so I came up with my own.

Chicken Enchiladas
Chicken, cooked, cubed or canned (I use a rotisserie chicken)
8-12 tortillas
2 cups sour cream
salsa
1 packet unprepared ranch dressing
cheese (sometimes I use mozzarella, sometimes mexican blend)

Debone chicken into bowl, mix sour cream, half of the ranch packet, salsa to taste (I just pour), and 1/2 of the cheese
Mix well, spoon into tortillas and wrap
Place seam side down in baking dish
Mix rest of ranch packet and salsa together and pour over top of enchiladas
Top with cheese
Place in oven for about 25 minutes on 350.

You can also put onions or black olives in with the mixture before you place on tortillas. But Brian is the only one here that likes olives, so I leave them out!

I served tonight's with Spanish Rice.

I Know, I have been horrible

I have been really bad at acooking the past several weeks. We have eaten A LOT of sandwiches. I told Brian last night that I hope to get back into the swing of things since I am about to be at home ALL DAY! I think that tonight we are going to have enchiladas. I am researching recipes now as we speak, I have one, but it is not my favorite. I found one for beef, but you know that I am a chicken person!! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Chicken and Stuffing Casserole

This is what I plan to try Friday night. (I have to plan my meals according to who is home.)

INGREDIENTS
1 (3 pound) whole chicken
8 ounces dry bread stuffing mix
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
1 1/4 cups chicken broth (from boiling the chicken)
1 cup evaporated milk


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Layer the deboned chicken meat in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle stuffing mix over the chicken layer.
In a large bowl mix together the soups, broth and evaporated milk. Stir well. Pour this mixture over the stuffing mix, making sure it gets to the bottom of the baking dish (poke around with a fork to let it saturate into the bottom layer). Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes, until it starts to bubble in the center.

I think is sounds easy and it has 5 stars on allrecipes.com

I have read several comments about using chicken breasts instead of a whole chicken.