Showing posts with label Tex Mex recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tex Mex recipes. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Lana's Mexican Casserole - A Tex-Mex Recipe



When I was a little girl growing up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, 
my mom would whip up this ridiculously yummy Tex Mex meal and we 
were all just so happy to see it come out of the oven! 
Lana and Darin Del Monte lived across the street, 
and this was Lana's recipe! It has such a creamy sauce 
that strangely and perfectly compliments the beef and beans.
I promise you it will be a hit and the cook will be 
sneaking the leftovers on the next day for breakfast! 

Ingredients
2 lbs of ground beef
12 corn tortillas
1 can of evaporated milk
1 can of green chilis
1 can of refried beans
1 can of cream of chicken
1/2 stick of butter or margarine
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 onion chopped
1/2 cup of olive oil
salt and pepper



Directions
In a skillet, brown the meat with the chopped onions and add salt and pepper.
Drain off the grease and set aside.

To prepare the sauce combine soup, milk, green chilis, and one cup of cheese in a medium bowl, stir together and set aside.

In a small pot heat refried beans and 1/2 stick of butter to soften. 
Take off heat and set aside.

In a skillet or medium pot add a few tablespoons of olive oil and heat on medium.
Soften tortillas one at a time in the oil, turning once, and then place on a paper towel to remove excess oil. You want the tortillas to be pliable and not crisp.

Spray a casserole dish with oil to lightly coat.
Create each enchilada by adding meat and then topping it with a few tablespoons 
of the sauce. Continue this until the casserole dish is completely full of enchiladas. If you have extra meat leftover just fill in the spaces between the enchiladas. (see photo below)

Spread the softens beans over all of the enchiladas.
Dump the remaining yummy sauce over the beans and then sprinkle the remaining cheese on top!
Bake covered with foil for about 30 minutes at 350℉. Remove the foil and then cook an adittional 10-15 minutes until the sauce is bubbly and cheese is gooey! 

I like to serve this with some really great tortilla chips and my homemade salsa and guacamole! If I am trying to be healthy I will add a green salad. 


There ya go! Enjoy!


Making the enchiladas one by one!


Extra meat? No problemo! 
Load it up baby!


Beans on top!


Sauce on top of beans and then comes the cheese!



Ready for the oven!

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NEED SALSA?
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Mama's Guacamole






This Texas Mama loves her some good tortilla chips.
What she loves more is a good batch of fresh 
guacamole!
guac!
avocado mash!
avocado mush!
YUM!
However you mash this combo up it will 
always come up tasting delicious!
This is an easy, fresh and delicious recipe.

2 avocados
juice of 1 lime
sea salt to taste
2 Tbls finely chopped onion
1/2 Cup chopped cilantro

In your favorite bowl, mash up 2 ripe avocados.
Mix in all the other ingredients.
Add one avocado pit to the dip, cover and chill 
for about 30 minutes before serving.

I love my Guac all by itself or with some 
really good tortilla chips.
Serve it up with your tacos, fajitas, sandwich, burrito,
salad, and or grilled protein. You can not go wrong
serving it up with any of the above.
Share your favorite guacamole sidekick with me!
Adios Mamas! 




Don't mind me. I'm just in my kitchen
doing my guacamole dance!
Next up......
the SALSA!



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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

"Summer Lovin" Part 1



Summer for this Colorado family means a pilgrimage 
to
TEXAS!
This pilgrimage consists of family, fun and food.
Not always in that order.
FOOD
in
TEXAS
is 
CRAZY GOOD
I mean
CRAZY GOOD!
Even fast food is Good!
The first food stop is usually in Amarillo, Texas.
We have mapped out the nearest and newest
WHATABURGER!
If you have never had a Whataburger
then you are surely missing out.
SOOOOO YUMMY!



I have tried to reproduce the WHATABURGER
without success but I do have some Texas recipes that I have perfected
that hold me over until I can get me some Whataburger!


Texas Sausage and Cheese Crescents!
To DIE For!


Mama Colleen's Amazing Queso!
Go HERE


Granny's Icebox Cookies!
YUMMMMMM
Go HERE!


Horrible Photo
but it tastes soon good!
King Ranch Chicken Casserole
Go HERE!

More recipes HERE!
I'm so hungry!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

HOLLI HOT SAUCE

In Texas we call the yummy dip
served with tortilla chips in all
Mexican restaurants
HOT SAUCE!
In Colorado it is called
SALSA!
This Mama LOVES
HOT SAUCE!
Usually I make my own as I
am pretty picky about my
HOT SAUCE!
Starting at a very young age,
5 years old to be exact,
my mom would pack
HOT SAUCE
in my metal
Scooby Doo
 lunchbox!
I remember very vividly
sitting at the cafeteria table
dipping my Fritos into my
HOT SAUCE!
  Of course every single child at my
table wanted a taste!
One can only imagine the
GERMS
we
shared!
YUM!
News spread fast!
I became very popular!
I'm sure I felt pretty good about
my new fame and notoriety
as I marched through
the halls of
Hobby Elementary
with my crooked bangs
and
knobby knees!
I can just hear the chatter in the hall!
"Hey Holli! Did you bring your
hot sauce today?"
"You betcha!" was Holli's perky reply.
Then a loud cheer and a sudden
commotion as children argue
about who gets to sit at
"Holli Hot Sauce's" table today!
WOW!
I owe it all to
HOT SAUCE!

So I am going to bestow upon
you all a very easy
HOT SAUCE
recipe!
I have many
HOT SAUCE
recipes but here is the easiest
one from my recipe box.
Once again you will need this

This is a "cheater" recipe!
So let's name it......
Cheater HOT SAUCE

In a blender put 2 cloves of garlic
1 cup of cilantro and
the juice from 1 can of Rotel.
Blend on high about 20 seconds.
Add the remaining can of Rotel
to the blender and blend another
20 seconds.  Do not blend too long
or it will become foamy!
There you go!
Easy Peasy 
40 Second 
Cheater
Hot Sauce!
This is great on eggs, tacos,
quesadillas, you name it!
Store in the refrigerator for
up to 5 days.

I double dare you 
to put it in
your child's lunchbox!

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Chili Con Queso



Mama Colleen makes a mean Texas Queso!
She is the ultimate southern cook and everything 
she serves up is amazing! 
She is one of my favorite buddies and I 
miss those lazy summer days hanging 
out at her pool with the kids!


Chili Con Queso Dip
by Colleen Rice
one 2lb box of velveeta
2 (5oz) cans of evaporated milk
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained
2 (4oz) cans of green chilies chopped
2 (4oz) jars of pimientos 
1 ts. oregano
3-4 pickled jalapeno peppers chopped
1 Tbsp. Knorr Suize Calso de Pollo Spice
2 (15oz) cans Ranch Style beans undrained

In a large crock pot add chopped Velveeta. Pour in evaporated milk and mix.  Heat crock pot on low. While the cheese and milk heat, prepare ground beef in a large skillet by browning and draining. Then add the remaining ingredients to the meat in the skillet. Simmer for 10 minutes and then add to the cheese mixture in the crock pot. Mix well and heat on low.  Serve with your favorite chips.  Colleen serves this at their annual Halloween Party.  It is so very good and fat free of course!




Make sure to check out these 
CRAZY, AMAZING RECIPES!

Black Bean Dip


Salsa