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I was feeling cheese enchiladas that I topped with a can of beef chili.  I made homemade enchilada sauce. Ingredients 10 small flour tortillas 3 bricks of cheese shredded with the food processor.  I recommend cheddar, colby jack, and pepper jack 2 16 ounce cans fire roasted diced tomatoes 2 4 ounce cans diced green chili 1 15 ounce can tomato sauce 1 onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp oregano 1/2 tsp basil 1/2 tsp cilantro 8 ounce sour cream Make the enchilada sauce first! Sautee onion and garlic in a large pot.  In a blender puree the diced tomatoes.  Add the pureed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chilis, seasonings to the pot with the onion and garlic.  Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour. Ladle a layer of sauce in the bottom of your casserole dish. Add shredded cheese to tortilla, roll, place seem side down in the sauce. Ladle a layer of sauce over the top of the enchiladas. Top with remaining cheese. Topping suggestions: sliced jala...

I made spaghetti and used the last of the buccatini I found at Aldi.  I think the pasta is over rated.  Spaghetti noodles are just fine.  

This recipe was good for a lunch.  I wouldn't buy it as a dinner.  It had so much filling it would have been nice to have extra pitas to divide it into 4 pita sandwiches.  

This recipe was amazing.  I also got to use my new Christmas presents of ramen bowls, chopsticks, and spoons!  

  We went to the beach house for St Patrick's Day.  I have never gone to the Ocean City parade before!  It was very long.  We had a large corned beef from Aldi in the crockpot for dinner though.  I think next year I will make the potato, carrot, cabbage separate.  They seemed over done.  The corned beef was perfect though.  It slow cooked about 12 hours on low.   Corned beef Beef broth Seasoning packet Mustard for serving

 I loved this recipe and I have it in my lineup in several weeks so I can have it again.  I did not do the tortilla smash style of cooking.  I feel like it's trendy but not a smart way to cook.  I cooked my ground pork like I would ground beef tacos.   Pickled vegetable topping vinegar sesame oil 1 tsp soy sauce 1 tsp sugar thin sliced cucumber, I used a mandolin grated carrot thin sliced shallot Drain veg after pickling before adding to tacos.  

So I hated this recipe.  It needs a lot of tweaks to get it right, but I probably will just avoid ordering it again.  The ricotta was very good.  I would make the lemon ricotta and put it on toast anytime. For the lemon ricotta (two large dollops worth) 4 ounce ricotta zest of a lemon juice from half a lemon salt pepper drizzle olive oil

  I love making pizza.  I need to get fancier with my toppings.  It's usually peppers, onions, pepperonis.

  I make this so often now.  Just open some cans and you have soup for days!

  These were a Sams Club item in February.  We decided the meatballs needed more flavor, but for a fast meal I may buy them again.  We put them over noodles, but mashed potatoes would be good because there was a lot of sauce.  

 Chicken pot pie filling made in the crockpot yesterday.  I will turn into a pie today! Ingredients: two chicken breasts seasoned with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, thyme 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup chicken broth 1 bag of frozen mixed vegetables 3-4 smallish potatoes, diced Cooked on high in the crockpot for 4 hours.   Shred chicken. Pour into a casserole dish and top with some latticed pie crust Bake until crust is golden and filling is bubbling

  Happy Lunar New Year!  I made some spicy peanut noodles and roasted brussel sprouts.  I also got to use my new ramen bowls! Ingredients: Ramen noodles 2 tablespoons peanut butter 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon chili crisp in oil 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar 2 teaspoons sugar a little water to thin sauce if you want hot water from the wet noodles helped thin and combine my sauce.  the peanut butter was hard to get combined.

I made some chicken fajitas on my cast iron grill.  The leftovers become a quesadilla.  I need to make chicken more often and I need to use my grill pan more often!    

 I haven't been taking many food photos since Christmas.  I save so many recipes, but don't make a lot of them.  Hopefully something interesting will be posted soon!