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Cheese Enchiladas

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...

Spaghetti

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.  

Hello Fresh steak pita

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.  

Hello Fresh Chicken Ramen in Shoyu Broth

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

St Patrick's Day corned beef

  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

Hello Fresh Pork Gyoza Tacos

 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.  

Hello Fresh Pesto noodles with lemon ricotta

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

Pizza

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

Taco Soup

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

Sams Club Swedish Meatballs

  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.