New Chicken Enichiladas

Today I tried a new chicken enchilada recipie. I was out of stuff for my usual recipie and so I tried to find a recipie that used what I had in my storage room and refridgerator. Everyone seemed to enjoy it!

16 oz container sour cream
16 oz jar salsa (I actually used half salsa and some chopped tomatoes with canned green chilies, because the salsa can was half empty)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup diced onion
1 can black beans

Dump it all together and mix it up.

Then add a few cans of chicken with taco seasoning to the mixture above.

Shred corn tortillas and layer a few times with the chicken mixture, corn tortillas and shredded cheese in a 9x13 pan.

Bake in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes and let it cool before

I think it would also be good with corn mixed in.

Its big enough to serve 10-12 people.

Crockpot on SUNDAY!

Southern BBQ Pork

2 Onions, sliced
1 (4-5 lb) pork roast
5-6 Cloves
2 Cups water
16 oz BBQ sauce
1 Lg Onion, chopped

Put One sliced onion in the bottom of the crockpot then add meat, cloves, and water. Put the second sliced onion on top. Cover and cook 8-10 hours on LOW(or overnight). Remove bone and fat from meat and shred as desired. Put meat back in crockpot. Add last onion and BBQ sauce. Cover and cook for 1-3 hours on HIGH stirring 2-3 times. Serve on Large Buns.

Limey Smoothie

This recipe comes from my in-laws. For those of you who don't know, my father in law is a nutritional health doctor and cures people of their ailments.. which include all of the very serious variety. He has around a 90% success rate of curing people who are terminally ill with cancer, diabetes and so on. To learn more you can go to their website at pHmiracleliving.com.

Anyway, I have a hard time eating as healthy and granola as Andrew does (he's on a much looser version of his parents health regimen.) But when his mother Shelley made this for me I absolutely LOVED it! I had a hard time believing what was in it when she told me. So any who, give it a try.. it's the PERFECT ultra ultimate healthy cool summertime snack.

Ingredients
- 1 whole english cucumber
- 1 HUGE handful of spinach
- 1/2 an avocado (large or small)
- 3 peeled limes
- 1 TSP green stevia (or sugar, but stevia's the natural healthy alternative :])
- Plenty of ice

Blend and enjoy! Tell me what you think. You love it or hate it, but all I know is that it's the tastiest healthy snack I've ever had, and it's so simple to make! (PS don't let the photo fool you, it tastes better than it looks, you can tell your kids it's a monster slime smoothie. :])

Yummy Blueberry Pie

I like this recipe because instead of two crusts it's a one cruster so it cuts the fat significantly. And because it is so yummy.
Tyler's mom's famous Blue Berry Pie
1 qt sliced fruit blueberries
¾ cup warm water
1 cup sugar
3 T cornstarch
1 T lemon juice
1 T butter or margarine
Pinch of salt
Baked 9 inch pie shell
Whipped cream
Cut 1 cup of the fruit(put the rest aside) and add water and cook 4 minutes.Mix sugar and cornstarch and add to fruit mixture.Cook until thick and clear. Add lemon juice , butter and salt.CoolArrange remaining fruit in a cooled pie shell.Pour cooled glaze over fruit.ChillTop with whipped cream and a few pieces of fruit. 6 to 8 portions

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Spoon Tacos

1.5 lbs ground Beef

1 tsp Salt

2 tsp Taco seasoning

1 tsp chili powder

1 Onion Chopped

1/2 cup Chopped Celery

1 Cup Shredded Zucchini

1 Can Stewed Tomato's

1 can tomato sauce

2 cups refried beans

1 cup Jack Cheese

1 cup Cheddar

Cook meat until brown adding taco seasoning,

Celery, zucchini & Onions , & spices to taste

Once meat is cooked add stewed tomato's,

beans, and cheese forming a sauce

And you are done --

Serve over tortilla Chips and lettuce

top off with Sour Cream

& enjoy - These are so so yummy!

From the Kitchen of Carol White (Jeb's Mom)

PS - I have also added carrots to this recipe --

I am sure there are lots of things you could

add that would taste just fine

we all scream for ICE CREAM!

ICE CREAM IN A BAG

Remember making butter in YW or on your Pioneer trek if you ever did that? Everyone passed around the jar of cream and gave it a good shake. After a few rounds, the cream had magically turned to butter. Here is a similar feat that not only yields dessert but exercise for the kids--ice cream in a bag. Here's how it works.

1: Place 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup light cream (half and half)
and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a quart-size heavy zip-top plastic
bag and seal.

2. Place that bag in a gallon size heavy zip-top bag. Layer ice
and rock salt in the gallon bag and seal.

3. Toss the bag back and forth for approximately 10 minutes, and
voila, it's ice cream. Serves 2 hot kids (or adults).

Okay, that's all there is to it but...do not, I repeat do not, toss it in the house cuz the zip lock could come open and make a mess with the ice and rock salt. hehe I would recommend wearing gloves cuz even though it's only 10 minutes it really does get mighty cold. If they want to make their own they can just pass it from one of their hands to the other...you do get some rather tasty, creamy ice cream. ENJOY!

Yummy Side Dish

Here is a really yummy side dish we love.

Saute 1/2 white onion in olive oil or butter
add 1 can of drained white beans
1 can of drained black beans
1 can of drained pinto beans
1 can of diced tomatoes
2 tsp of italian seasonings
1 tsp of salt

Cook for 3 minutes and serve as a side.

DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS... & lovin' it!

Ok I think most of us try to do this any way with veggies our kids won't touch with a ten foot pole --- aka anything that is green! This book has so many good Ideas on how to include veggies into regular items your kids probably eat on a regular basis as well as some new items that I would not have ever thought of!

ones' we've tried this week in the Stokes Home that have passed the Child test!

ALOHA CHICKEN Kebabs
Prep - 10 mins
Total- 25 Mins
Serves 4

1 Cup whole wheat Bread Crumbs
1/4 Flax seed meal
1/2 sweet potato puree
1/4 Pineapple puree
1 tbsp reduced sodium Soy Sauce
1 egg white , Lightly Beaten
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 lb boneless chicken cut into fingers
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tbsp whole wheat flour
Non Stick Cooking Spray
1 tbsp Olive Oil


in a small bowl mix bread crumbs w/ flax seed meal

In a second bowl combine the sweet potato and pineapple,
soy sauce, Egg white & Coconut & mix w/ fork

Thread Chicken fingers length wise onto skewers - Sprinkle both side of chicken with salt - & then with flour - Dip the chicken into the egg white mixture & then roll it in the breadcrumbs until completely coated.

Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set it over medium high heat. When the pan is hot add the oil.

Add the chicken in single layer and brown for 3-4 minutes each side until the chicken is cooked thru and is browned all over.

YUM YUM YUM!

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup oats

1 tsp Baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar

6 tbsp Butter

1/2 Banana puree

1/2 cup zucchini puree

1 lg egg white

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 - 

coat 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray

in a bowl combine flour, oats, 

baking soda, salt & cinnamon & stir to mix

In a large bowl beat the sugar and softened butter 

with a wooden spoon until just combined - do not over mix. 

Add the Banana & Zucchini purees and the egg white and stir just to blend

Add the flour mixture, raisins and walnuts

Drop the dough by heaping tbsp onto the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch between. Bake until golden brown 12 - 15 mins. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 4-5 mins - just until they are firm enough to handle - then transfer to rack to cool.

PS - my improvisation - we had no raisins - & Jeb just doesn't like them

Instead of raisins we added 1/2 cup of craisins - and mini chocolate chips