A Little Chicken In Your Enchilada!

So I have finally got back on the Pinterest band wagon. I took a few months off because it seriously was addicting, so now I am pacing myself when it comes to pinning. But what brought me back to the pinning world was an enchilada recipe. Before we went clean I had an amazing recipe but it had a bunch of processed crap in it and it definitely was no where near healthy - so I knew I needed to find another recipe, and fast!

Well it didn't take me long at all and that is what I love the most about Pinterest - everything is right there at my fingertips! I found this recipe on http://www.fannetasticfood.com so all the credit goes to them.

Here are the ingredients:

• 3 C cooked chicken, hand torn

• ½ C canned chopped green chilies

• ¾ C nonfat plain yogurt

• Juice from 1 fresh lime

• ½ tsp. cracked pepper

• 1 tsp. cumin

• 2 C enchilada sauce (see recipe below)

• 10 large white or yellow corn tortillas (or wheat tortillas — not gluten-free)

• Extra virgin olive oil or cooking spray, as needed

• ¾ C shredded sharp cheddar cheese

• 2 Tbsp. fresh cilantro, chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.

1) In a large bowl, mix together the cooked chicken, chopped green chilies, yogurt, lime juice, cracked pepper, and cumin. Set aside.

2) Make your enchilada sauce, recipe and directions below

Enchalada Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp. olive oil

• 1 small onion, peeled, diced finely

• 1 tsp. chili powder

• 1 tsp. cumin

• 4 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 28-oz. can crushed fire roasted tomatoes

• 1 tsp. sugar

• 1 splash of balsamic vinegar

• 1 Tbsp. fresh cilantro, chopped


Enchilada Sauce Instructions: Heat the olive oil for one minute in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add in the onion, garlic, and spices; sauté for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, and cilantro; stir and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook 20 minutes.

3) Lightly oil/cooking spray a 13 x 9″ baking dish. Spread a thin layer of the enchilada sauce in the bottom of the dish.

4) Set the first tortillas into the baking dish. Spoon one tenth of the chicken mixture into the center of the tortilla and roll it up, placing the seam side down. Repeat for the remaining tortillas.

5) Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the tortillas and sprinkle with shredded cheese and cilantro.

6) Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until cheese is melted, sauce is bubbling, and enchiladas are hot.

7) Serve warm with salsa, hot sauce, or guacamole, if desired.

I totally forgot to take a picture of my own but here is the picture from the recipe's original website. Mine looked pretty close, maybe not as delicious but they were pretty darn good!

Hope you all enjoy!

Rearranging My Priorities...

First I want to thank everyone for the support I receive on a daily basis about my blog. It truly makes my heart smile to know that people actually read this thing! I absolutely love writing this blog and I what I love even more is that I can look back at any point and see what I was working on or what our family was doing six months or even a year ago. Its like my blog-scrapbook!

With all that being said - things have been super busy around the Hart house lately. I guess summer vacation will do that. We definitely have been on the go, trying to keep the kids happy during these summer months. But I must honestly say that I am happy I took a break from writing a post everyday. When I first started this blog I felt the need to write something every single day - except weekends. Why I thought I needed to spend that much time doing something that was just hobby, I have no idea! But I did and I kept it up for quite sometime and then I burnt myself out. It was extremely hard to find something to write about every. single. day! It was quite exhausting and as you can tell, my posts began to dwindle.

My mornings were consumed with writing my post and it came to the point where I was more worried about what I was going to write about than what my kids were eating for breakfast. Finally I realized that this blog wasn't my job and it was no where near as important as my family. When telling my kids "wait one more minute" seemed the normal in my morning routine, I knew that the time had come for me to take a step back and rearrange my priorities.

So now I am letting you all know that I am still here and alive but just taking a more relaxed approach to this blogging thing. I cant promise that I will post every day but I will post when I have the time and when that time isn't taken away from my family.

Thanks again to my loyal readers - even if I am only talking to the four of you! I love my blog and I do love sharing my loves with all of you. So again I apologize for my brief absence but I hope all of you understand where I am coming from!

See you all soon - love to you all!