Rainy Evening Game

Basari

Happy Cinco di Mayo!

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
(makes two pans - one to eat and one to freeze!)
10 servings

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon dried minced onion
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
5 cups cooked chicken, shredded
20 flour tortillas
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
1 cup milk
2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Mexican blend cheese

Beat cream cheese, water, onion powder, cumin, salt and pepper until smooth. Stir in chicken. Place 1/4 cup mixture down center of each tortilla and place seam side down in 2 greased 13x9x2 in. baking dishes. Combine soup, sour cream, milk and chilies; pour over enchiladas. Baked, uncovered at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly. Sprinkle with cheese and bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

I used all low fat ingredients in this recipe to help it not be such a "girdle buster". :-) My family didn't notice a thing and the recipe was still so rich that one enchilada was very satisfying.

Corn and Black Bean Salsa

Corn and Black Bean Salsa
6 cups

1 can whole kernel corn, drained and rinsed

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped

1/2 small red onion, chopped

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced

1/4 teaspoon salt

juice of 1 lime

Combine ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins
1 dozen

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chocolate chips. Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes. Enjoy!

Linked to Gooseberry Patch Recipe Round Up

Thrifting Treasure

Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining 1959

"The hostess who thinks of her party as a gift to her friends can't go wrong - a gift of people with whom they'll have fun - a gift of food they will enjoy - a gift of herself by having that food ready to serve without confusion - and a gift of confidence by letting them know what kind of a party is planned and how to dress for it."

Rainy Days and Mondays Always...

...make me smile! :-)

Happiness

Happiness 

Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
It’s not something you search for
and so seldom find.
It’s just waking up
and beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray.
It’s giving up thoughts
that breed discontent
And accepting what comes
as a “gift heaven sent.”
It's giving up wishing
for things we have not
And making the best of
whatever we've got.
It’s knowing that life
is determined for us,
And pursuing our tasks
without fret, fume or fuss
For it is by completing
what God gives us to do
That we find real contentment
and happiness, too.

~Helen Steiner Rice

Anne of Green Gables

Miss Potter

"It's a toxic world, but you have the power

to protect yourself. Feed your life from the well of sweetness."

~ Susan Branch

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
3 dozen

¾ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips

Combine butter and sugars and then add egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to wet and mix well. Add chocolate chips. Roll into 36 balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. (Parchment paper makes the best cookies!) Bake at 325° for 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheets and then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. (Don't overcook - cookies should be a bit undone when you pull them out of  the oven.  They will continue cooking for the 5 minutes they are on the cookie sheet.  This will make them perfectly soft and chewy for days if kept  sealed tightly in a cookie jar.)  Enjoy!

Linked to Gooseberry Patch Recipe Roundup

Miss Daisy...

...is nine months old today!

Supper Menus
May 5th-10th

Monday
creamy chicken enchiladas, corn and black bean salsa, guacamole, tortilla chips
Tuesday
submarine sandwiches, spiral pasta salad
Wednesday
chicken jambalaya, country cornbread muffins
Thursday
chalupas, spanish rice, pico di gallo, tortilla chips
Friday
stuffed bell peppers, garlic bread
Saturday
hamburgers, spicy potato wedges, easy baked beans