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Today's Recipes: Green Enchiladas, Fruit Salad

Ya'll, I made Green Enchiladas, and DAMN they were good! Here you go - you're welcome :-P

Rachel's Green Enchiladas

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
EVOO
Chili Powder
Cumin
Salt & Pepper
4 garlic cloves - minced
1/2 pkg of sliced mushrooms - broken into even smaller pieces
1/2 pkg of baby spinach - sliced
Cotija cheese - crumbled (a salty, crumbly Mexican cheese)
Monterey Jack cheese - grated
10 whole wheat tortillas
1 can mild & 1 can medium Hatch Green Enchilada Sauce
Plain Greek Yogurt

preheat the oven to 350°. sautee the chicken breasts in a small amount of EVOO - while cooking, season with chili powder cumin and s&p to your taste (I used quite a bit). take the chicken out of the pan & set aside. using the same pan, sautee the mushrooms and garlic. when they are mostly done, turn the heat off, lay the spinach on top and cover until the spinach wilts. chop the chicken into small bits. in a bowl, combine the chicken and the mushroom, garlic and spinach mixture.


spray a glass baking dish with non-stick spray. now, since I used whole wheat tortillas, and they are harder to roll than corn, I laid the ingredients into the tortillas, and set them into the dish as though they were tacos (unrolled).


Then I rolled them one by one without removing them from the dish so that they held each other in place. SO, a little Cotija and a little chicken/mushroom/garlic/spinach mixture into each tortilla. roll 'em up using whatever method works best for you. place them 'open-side down' in the glass baking dish. cover liberally with sauce - that's why I used 2 cans. bake for 40 minutes. uncover, sprinkle with MJ cheese and dot the surface with plain yogurt. bake uncovered for an additional 10-15 minutes.


SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good! here are a few options for substitutions:

- whole wheat tortillas - you could use any flavor: corn, flour, flavored...
- Cotija - you could use ANY cheese. I chose Cotija because I had some in the fridge from my Fiesta weekend impromptu gathering. I also have access to multiple Mexican cheeses. If you do not, don't fret, just pick your favorite cheese and go for it :-)
- Hatch enchilada sauce - this is another product I am just lucky to have access to. there are lots of other pre-made green sauces out there, and it sounds ridiculously easy to make a yummy tomatillo sauce from scratch if you have access to those babies.
- Greek yogurt - you could use sour cream or Mexican Crema. I happen to have yogurt in the fridge as Lily Ruth will eat pretty much anything mixed with Greek yogurt, and I have noticed in the past that it subbed in well for sour cream... or even mayo...

I also made another yummy fruit salad (I ADORE warm weather fruits!):

Blackberries
Blueberries
Mandarin Orange slices
Mango
Black Grapes
Chili Powder
Cinnamon

Great. Now I'm hungry again. Time to plan out a few meals and head to the store!
xoxo, r