Jalapeno Sauce

I kinda made this up... But it tasted really good!!! :)




Roast the peppers in a dry skillet, don't add oil!

Soak the peppers for 20 minutes


All the ingredients put in the blender


All mixed up


After adding the heavy cream and it's all cooked, ready to go! :)



Jalapeno Sauce

4 jalapenos
1 medium tomato
2 - 3 cloves of garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 cup beef or chicken broth (depending on if you are using chicken or beef, that's why the beef or chicken broth)
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup heavy cream

Cut the jalapenos in half, discard the seeds, but be careful! :)
Toast the jalapenos but do not burn them or you will lose all the flavor and they will be bitter!
Put the jalapenos in a bowl and cover with hot water. Let sit for 20 minutes. Drain and discard the water.
Put the jalapenos', tomatoes, garlic, dried oregano, cumin, marjoram, chicken or beef broth, and water in a blender. Blend, in batched if you have too, to make a smooth puree. The sauce should have the consistency of heavy cream. If too thick, add about a tablespoon of water at a time.
In a saucepan, heat the mixture over medium heat. Reduce the heat to med-low, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes. Stir it frequently.
Stir in the heavy cream and heat through completely for 3 to 4 minutes. The sauce is ready to use or store up to3 days in frig, covered. Freeze up to 3 months.

Stacked Beef Enchiliadas

YUMMY! That about sums it up! :)

This was sooo good! The kids LOVED it!!

Now it did take a bit of work to make, but it wasn't that bad and was oh sooooo good! Think I may need to go heat a piece up while I post this blog! :)





Brown the stew meat on all sides
This is how it will look, or should, just brown it lightly... Some sides didn't fully get browned, and that's ok.


Add garlic with the meat


Then the beef broth


and cook it for atleast an hour and a half, it may need longer depending on size of meat and how much meat you are cooking...

Pull the meat apart with a fork, or what I ended up doing was using my fingers, so much easier and faster! :)


The shredded meat



Fry up onions, then add the can of green chilies and chopped tomatoes

Add the meat and stir it up! (It is soooo good!)


Put a spoonful of your jalapeno sauce in the bottom of a 9x 13 inch pan


Layer 2 corn or flour tortillas


Then put your meat mixture on top. Keep layering this until you run out of meat. I think I had 4 or 5 layers. On the 3rd layer I pour the jalapeno sauce all over the tortilla mixture.


Then on the last layer, pour your remaining jalapeno sauce all over the top. Pop it in the oven and then enjoy!


Without the sour cream and olives on top...


With the sour cream and olives. It was good either way, but this way was better! :D




Stacked Beef Enchiliadas

2 pounds boneless beef stew meat
Vegetable oil for frying
5 cloves of garlic
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
Dash of salt and pepper
1 large white onion
1 (7oz) can diced green chilies
1 /2 teaspoon cumin
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
12 (6-7 inch) corn tortillas
Jalapeno Sauce (see recipe)
Sliced black olives
Sour Cream

Heat oil in large pot. Brown the meat on all sides. You may need to do it in batches. Return all meat to the pot (if you did do it in batches), add the garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and 2 1/2 cups water to a boil; then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is VERY tender. Remove from the heat and cool in pan until lukewarm. Cover and reserve the broth. Save it for the sauce you will make, jalapeno sauce. Remove the meat and shred.
Prepare the Jalapeno Sauce. Then heat some oil in a large skillet and cook the onion, stirring until it starts to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the diced green chilies, cumin, and tomatoes. Stir for about 3 minutes. Add the shredded meat. Remove from the heat.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large 9x13 inch pan. Ladle a thin layer of Jalapeno sauce on the bottom of the pan. Place 2-3 tortilla in the pan, they can overlap a bit, but not much, so if 3 is too many, just do 2! :)
Top with meat mixture, another tortilla layer, more meat, another tortilla, meat, then the jalapeno sauce, then another tortilla, more meat, then one more layer of tortilla, then top with the remaining jalapeno sauce.
Baked uncovered for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and serve each with a dollup of sour cream and olives.

*I bought cut up stew meat, it was easier. You can just buy a big roast and do it that way...
For you sauce, you can use any kind of "hot" pepper, I just chose jalapeno because that was the only kind I could find at the store! :)
You can sprinkle in the middle a layer of any kind of shredded cheese, like cheddar, mexican, or monterey...
You can also use shredded chicken instead of beef...

Strawberry Dream Cream

Since it's getting nicer and warmer outside, I figured I should be posting this! I am soo far behind... I am not gonna apologize this time... ;) Finally got the oldest DONE with her school work, now I can "hopefully" catch up on some blogging!

This was soooooooooo good and easy, and the cool thing is, you DON'T need an ice cream maker! That's right, you do NOT need one! :)

You don't have to make it this way all the time, you can play around with different flavors. I made chocolate with mini chocolate chips, super good! :)



Chopped up strawberries



Whipping cream ready to have all the other ingredients added


Ready to help! :) Adding the sugar


Another one that wants to help! He added the other half of the sugar


YUMMY!!! Ready to be frozen

Look at all those strawberries! YUMMY! :)


Out of the freezer after the 1st 3 hours... Ready to be whipped up!


Ready to go back to the freezer for the 2nd time!


I already ate a couple spoonfuls at this point... I mean, I just HAD to try it to make sure it was good! I could've just drank a cup of this! Who cares if it wasn't frozen hard! :D


All done and ready to be eaten! The kiddos LOVED this!!!! Okay, so we all did!!! :)




Strawberry Dream Cream

2 - 3 cups strawberries, chopped up nice and small, or you can mash them
2 cups whipping cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup cold water
6 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Pour whipping cream in a chilled mixing bowl. Beat until soft peaks form.
Then add the sweetened condensed milk, cold water, sugar and vanilla. Mix it all up, then add the strawberries.
Beat again until mixed.
Pour mixture into a 9x13 pan. Freeze until mushy, about 3 to 4 hours. Remove from the freezer and put back into the mixing bowl, beat until smooth but not melted. Pour the mixture back into the container and freeze until ready, about 3 hours.
ENJOY!!!!!

*Make sure you chill your mixing bowl before adding the whipping cream. ;)
I used the tupperware 9x13 container that has the lid, works GREAT!
Try using other flavors, add chopped up oreo's, your favorite candy bar, chocolate chips... the possibilities are endless with this!
I made it chocolate and used about 1/2 to 3/4 cup chocolate powder, then added some mini chocolate chips I had. SOOOO good!!!
The one thing about using chopped strawberries instead of mushed, the strawberries are kinda hard, but it was good! :)

Dessert Tacos

Oh my! This was SUPER delish! Although when I slapped the hard shell tacos on the table, my oldest son was like, um, that's NOT gonna taste good mom! He knew I was making dessert, just didn't know what and saw those taco shells! :D

You could do this different ways as well. I used vanilla ice cream and strawberries, but you could use other fruits or different ice cream flavors. I wanted to put banana's in this, but mine were still a little too green to eat!



Take an empty shell



Put some ice cream in it!


Place the strawberries in the shell on top of the ice cream


Then add the whipped topping



Then add the caramel and chocolate ice cream topping!


YUMMY!!!!!!!!! :oP




You WILL get messy with this dessert, but it is TOTALLY worth it!!!!!



Dessert Tacos

6 hard shell tacos
Vanilla ice cream (slightly softened)
2 containers of sliced strawberries
Whipped topping
Caramel ice cream topping
Chocolate ice cream topping

Place some vanilla ice cream in the bottom half of the hard taco, then place the sliced strawberries on top of the ice cream. Put a spoonful of whipped topping on top and then drizzle the caramel and chocolate ice cream topping over the top.

*This is SUPER messy, but SUPER good! :D
I thought about spraying the shells with veggie oil, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, then pop it in the oven for a few minutes.
You could even use the stand up shells, it might be easier getting the goodies in it!
I made whipping cream out of heavy whipping cream. I just added some sugar and vanilla to it. Make sure your bowl is COLD before whipping up your cream!
Like I said at the top, you can use WHATEVER flavors and fruits you want! So experiment and HAVE FUN!!!
Please post comments on how you fixed it!!!

Cranberry Chicken or Pork

This is SUPER easy to make and it is REALLY good! The kids gobbled it right up! I think next time I may get legs or thighs, bone in and try it on the grill! Or under the broiler, but with it getting oh so nice out, I'm gonna wanna grill more! :)



Whole cranberries, right from the can!



Poured the dressing right on top of the cranberries...

Stirring up the dressing and cranberries...

The sauce all mixed up ready to be dumped over the chicken!

I spread a bit of the sauce in the bottom of the pan so the chicken wouldn't stick.

I put in 5 boneless, skinless chicken thighs. You could use any kind of chicken for this recipe! You could even use pork chops!

Before placing it int he oven...

All done after I pulled it out of the oven!

This picture is a little dark, but it was really good!

This is what we had with the chicken, a yummy citrus salad! :) Recipe for that tomorrow!

Cranberry Chicken/Pork

Chicken or Pork (you will need as much as you need! Make sense? I used 5 boneless, skinless chicken thighs. You could use chicken breasts, or even pork chops! Just get as much as you would for your family!)
1 can (16oz) whole berry cranberry sauce
1 (8oz) bottle Catalina salad dressing

Mix the can of the cranberry sauce and the dressing together. Put your chicken or pork in a baking dish, and pour the dressing/cranberry mixture over the top of the meat of your choice! Cover with foil and cook for 45 minutes to an hour at 375 degrees.

*Like I said at the top, I want to try bone-in chicken pieces and grill them next time.
I also think that any type of pork chops would go GREAT with this combo of dressing and cranberries!
Enjoy and let me know what you think!!! :)