Month: August 2017

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Chicken Enchiladas

 

My First Chicken Enchilada Recipe from the 90’s

1 whole chicken, cooked and cubed (or to save time and maybe money buy a rotisserie chicken already cooked)
4 ounce can of chopped green chilies                                                                                         1 teaspoon salt
20 ounces green enchilada sauce
6 ounces of evaporated milk
1 can cream chicken soup
3 cups shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar, grated
12-24 flour tortillas or gluten-free tortillas(SEE NOTE)
Rotel tomatoes, chopped

Mix chicken, chilies, salt, enchilada sauce, evaporated milk, soup and 1 cup of cheese. Warm tortillas. Fill with 1/4 c. chicken mixture. Roll up, seam down and place in baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray or lined with parchment paper. Pour Rotel tomatoes into the remaining mixture (if there is any); pour over enchiladas. Sprinkle with 2 cups of cheese. Bake in preheated oven 425° for 20 minutes, until bubbly. It is best to put them in the oven immediately to avoid the bottoms becoming soggy.

Enjoy!

GLUTEN-FREE:

Since several family members have become gluten intolerant I tried a batch with Mission’s gluten-free tortillas they were a bit too soft on the bottom. Two ideas for making this better.  One would be to lightly char them or two to make the filling in a casserole dish or slow cooker and let each one fill their own tortilla shell.

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Making Kombucha

Cultured Beverages by our teacher Ann Green
Class time
My kombucha

Tonight I took a class in making kombucha, beet kvass, and ginger beer! It was really interesting, informative, and so simple. I am excited to have my first scoby ( an acronym for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) and my first batch of kombucha fermenting. We had an education portion, sampling, and making our own kombucha start to take home. I will update down the road and let you know how this adventure progresses.

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Responding to Criticism!

There is a new app for your phone called “Sarahah”. You can also use it online at Sarahah.com.  Sarahah’s stated purpose is that it helps you in discovering your strengths and areas for improvement by receiving honest feedback from your employees and your friends in a private manner.  You set up an account and people can give you messages anonymously.  Several people I know have done this and I suppose it could be fun in some way and maybe useful too. Below is a message my son Gabriel received. I would like to offer the approach I would like to take should I be the recipient of such a post.

  1. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and since he asked it is fair that the writer shared theirs.
  2. Just because someone has an opinion doesn’t make it true whether it is a good opinion or a bad one.
  3. Sometimes even the most humble people can come across as arrogant. They may truly suffer low self-esteem believe it or not 🙂
  4. Sometimes we all need some constructive criticism to help us evaluate ourselves. So accept the words, think about them and evaluate them for truth.
  5. If you find some truth hidden among the criticism then learn from it and try to be a better person.
  6. If there is no gem of truth then release it and forget it and move on…
  7. Be thankful for the person who can help you to improve yourself regardless of their motives or methods. Think good and not evil of them. You will feel better about yourself if you do!
  8. Sometimes hateful words come from hurting people. Pray for this person and for good to come into their lives. You can learn to love this person.
  9. Criticism can help you become more sensitive to those around you and more aware of how your own words may sound and actions may appear.

 

AND just in case you were wondering, I have no plans to set up an account.

Blessings!

Reda