Enchilada Bowls

This is a favorite at our house. As with all dinner bowls, it’s easy and endlessly adaptable to individual tastes. Base: Rice or roasted sweet potato cubes Protein: Chicken, ground beef, or black beans Sauce: Enchilada sauce (we like Best Choice brand mild red enchilada sauce) Toppings: Shredded cheese, black beans, sour cream (thinned with lime juice if you’re…

Taco Skillet

So this meal actually started out as what my family of origin would have called “gunk.” It’s when you (or my dad when I was growing up) would take all the usable leftovers and combine them together into something to make a new meal in either skillet or casserole form. Did other people do this?…

Baked Tacos

This meal is by far–by far–the biggest hit ever for my family. It’s pretty simple–you make tacos and put them in the oven to melt the cheese. Easy with a big payoff–all the winning. In my opinion, the tacos work better with a bean situation on the bottom (Simon and I like refried beans and…

Carnitas Tacos with Pickled Red Onions

I’m all about recipe books with great pictures and layouts these days and I pick up a new one from the library each time I go in. This recipe comes from Kelsey Nixon’s Kitchen Confidence and it’s a keeper. These carnitas are incredibly flavorful! (It comes with a recipe for pickled red onions, which I…

Taco Tot Casserole

My friend Joan contributed this recipe to our freezer meal group years ago. It’s a very Nebraskan dish; right up there with “salads” made with whipped cream folded in. And seriously, don’t knock it. It’s super yummy. 1lb lean ground beef 1 – 1.25oz pkg taco seasoning mix 1 – 15oz whole kernel corn, drained…

Taco Seasoning

This recipe is endlessly adaptable. Your family likes their tacos hot? Add more red pepper flakes (we like it mild, so I only add half). Like it salty? Double the salt. Don’t like cumin? Use less or leave it out. You get the idea. The base amounts here makes about 3 tablespoons. In tacos, I like…

Carnitas

A few years ago when I dislocated my shoulder, my friend Chris brought us these carnitas. Now, it’s perfectly, perfectly welcome and wonderful when you are bringing someone a meal to drop it off at their home with directions on how to heat it up or freeze and prepare it later or the like. In…

Black Bean Soup

Simple, delicious, hearty, healthy. I think you can’t go wrong with this soup! We like to put a dollop of sour cream on top and mix it into the beans for a delicious flavor. Courtesy of Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman. (Note: we leave out peppers per family preference.) Ingredients: 1 pound dried black beans…

Just Like Chipotle’s Corn Salsa

My husband loves Chipotles’ corn salsa and now I think I might, too. This recipe, via how sweet it is, is delicious. (Makes a big bowl) 1 12-ounce bag of frozen sweet yellow corn, defrosted and drained 2 medium-sized jalapenos, seeded and chopped (leave in some seeds for more heat if desired) 1/2 red onion,…

Enchiladas

Originally posted in October 2008, this has been a regular in our household. Brook’s friend Melissa taught her how to make these, and Brook taught me. It’s an extremely flexible recipe, a little iffy on the measurements. It’s one of those recipes that gets better with a little experimentation. Ingredients: Chicken marinated or seasoned however…