Chicken Burritos!

I was sitting in my kitchen pondering on what I could possibly make for dinner because I had not planned ahead and didn't want to drive to the grocery store.  So I decided to concoct my own recipe....  Chicken Burritos!

Boil chicken and then dice it.

Make Rice (if you want details on how to do it, see my previous blogpost entitled "How to Make the Perfect Rice") and make sure you include minced onions and salt.
Drain and heat up some black beans.
Mix some canned green peppers in with your cooked rice.
Heat up some Tortillas and put the above ingredients inside them.
Top with shredded cheese and heat up til the cheese melts.

It turned out delicious!  If I did it again, I would have added some lettuce and tomatoes, and put some cheese inside as well as on top.  Here's to inventing new recipes!  Hooray!

Chicken Enchiladas!

Last night's project.  Brock told me this is his very favorite thing that I make, so I feel comfortable bragging a little in saying I ROCK at making Chicken Enchiladas!!!

They are also super easy and they make delicious leftovers!  You've gotta try this recipe!


1 dozen Medium Flour Tortillas
2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
1 pt Sour Cream

Mixture #1:
1 chicken (or about 5-6 breasts) boiled and diced
1 small can green chilies
3-4 cups shredded colby jack cheese (depending on how cheesy you want it!)

Divide Mixture #1 evenly into tortilla shells and roll up next to each other in a greased 9 x 13 pan.  Mix Sour Cream and Cream of Chicken and spread generously over the top of the tortillas.  Top with more cheese!  Cook 350° 30-40 minutes.  Ready to serve!

Secret time-saving tip:
Canned white chicken breast instead of boiling chicken is WAY faster and easier!  So if you're in a hurry, that's the way to go!

Enjoy!

Navajo Tacos

I was sitting at home deciding what to make for dinner, and decided to pull out the cook book Martha (my mom-in-law) gave me for Christmas.  In it, I found Grandma's delicious recipe for scones!!!  I had never made them before, but I do remember their delicious taste.  So I decided I would make them, and then make Navajo Tacos!

I will give you the recipe but I have to warn you.  When you are frying the scones, do NOT use a spatula.  Hello!  If you give a girl a spatula while she is frying made-from-scratch scones...... she will splatter oil ALL over herself and her kitchen.  Tongs, people.  Use tongs.  :)

For the scones:

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. shortening (I used margarine)

1 C. milk

3 C. flour

1 Tbsp. yeast

1/4 C. warm water

Dissolve yeast in water.  Add shortening & salt.  Stir.  Add milk and sift in flour.  Mix well.  Let stand 15 minutes.  Knead & Roll 1/2" thick.  Cut and fry in oil.

I put chili, sour cream, and cheese on them.  They're also delicious with lettuce and tomatoes, but I didn't have any of that on hand and it was too cold to go to the store :)  So I just settled for what I had at home.

 

Brilliantly Delicious.

In the Beginning.

So if any of you knew me at all in my Teenage years, you know that I have a lot of fun in the kitchen. I love to cook, experiment, come up with new recipes, and most of all make lots of messes. Until I fulfilled it in my first year of marriage, I had been working very hard towards my goal to be able to make cookies without spilling all over the floor... Needless to say, it was not my parents' favorite thing when I decided to cook!

But I still did anyway! And I was not good at it at all. Brock will testify to that. He can tell you about my cooking when we first got married :) It was pretty funny. But I have gotten soooooooo much better since then. In fact, I would call myself a fantastic cook! It is one of my joys in life.

As my 2011 New Years Resolution, I set a goal to cook at least 2 good meals every week. Then it would pretty much add up to 4 good meals because there's only two of us at home so we'd have plenty of leftovers!

And I am proud to say that it is now February 1st, and I have kept my resolution so far! Yay! Some of the highlights I've made: Chipotle BBQ Chicken Wings, Ham Fried Rice, Crock Pot Lasagna, White Chicken Chili, and Honey BBQ Ribs. All were brilliant successes and so delicious!

So as I was going about this resolution, I realized that pretty much all of my Facebook Status Posts were about food! First I thought, "How incredibly embarrassing!" But then, I decided it was awesome. And I want to make a blog about food. Oh, and by the way, my name's Aubrey. And here is my blog... about what happens when you give a girl a spatula. ;) Enjoy!