First off...this is my 200th blog post...can you believe?!?
We should have a party or something, no?!?
:)
Okay, but onto the life here at hand...not to be redundant, but we've been busy around here...Nicholas and I have been tackling a room a night to get ready for putting our house on the market at some point next month. Not only is it not fun to clean and put things away every single day, but it's also kind of sad. We've got to pack up a good bit of our pictures and personal things like that, and it makes me want to cry. :(
To lift our spirits though, we've been looking at house plans online...hey, it's fun to dream, right??? :)
We've also been celebrating Robert's birthday over the last week and weekend (haha, no really!) - Thursday we had our traditional 3-couple birthday dinner. We met up at Taco Boy - yum!
the fun birthday boy...
and his beautiful wife!
little mr. cutie pants looking like a big boy!
and his cute little designer jeans tush {he gets his taste from his daddy, clearly}
girls pic...plus mills, of course.
guys!
And because it's late (no surprise here), I'll share the pics from the big bday bash tomorrow, but first I've gotta share with you my DELISH Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada recipe. I've made it a number of times {for a few of my Bible study girls after having babies, too...it's good for that sort of thing...along with the best lasagna evaaaaa} but anywho, I made the enchiladas tonight and Nicholas kept on raving {maybe because it had been a while, or maybe because we've ordered Kickin' Chicken delivery two nights in a row prior to tonight...we were exhausted...don't judge}
Okay, on to the recipe, friends!
Here's what you need:
-1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
-3/4 cup chopped onion (usually ends up being 1/2 onion)
-1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
-1 lb chicken breasts, boiled and shredded (Nicholas grabbed tenders tonight and they were such a breeze to fix)
-1 cup whole kernel corn
-1 cup salsa (I use hot when making it for us, medium when making for others)
-1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
-2 cups shredded cheddar or monterey jack cheese
-tortillas...i usually use 8 flour tortillas, whole wheat preferably, but tonight we only had 6 regular ones leftover in the fridge, so I used that and they were just a little bigger. You can even use corn ones if you're into that sorta thing, about 10 of them, b/c they're smaller.
-1 can (10oz) Old El Paso enchilada sauce
-you can garnish with sour cream, chopped avocado, salsa, and whatever else your sweet little heart desires!
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Boil chicken and shred. Spray rectangular baking dish with cooking spray. In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cumin; cook and stir 4 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Cumin is so delicious that your house will already smell like a Mexican restaurant.
2. Stir in corn, salsa, beans, chicken, and 1 cup of the cheese. Remove from heat.
Mmmmm!
3. Pop the stack of tortillas in the microwave for about 30 seconds to soften them up. Place a large spoonful of the chicken and bean mixture along the center of each tortilla {just kind of eyeball the amount as to how many you're making...you're smart like that, I just know it}. Roll up tightly, and place seam sides down in baking dish.
4. Spoon remaining chicken and bean mixture on top.
5. Pour enchilada sauce over enchiladas, spreading to coat all tortillas. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup of cheese.
6. Cover with tin foil and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly around edges.
Garnish with whatever yumminess you so desire (we just used sour cream and salsa tonight), grab a handful of tortilla chips, and ENJOY!!! I promise this is easy, delicious, and a crowd-pleaser! As a matter of fact, Mills even enjoyed this dish for dinner!
And wow, this is totally random and unrelated, but I got this new "spring inspiration" in my email inbox today from tibi. Love their stuff, but for real??? That blue suit on the right is horrendous.
I just pulled it up on the computer and Nicholas was sitting next to me and he said, and I quote, "That is the ugliest outfit in the world. I love you, but I would make fun of you if you wore it."
Agreed, honey. Please do.
And before I could finish my post, as he's staring at this image, he says, "Inspired by Elin Kling??? More like Ellen DeGeneres."
Then, "The 80's called and said they want their clothes back."
Mr. Fashionista is full of jokes tonight...
