chicken enchiladas

I love these.

1 8oz package Cream Cheese
1 can cream of ........ soup
1 C cut up chicken
1 can stokes green chile sauce with pork
2 C instant rice
1/4+ C grated cheese
1 package of Soft taco shells (you need atleast 10)

Combine the cream cheese and the cream soup in a mixer.

remove about 1/4 C to put on the top

Add chicken, rice and Chile sauce to the remainder (the bigger part) of the cream cheese mixture.

@;-- now you can roll the taco shells up (taco style) or layer everything flat (Lasangna style)

@;-- I layer things flat in a round cassarole pan so there aren't any corners that get missed

layer a taco shell first

then a bout 1/4 cup of the mixture(the one that has the most ingredients in it)

then add a small amount of cheese (optional)

then another taco shell

layer till all the mixture is gone.

put one more taco shell on top

top with reserved cream cheese and cream soup mix

put 1/4 C cheese on top

Bake at 350 till it's golden on top and bubbleing (about 20 min)

this is what it looks like
you can find it by the refried beans

Yogurt smoothies

I love those drinkable yogurts that you buy at the store but hate the price... so now I make my own :)

1 can of fruit in heavy syrup (any kind)
2 cups homemade yogurt
1 single serving package of carnation breakfast essentials (vanilla)

in a blender put the can of fruit syrup and all (this is also the sugar for the yogurt) and mix
@;--if you want peices of fruit in the final drink put the fruit in last
add the carnation breakfast essentials
mix well
add the yogurt and mix again till blended

makes about 4 cups

if you want bananas probably add milk
if not using the carnation breakfast -- add vanilla

Frozen Ravioli Lasagna

I saw this on Studio 5 a couple of years ago and then forgot about it...

Last night when I was trying to decide what to make for dinner while freezing in frount of the open freezer I remebered this recipe... Then I went looking for it on studio 5 and couldn't find it so I had to just wing it.

My favorite thing about this recipe is the fact that I don't have to worry about the cottage cheese...
the ravioli is the cheese filling and it's in the freezer so it's always good when I get ready to make it.

this is really the easiest recipe in the world

1 25 oz frozen Ravioli (any kind would work I guess but I used cheese)
meat (sausage, ham, chicken) you get the idea
sauce (red or white)
grated cheese

put a little sauce in the bottom of the pan (whatever size is the right size for your family) cool thing   number 2 you can make as much or as little as you want

lay ravioli's flat on top of sauce, just one layer, no need to squish

add more sauce

add meat ( think ahead to how many layers you want and divided accordingly)

add cheese

then start over with the ravioli

I did 3 layers of ravioli and only 2 layers of meat

make sure to put sauce on top of the last ravioli

bake at 375 for 20-30 min

@;-- when putting this together the ravioli should still be frozen or as close to frozen as they can get and still get them appart.