I Make a Good Dinner

The other day I was looking at the leftover turkey in my fridge. It was left over from Christmas, not Thanksgiving, thank you! I wondered what I could make for dinner that would be better than the tradition turkey casserole. I was thinking abut Cafe Rio and all the good chicken recipes, and thought, "Why not turkey enchiladas?" I have a pretty good recipe for enchiladas, but it isn't the same as you can buy. I wanted something really good. So I went to the Internet and found a few recipes that were all about the same and decided I could do that or better without a recipe. I did! And it was good! Of course I don't have exact measurements but here goes. You can try it and see what happens. I am sure that leftover chicken, or cut up chicken breasts or anything like that, at well as roast of any type would still work as well. I just happened to have turkey.

Cut up some turky, shred it or cube it. I did a couple of handfuls - how is that for technical? Put it in a frying pan with a little bit of water to steam it. Cut up a tomotoe to add color and flavor. You could probably add onions and green peppers if you want. Add a can of slices olives (because they use them at Mexican resturants so why not?) At this point I added about 1/3 can of green enchilada sauce (mild because that is how we like it). I let this heat up until the turkey was warm. Pour a little bit of the enchilada into the bottom of a glass oven pan (or whatever you have). I heated up the tortillas so they would wrap up. Put a tortilla into the pan, fill with the meat mixture, add shredded cheese (I used a taco blend already shredded), roll up and squish close. Keep rolling up more until the pan is full. Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce on top, put into the oven about 350 degrees for about 30 minutes (until bubbly and warmed through). We served with some shredded lettuse and more cheese, a bit of sour cream.

Really, it was great! Now, I suppose there are some readers who already knew how to do this, but I didn't, so I feel like I did one goal this week. I made a new recipe that I can use again. It really was good! Easy and not expensive, and we liked it. We even ate the leftovers. This is the way my cooking is, just throw a few things together. But this time it really worked! Not just mushroom soup and sour cream, either. A great flavor.