Chicken Taquitos

Back to the real world after a fabulous vacation and my "real" world needed a bit of vacation. I decided to recreate my favorite dinner..chicken taquitos. The fact that it took all of 20 minutes to have dinner on the table...BONUS! The kids both loving them...double BONUS!!

What you'll need:

Salsa Chicken
Cheese ~ I used a Mexican Blend
Small Flour Tortillas ~ my bag came with 20 of them
Cooking Spray ~ I use Butter Flavored

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Wet and ring out two paper towels. Wrap 6 tortillas inside and microwave for 30 seconds. You want to soften up the tortillas for easier rolling.

Put about 1/4 C of chicken in the middle of the tortilla, top with about a tablespoon of cheese. You could leave the cheese out but I was trying to sell the kids and let's face it, cheese sells it.

Roll the tortilla up and put on a sprayed cookie sheet, seam side down and leave a little room in between each one. Continue until you have a cookie sheet full.

Spray the tortillas with a bit of cooking spray and put in the oven for 10 minutes. Take out and flip to seam side up and cook for another 5 minutes. Serve with your favorite taco toppings.
Put your chicken and cheese on tortilla and roll up
Spray with cooking spray
Dinner is served
Claire brought left overs for lunch and asked when I'd be making them again!

Caramel Crispix

My friend Shannon brings this to every girls weekend and it's safe to say I eat about half the bowl. It's completely addicting and that's why I haven't made it myself until now. Her recipe is a bit different but this worked for me.

My "plan" was to bring it to the hockey tournament we were going to but when it cooled and my kids tasted it...well, let's just say they share their Mom's addiction and the rest was bagged up in snack size bags for school lunches and a special treat for the teacher.

What you'll need:

14 oz box of Crispix cereal ~ I used store brand
12 oz peanuts ~ I used honey roasted
2 sticks Butter
2 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C Corn Syrup

Put your brown sugar, butter and corn syrup in a roaster. I used both burners to help the process along.
Simmer for about a minute and add cereal and peanuts. Put in a 350 degree oven for 8 minutes
Take it out and give it a stir and back in the oven for another 8 minutes
Put some wax paper on your counter, give it a light spray of cooking spray so nothing sticks. Pour mixture out onto wax paper, making a single layer so it dries without sticking in a big clump. Let it cool for about 1/2 hour and put in sealed bowl to keep fresh.

Frozen Grapes

It has been HOT and sticky here. I should also mention I bought grapes twice in one week because I refuse to shop from a list and apparently I was hungry for grapes on both occasions.

So, I washed them, picked them into a bowl and threw them into the freezer. Nice, cold treat that is low in calories and guess what?? My kids like them:)

Taco Scramble

Ok, so we had the party and we had leftovers. What are you going to make?? Remember that Taco Scramble they made at school? This tastes NOTHING like that, lol. I will admit that it does not look very appetizing but the flavor...oh so yummy. It is about the easiest leftover thing that tastes like you tried I've ever made.

Here goes

2-3 C Taco Meat
1 can Black Beans rinsed
1 can diced Tomatoes or 1 C Fresh diced
1 C Peppers Chopped
1 can Green Chilis
1 C Frozen Corn
1 C Shredded Cheese~optional
1 C Enchilada Sauce~I use hot
1/2 C Salsa
8-12 oz Sour Cream ~ I use light
2-3 C cooked Rice~you can use white, brown or left over Spanish

Mix it all together. If it seems dry, add more salsa. Pour into 13x9 sprayed pan, top with 1 C Shredded cheese and bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 or until hot.

Out of the oven

You can top with any taco topping including tortilla chips or you use the chips to eat like a dip. YUMMY!