Chicken Enchiladas

This is a recipe I got from a friend 4 or 5 years back, after having had it at her house. It's actually from here (on allrecipes.com - which has since become my now-favorite recipe site!). It is probably Joe-Z's favorite meal ever. And the kids and I love it too! I serve it with Zataran's yellow rice, black beans, and peas (from frozen - never tried it with canned). I know the peas sound weird...but just try them! They really are SO GOOD with this meal!!!

Ingredients

• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers, drained
• 8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a small bowl mix the soup and sour cream; set aside.
3. Melt margarine in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add onion and chili powder, and saute until tender. Stir in the chicken, chile peppers, and 2 tablespoons of the soup mixture. Cook and stir until heated through.
4. Spread 1/2 cup of the soup mixture in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up tortillas, and place, seam-side-down, in the baking dish. Spoon remaining soup mixture on top, and sprinkle with cheese.
5. Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bubbly and lightly browned.

Tater Tot Hotdish

Yummm, yummm! This is always a favorite around here!

Tater Tot Hotdish:

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen tater tots

1 pound hamburger meat

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of celery soup

1 bag (2 cups) shredded cheddar cheese

1 chopped onion (or dried onion flakes in the equivalent amount)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven and bake tater tots according to directions on package. When the tater tots are halfway done, brown the hamburger and onions until hamburger is done through (If I'm using dehydrated onions, I add a bit of water to plump them back up again. The water will cook off if you add too much...).

2. Once the tater tots are done, mix both "cream of" soups and the tater tots (save a handful out as toppers for the top of the casserole) into the hamburger / onion mixture. Make sure it all gets nice and mixed together...the tater tots shouldn't retain their shape anymore! I usually toss a handful or two of cheese in at this point.

3. Top with the rest of the bag of cheddar cheese (or use less, if you'd like...we like it cheesy, muahahahahaha). Randomly place remaining tater tots on the top of the casserole. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until cheese on top is as brown and bubbly as you like it!