Easy Enchiladas

Ingredients:
12 small tortillas
1 tomato
1/2 onion
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
2 cups lowfat shredded mexican blend cheeses (can use cheddar or Monterrey jack too)
1 can prepared enchilada sauce (can make your own too, I just never seem to have time)

Pre-heat oven to 375.
Chop onion and tomato, add them to large bowl with black beans, stir in 1 cup of cheese and about 1/2 of the can of enchilada sauce.
Heat tortillas in paper towel in microwave.
Grease a 9 x 12 baking dish with cooking spray, I use my Misto filled with olive oil.
Pour a little bit of sauce on the bottom of the dish (maybe one tablespoon), spread it around to coat bottom.
Put a large spoonful of mixture in each tortilla, roll up tortilla and place seam side down in dish. When finished you can add extra mixture on top of tortillas. Pour remaining enchilada sauce over tortillas and top with remaining cheese. Bake approx 20 min. until cheese is bubbly.

These enchiladas can also be made a few hours ahead and then baked.

Vegetarian Chili Recipes

I have three chili recipes for the crockpot.
This one is our current favorite:


Veggie Chili (Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook)

makes 6 servings

2 qts. whole or diced tomatoes, undrained (USE diced only)

6 oz. can tomato paste

1/2 cup chopped onions

1/2 cup chopped celery

1/2 cup chopped green peppers

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. dried oregano

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

3 tbsp. brown sugar

15 oz. can of garbanzo beans

(I also added a can of black beans too!)

1. Combine all ingredients except beans in slow cooker.

2. Cook on Low 6-8 hours or High 3-4 hours. Add beans one hour before serving.

Variation:

If you prefer a less tomatoey taste, substitute 2 vegetable bouillon cubes and 1 cup water for tomato paste.

Here is another recipe. It is also good, but much thicker and the flavor is not as good.

A friend just emailed me another recipe that we will try in the next few weeks. I will post it soon.

Baked Ziti

This is a great recipe for children (adults like it too). I modify it by not putting sausage in at all. Sometimes I put veggie sausage in. I also don't add the green bell pepper as I really don't like bell peppers.

I served this Wednesday night with some garlic bread and salad.

Slow Cooker Meal: Hearty Fish Chowder

I found this recipe on Yum Sugar. I cooked it for dinner Monday night. It was easy to assemble in my crockpot and did not take up too much time. My two year old was awake when I did it and grouchy as she is on a nap strike.

I liked it, my husband liked it and my toddler even ate one small bowl.

We had leftovers tonight and it was still good! I left out the powdered milk because my husband could not find it at the store. I will definitely make it again. I also used Tilapia instead of Cod, because it is more readily available where I live.