Lorraina's Pico de Gallo

Again a recipe I received from my friend Lorraina while in Nebraska. Lorraina is originally from Mexico and therefore knows how to cook excellent Mexican food!

Ingredients:
2 big tomatoes
1/4 white onion
2 jalepenos
1 tsp cilantro

Directions:
Dice the ingredients and mix together!

Southwest Chicken Salad or Wrap

We essentially got this recipe while in Nebraska from Lorraine and we tried it last night. It was wonderful. Brian didn't think we had enough lettuce for both of us, so he put a little bit of salad in his but ate it as a wrap. Either way, it was delicious... sorry there aren't any pictures currently.

Ingredients:
1 big bag of salad mix
pico de gallo
cheese
1/2 a pound of chicken
Pampered Chef Southwestern seasoning mix
Olive oil
Tortilla chips
Ranch dressing

Directions:

1. Place chicken in a hot skillet with olive oil. Sprinkle PC seasoning mix over the chicken and cook until done.

2. Remove chicken and place in your salad with pico de gallo, cheese, a few crunched up tortillia chips and serve with ranch dressing.

It was so amazingly easy!

*Note- For ingredients to Lorraina's Pico de Gallo see previous post*

Sopapillas

My mother in law cut out this recipe for me and let me tell you the end result is FANTASTIC! Oh.. it is so yummy. And while it isn't healthy, it does allow me to use the remaining flour tortillas that I had leftover from making enchiladas!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used olive oil)
4 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Directions:
- Heat 2 Tbsp vegetable oil in skillet over medium-low heat
- Cut each tortilla into 8 pieces.
- Place in skillet and fry until light brown
- Drain on paper towel
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon while hot
- Repeat with remaining tortillas, adding more oil as needed.

* This is PERFECT with ice cream! It's as close to making fried ice cream as you can get without it actually being fried ice cream!*

Easy Enchiladas

Everyone seems to have to have their own enchilada recipe... well here is mine for Chicken Enchiladas and they are WONDERFUL!

Ingredients:
3 med. chicken breasts
3 small or 1 large bell pepper
1/2 onion
1 pkg. cream cheese
1 pkg large flour tortillas
1-2 cups of homemade salsa ( you can get homemade salsa from Walmart if you don't make your own)
1 can green enchilada sauce

Directions:
-Use olive oil and fry chicken cutting it into small pieces
- Chop bell peppers and onion into fine pieces and add to cooked chicken
- Next add cream cheese and salsa to the mix
- Take a tortilla and add cheese and then scoop the chicken mix into the tortilla
- Roll the tortilla and place in a cake pan
- Continue until all the filling is gone. Usually makes 6.
- Pour green enchilada sauce over the tortillas
- Sprinkle cheese over the top
- Place pan in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes and remove.

You can also make this healthy by using fat free cream cheese and fat free cheese. It's a very very good recipe! My in-laws love it and I'll be making it again for them when they come! It's super easy and really really good!