I've been doing lots of chemistry in the kitchen lately, learning local ingredients and recipes, and trying my hand at various curries and Asian specialties. It has also been a season for a few Western food "firsts," since the limited availability of breads (or astronomical price of imported goods) means baking from scratch is an important (and appreciated) skill.
So I thought I'd share a few of my favorite recipes with you this week, some from the Burke/Miller recipe box, others from local culinary inspirations(like Jenny).
First up, due to Danielle's request, is my Aunt Mary Ann Wheeler's creamy chicken green enchilada casserole (the very recipe that I served Mark and another friend just before we began dating... they say "it all starts in the kitchen"!) I've been rationing the precious cans of Hatch Green chili that our home group from Dallas sent to us in a care package a few months ago to make this NewMex comfort food.
Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole
1 can cream of mushroom/cream of chicken soup
1 can green chili (or 1 cup fresh green chili)
1 can milk (use the emptied soup can)
1 large block cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, grated
1 white onion (raw or sauteed)
2 cups boneless cooked chicken, in small pieces (or diced)
1 dozen corn tortillas (if you're a Northerner, you can replace with flour tortillas)
Mix milk and soup until well blended. Oil a 9x13 Pyrex dish. Tear corn tortillas into pieces (four or five per tortilla, and line bottom of dish, layering with chicken, onion, cheese, green chile, and soup. Repeat two or three times, finishing the top layer with cheese. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
Abraham is on the vertical move these days, hoisting him up on low tables, dressers, and the back of chairs. He fell back on the hard floor a couple days ago... not a comfortable landing. He still does the army man crawl when he wants to move, so it looks like he may just skip his all fours and jump to walking!
Thank you for praying for my mom. She had a good meeting with the radiologist on Friday, and begins radiation treatments this Friday, for the next few months. Here is another promise we are praying for her:
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8She has been able to sleep well the past several nights (a first in a while). Lord, we pray for continued peaceful, restorative sleep at night for Grandma Martha, and for your comfort, assurance, and faith during the day.
(Pictured: Mark with a "long bean", an Asian bean with a taste like green beans but crunchier; Abe standing on the pew)
5 comments:
Thanks for the recipe! I think I'll try it soon! yeah!
I was thinking that you guys should get a bread maker and an ice cream maker eventually. Would you be able to get/use those in your new location?
We LOVE ours and use it all the time. The main ingrediant in ice cream is heavy cream...available there?
It's hard to find heavy cream. Bummer. I'm not sure whether ice cream makers are avail. (great idea though). Maybe I could make fro yo. :)
That is a l o n g bean!
On Abe's army crawl: Aunt Ondinah says it looks like he's swimming.
Swimming before crawling..Hmm..
That recipe sounds so good. And yes, flour tortillas would be the way I would make it! :)
Wow, Mark! i thought you were holding a skinny green snake until I read Rachel's discription. Too bad you can't bring that sucker back and enter it in the fair! :)
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