OK ladies, you've got the challenge. Bad/small kitchen and poor food selection to make a fun Mexican meal~
Any suggestions?
Mexican Lasagna
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray Show:
30 Minute Meals Episode:
To Busy To Cook?
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds ground chicken breast, available in the packaged meats case
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
1 cup medium heat taco sauce or 1 (14-oz) can stewed or fire roasted tomatoes
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Salt
8 (8 inch) spinach flour tortillas, available on dairy aisle of market
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar or shredded pepper jack
2 scallions, finely choppedPreheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil - twice around the pan. Add chicken and season with chili powder, cumin, and red onion. Brown the meat, 5 minutes. Add taco sauce or stewed or fire roasted tomatoes. Add black beans and corn. Heat the mixture through, 2 to 3 minutes then season with salt, to your taste.
Coat a shallow baking dish with remaining extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 tablespoon oil. Cut the tortillas in half or quarters to make them easy to layer with. Build lasagna in layers of meat and beans, then tortillas, then cheese. Repeat: meat, tortilla, cheese again. Bake lasagna 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly. Top with the scallions and serve.
Other Recipes from this Episode
[FONT="]Smoked Turkey Baked Chimichangas [/FONT]
[FONT="]Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray[/FONT]
[FONT="]1 pound thickly sliced smoked turkey from deli counter, chopped
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 cups shredded slaw cabbage, available in produce department
1 to 2 chipotles in adobo sauce, available with Mexican and Spanish foods in market -- use 1 for moderate heat, 2 for extra hot chimichangas
1 cup tomato sauce
3 scallions, chopped
Salt and pepper
4 (12-inch) flour tortillas
1 1/2 cups, 6 ounces, shredded sharp cheddar, smoked white cheddar or Pepper Jack cheese
2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves or flat-leaf parsley
1 vine ripe orange or yellow tomato, seeded and finely chopped[/FONT]
[FONT="]Preheat your toaster oven to 400 degrees F or high. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Place turkey in a bowl and season with chili powder. Add shredded cabbage, chipotles in adobo, tomato sauce, scallions. Toss filling to combine and season with salt and pepper. Place tortillas in a kitchen towel and set in microwave. Microwave on high for 1 minute. To build, place a generous handful of cheese near one edge of the tortilla. Pile 1/4 of your filling in the tortilla. Tuck sides up and roll tortilla tightly. Repeat to make 4 large stuffed tortilla wraps. Brush the toaster oven baking tray with vegetable or olive oil. Brush the wraps with oil and bake until deep golden all over, 15 to 17 minutes. Top with sour cream, cilantro or parsley and chopped orange or yellow tomato, as garnishes.[/FONT]
I add the shredded cheese to the mixture and mix it in. It seems to make a better filling. I also steam 1/2 of the cabbage before adding it. My DD is following WW so I doubled the shredded cabbage for her.
Fruit and Vegetable Fiesta Salad
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray Show:
30 Minute Meals Episode:
To Busy To Cook?
1 fresh, cored pineapple available in produce department of many markets, chopped
or 1 can cut pineapple in natural juice, reserve 1/4 cut of the juice of either product.
1 large green or red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/2 seedless cucumber, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 vine ripe tomato, chopped
1 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), to your taste, optionalCombine chopped pineapple with chopped peppers, onions, cucumber, celery and tomatoes. In a bowl combine reserved pineapple juice with the lime juice and chili powder, whisk in extra-virgin olive oil and season dressing with salt and pepper, to taste. Add in a few dashes of hot saice if you like it spicy! Pour dressing over salad and toss.
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Chimichangas in the oven. Is that a WW recipe? Would you post it? That Sparr wine runs about $14 dollars a bottle, but worth it. It goes great with Thai & Greek foods!
That way we can all come to visit! 
) and dh and I could use a little 'summer' food. 
and it had a two-burner stove that worked...sometimes!
We're waiting for Kyle to get home to eat, but Johnny & I have been lifting the lid and sneaking a taste. Sammie has already had some.
My dog does not normally eat table food but she does love spaghetti sauce so she got a couple spoonfuls on her food.
