Easy Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas

So I came across this recipe on Pinterest, pinned with a picture showing basic instructions for construction, but the link leads nowhere. The recipe was included in the comments without instructions, so I had to wing it.  

The ingredients for the sauce are:

3 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons all purpose flour

1-1/4 cups chicken broth

1 10oz can cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1 4oz can chopped green chiles

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Basically, I heated the saucepan, then added the butter. Once the butter had melted, I whisked in the flour.

 When that is mixed well, add in the broth and stir very well until the consistency is smooth. Then add in all 

remaining sauce ingredients and stir until mixed well. I just let that sit on the stove, at about medium heat, until 

it was bubbling at me. Then I removed it from the heat and started working on the enchiladas.

The ingredients for the enchiladas are:

6-8 corn tortillas (enchilada size)

1 pre-cooked plain rotisserie chicken, shredded

1 cup sweet corn

4 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese, divided in half

The steps are pretty basic, so I did it in picture form.. :)

Place a small amount of chicken in the center of the tortilla, then top with corn. 

Sprinkle cheese on top.

Roll it up and place it folded side down in your casserole dish. Repeat until your dish is full.

I ended up with extra chicken and corn, probably enough for another 3-4 enchiladas.. not enough for me to get another pan dirty or make another batch of the sauce...  

So instead, I squished it into the side of the dish. :)

  

Cover entire pan with sauce and smooth over. 

Sprinkle remaining cheese over dish and place in oven (preheated to 350 degrees). Bake for roughly 30 minutes, until cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling. 

 Our whole family enjoyed this recipe! It will definitely be repeated, probably this week (since I did this one about a week ago and have just been too lazy to get to posting)... Yum!

Easy Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Sauce:

3 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons all purpose flour

1-1/4 cups chicken broth

1 10oz can cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1 4oz can chopped green chiles

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Melt butter in saucepan, whisk in flour. Add broth, mix well. Add remaining ingredients and stir well. Stir occasionally until sauce is bubbling. Remove from heat.

Enchiladas:

 6-8 corn tortillas (enchilada size)

1 pre-cooked plain rotisserie chicken, shredded

1 cup sweet corn

4 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese, divided in half

Roll all ingredients into tortillas and place, folded side down, in a casserole dish. Cover with sauce & top with cheese. Cook for 30 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling. 

Enjoy!

Meatball Bites aka Pizza Pites

As you may already know, we just moved into a new home and we are in the transition period. We have some amazing friends, some who came and helped us to unpack the majority of our house (unplanned) in a day, and others who brought us a meal Tuesday. I have been struggling with some concerning health problems over the last two weeks and it has made it difficult for me to handle getting some proper meals prepared for the family. Needless to say, I was in need of a "quick fix" meal for the kiddos last night when my husband was at the church helping build a new stage set and I was at home with three of the four, handling homework, finishing a paid creation, and wrangling Little Man while he was throwing his temper tantrums...

 I knew that I had the ingredients to make this recipe I had come across on Pinterest a couple weeks ago, so I decided it would be easy enough to attempt. Thus, you have before you "Pizza Bites" as they will be called in our house. The original pin leads to Kathie Cooks - Meatball Bubble Biscuits. Here is a picture of Kathie's Bubble Biscuits:

To make the recipe as directed for 10 Pizza Bites, you need the following ingredients. 

5 Italian style "fully-cooked"meatballs (defrosted and cut in half)

***The original recipe calls for 10 meatballs cut in half, but there are only enough of the other ingredients to make 10 total, not 20, so I assumed she meant 5 cut in half***

2 sticks of mozzarella string cheese (cut into 5 pieces each)

1 can of Pillsbury flaky layers biscuits (5 count)

approximately 1 cup marinara or pizza sauce

garlic powder

onion powder

grated Parmesan cheese

italian seasonings (I used basil)

EVOO

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. First, in case you didn't pay attention (like I didn't when I first read the recipe), make sure you have thawed out the meatballs before using them. I threw them in a small bowl and used the "defrost" feature on the microwave. Then, cut them in half. 

I didn't have string cheese since my kids already ate all of them, but I did have a small block of mozzarella cheese, so I cut up 10 small cubes of cheese. 

Next, peel apart each of the 5 biscuits into 2 pieces, totaling 10 biscuits. Look for the estimated halfway mark in each one and slowly mess with it until it starts to separate. 

Then you place a chunk of cheese in the center of a biscuit, top it with a halved meatball, and bring all of the sides/ends in. Pinch it good so it doesn't open when cooking. Place them in a cake pan (I used a regular 9" pan) and space them out. 

Next, you will need to splash a little EVOO on top of each pizza bite so that it browns nicely and keeps it from drying out. 

Then sprinkle a little of each of the seasonings you are using onto the pizza bites as well as a little bit of grated Parmesan cheese.

The blog recipe said to bake for 18-20 minutes, but mine came out a little overdone. I would recommend about 16-18 minutes at max to avoid this. Let them cool 1-2 minutes before serving as they are VERY hot inside. 

Serve with a little bit of the sauce you chose (warmed up) on the side. 

My kids loved these things and they were really easy, even considering I had a screaming baby in the kitchen with me. :) I would definitely recommend them to others, especially parents with young kids. From start to finish, it only took about 30 to make. I will be making this again, and I think I want to change a few things. Maybe having alternate "toppings" like canadian bacon, pepperoni, bell peppers, etc. Things you would like on a pizza, you know? Definitely a keeper, this one!

My Thirty-One Page

Here is the link to my Thirty-One Website. Go check it out and browse the catalog a little. For every $31 you spend this month, you can get a Keep-It Caddy for only $5! Awesome deals going on, y'all! 

Jen's Thirty-One Website

I will be on later this week since we bought the materials to build the custom headboard as well as a dining table, and I found an awesome piece I plan to revamp for the bedroom... Pics to come tomorrow!

Thanks, y'all!

Thirty-One Launch & New Printable!

So first off, I want to share with y'all that I am becoming a Thirty-One consultant!!! Yay!!! With my OCD about organization and products for keeping that, this should be a perfect combo. As soon as I have a website running for it, I will provide the link. Until then, you can go to the Thirty-One virtual catalog to see what you would like to order. Do NOT order online, just contact me (email, message, text, call, etc.) with what you would like and I will start preparing your order. Once my site is working, I will place the order and collect your payment. I will be hosting a Launch Party on March 2nd at 4:00 as well as Scentsy Party, also celebrating our move (Housewarming). Please feel free to attend! FYI, I would much rather you order from either the Thirty-One Launch or the Scentsy than bring a housewarming gift as it would benefit both you and myself. There will be light snacks to graze on and awesome products to check out. No pressure to buy, just come say hello!

On to the printable! 

One of my GOALS (not resolutions) for this year is to get my family and home organized and keep it that way. A more organized life equals a more organized mind, which leads to a happier, more peaceful mind - I hope... So to make things easier on everybody in our home, I created a Housekeeping Schedule. I will have this framed in a 8" x 10" and use a plain old dry erase marker to track what has been done and what still needs to be handled. 

Here is the link for the free download:

Housekeeping Schedule

**I have done everything I can, and for some reason, the preview of this once you click the link will show a plain background with this form, however it showed the background when I actually downloaded it to test it and print it as you all would. If for some reason this still doesn't work for you and you would like one of these, let me know and I will email you the PDF. Email Jen

I hope you all enjoy, and I will be back on tomorrow. Have a great Friday!!!

Master Bathroom - (Mostly) COMPLETED!

So with the exception of a piece of art hanging on the back wall and finding/unpacking my apothecary jars to house the Q-tips & cotton balls on the counter, our master bathroom is done! Oh and we still need to install the curved shower curtain rod... :) I still love our bathroom, and Jeremy said he likes it too. He said it is "calming." 

This is the view when you first enter. 

 If you like the look, you can get some of the same things by clicking the links: Cute white lanterns, Adorable candle holder, Purple glass bathroom accessories, Tealight candles, Moisturizing hand soaps, Ombre floral shower curtain & Towel set. I do not remember where I got the bath mat since I have had it for a couple years, but it is probably from Target. 

This is my sink :)

& Jeremy's sink :)

I am in love with the ombre meets floral design of this shower curtain!

The storage in this shower tub is much better than the last house. :) And the tub is great, too!

Have a great one, y'all!