Creamy Chicken Enchilada Recipe

This is easy and delicious - your family will definiately request this again!

12 flour tortillas
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 1/2 cups sour cream
2 small cans diced green chiles *
3 cups shredded chicken
2 to 3 cups shredded cheddar or jack or combination cheese

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 13 x 9 pan. Mix soup, sour cream and chiles together, spread about 1/4 to 1/2 cup on bottom of baking pan. Reserve 1/2 to 3/4 cup of soup/sourcream mixture and set aside. Add chicken to soup mixture. Cut tortillas in half and arrange 6 halfs on the bottom of baking pan (to cover). Top with soup/chicken mixture, and 3/4's of the cheese. Top with remaining tortillas, spread reserved soup/sourcream/chile mixture on top; top with remaining cheese. Bake about 20-25 mins.

*a can of rotel tomotoes with chiles (drained) can be used in place of chiles (or 1 can chiles with 1 can soup).

Home Made Cherry Pie Filling


You will never buy pie filling in a can again! So much better than what you buy on the grocery store shelf - and so easy and cost effective. No preservatives in this stuff. I made cherry the other day - a 16oz bag of frozen cherries would be enough for cheese cake topping but I would double for a pie. I can't wait to try other fruits!


Cherry Pie Filling


2 cups pitted cherries (or 16 oz bag frozen, slightly thawed)**see note
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch


**Note if using frozen fruit decrease water to 1/8 cup or even no water depending on how 'watery'.


In a saucepan, cook cherries in water for 10 minutes. Mix together the sugar and cornstarch (this is very important to mix together well); add to cherries. Cook cherry mixture until thickened. Cool slightly before using to fill pie shell or other dessert.

Freezer Jam
I was a little leary of using jello to make jam with - but I always wanted to try it and the results are excellent! I can get Jello on sale at Walgreens often as cheap as 25cents a box - this makes using jello (instead of pectin) a great (frugal) option!! My family loves this jam.

Freezer Jam
2-3 cups mashed strawberries (or other soft fruit), depending on desired thickness
3 cups sugar

Bring to a hard boil in a large pot. (It boils up)
Reduce heat to medium, skim off 'foam'
Boil 10 minutes.

Add: 1 3-oz. package flavored gelatin, your choice of flavors

Mix until well dissolved and bring to a boiling point again. Remove from heat and let set a few minutes. Stir again.

Put in sterilized jars or freezer containers and keep in refrigerator or freezer. The fun of this recipe is the options you can use! Can be easily doubled.