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365 days of dinner: Jan. 15, 2009

January 16th, 2009 at 03:37 am

Whew, I'm still digesting--I way overestimated how much to make tonight, and then it was too tasty to stop eating. Smile

Tonight I made "chicken" enchiladas with sides of refried beans and guacamole.



Sometimes I go for prepared ingredients--honestly, I think Mexican food tastes pretty great either way. But tonight I went all out: cooked up pinto beans and fried them, and made my own enchilada sauce too (from an online recipe).

The trick with a good Mexican meal is not to repeat the same spices in all the components. So the enchilada sauce had the spiciness, the cumin, the chili powder, and the enchiladas had onions, cheese and oregano; the refried beans just had garlic, salt and pepper; and the guacamole was just avocados mashed with some fresh lime juice and a bit of salt.

Delicious, but I made way too much. Groan... Smile

Posted in 365 Days of Dinner | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “365 days of dinner: Jan. 15, 2009”

  1. Thrifty Ray Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 03:58 am 1232078297
    1232078297

    looks wonderful. No way you can leave any on a plate like that! yum!

  2. whitestripe Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 04:35 am 1232080515
    1232080515

    yum! i made an enchilada type thing the other night, except i am too lazy to roll them so i just make it like a lasagna instead. i think it has another name i just cant remember it!

  3. pearlieq Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 04:55 am 1232081716
    1232081716

    It's so easy to make a huge amount of Mexican food. I had a giant pan of enchiladas last week and I finally had to freeze some of the leftovers as there was just no way to finish them!

    Another tasty looking meal!

  4. ceejay74 Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 01:49 pm 1232113774
    1232113774

    whitestripe, I do something similar sometimes and call it "tortilla pie." It's handy that tortillas are round because they fit perfectly in pie plates. Smile

  5. LuxLiving Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 03:33 pm 1232119995
    1232119995

    Looks yummy!

  6. Koppur Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 07:01 pm 1232132486
    1232132486

    Yummy. We're having chicken enchiladas tonight with refried beans, salsa, and wheat tortilla chips. Smile

  7. kashi Says:
    January 17th, 2009 at 05:29 pm 1232213389
    1232213389

    Me again - have you tried the kale and potato enchiladas in Veganomicon? They are my favorite!!

  8. ceejay74 Says:
    January 17th, 2009 at 06:48 pm 1232218117
    1232218117

    No, I have trouble thinking outside typical ingredients and flavors for Mexican food, since it's one of my favorite flavor palettes. However, I was looking at Veganomicon today and I lingered over that recipe, so probably eventually I'll try it!

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