Chicken Enchiladas

Holy moly.  I'm a little embarrassed that it's been ten whole days since I've logged a post here on CCK. Yikes!  Things were a little scattered last week and I think I just needed a bit of a breather.  Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love blogging and always enjoy both the cooking and writing aspect of it, but it takes so much time.  It takes around an hour to get a post looking the way I want it to (minus the time I spend actually trying out a recipe in the kitchen) and some days I simply don't have those extra 60 minutes to spare.  But I'm back on track and can promise a post every day this week.  Swear.

Anyhoo, I figured I would feature one of my new go-to recipes in this comeback post.  These chicken enchiladas were oh so good and have definitely made their way onto my list of must-have recipes.  Not gonna lie, they took a while to make but they were absolutely worth the extra time.  It's not that the recipe is hard, but rather there are a lot of ingredients and several steps to getting them made.

But the good news is that this recipe makes 12 enchiladas, meaning that you can freeze half the batch for a later meal.  You can also make these ahead of time and store them in the fridge so that they're good to go straight in the oven when you come home each evening.

*If you're going to freeze them you have two options: 1) go ahead and assemble the entire meal, including the sauce and cheese, or 2) freeze the enchiladas, sauce and cheese separately.  If you're taking the meal to someone else you can go ahead with option one to cut down on the steps they'll have to go through the get the meal table ready.  Just make sure to freeze them right after adding the sauce/cheese so that the enchiladas don't get soggy.  If you're just freezing it for yourself you can go with option two so that you can crisp up the enchiladas before adding the sauce/cheese.

Quick and Easy Stir Fry with Noodles

Many apologies for being MIA yesterday.  I fully intended to post this and then got sidetracked.  And by sidetracked I mean a stranger rang our doorbell yesterday afternoon and I went full swing into all of the Criminal Minds and and CSI possibilities.

I'm sure the person was harmless, but instead of being normal and answering the door I crawl into our bedroom to peak and scope the person out through the blinds.  Then of course I go through the entire list of (highly unlikely) scenarios.....if they got in through the front door I could grab my phone and run back to our bathroom.  Then they would have 3 doors (bedroom, closet and bathroom) to get through before they got to me.  By then surely the cops would have arrived.

Or if they came in through the back porch I could run to the computer room.  But then they would only have 1 locked door to get through.

Better hope they come in through the front door....

Seriously?!  I get overly dramatic when it comes to things like that.  Needless to say, I didn't get this recipe posted yesterday.  Whoops.

This stir fry is easy, full of flavor, and highly adaptable.  You can add any veggies or protein you like depending on what you're in the mood for.  I chose chicken and a combo of fresh broccoli and bagged rainbow slaw (shredded broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and carrots) just because I didn't feel like chopping veggies all night long.  But add whatever you're craving.

Also, the recipe makes quite a bit of sauce.  I double the recipe from the original post because I ran out. I'd rather have too much than not enough :)