Beef Enchiladas, Mexican Rice and Beans

Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:51 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 0 comments
for dinner tonight!!

Beef Enchiladas

1lb beef
2 cans enchilada sauce
1 1/2 c shredded cheese
1 package flour tortillas
1 small can nacho cheese

Heat oven to 375

Cook beef and drain.
Stir in 3/4c of enchilada sauce and 1c cheese.
Spoon enchilada filling in tortilla; roll up and place seam side down. Pour reminaing enchilada sauce and cheese over top.
Drizzle with queso.



Easy Mexican Fried Rice

Learn how to make authentic Mexican Rice (also known as Spanish Rice) just like the kind you find in restaurants. It's so easy to make and people love it. Just take a look at the 25 (or more) reviews. Even if you don't have all of the ingredients on hand, their are plenty of substitutions listed after the instructions.
You can also view each step of this recipe with this picture tutorial Step-By-Step Spanish Rice

You can also try one of these easy Mexican main dishes to go with this delicious rice, Easy Enchiladas or Chile Rellenos

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutesIngredients:
•2 tablespoons oil
•1/4 of a medium onion*
•1 1/2 cups rice
•3 cloves finely chopped garlic *
•2 1/2 cups chicken broth
•1 cup plain tomato sauce*
•4 heaping tablespoons of finely chopped parsley (optional)
Preparation:
In a medium sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add in the fresh onion. Saute for 1-2 minutes until softened. Add dry rice and cook with the onions for about 5 minutes or until rice becomes a golden brown color. Add in the garlic to the rice and saute for one more minute.
Add in broth and tomato sauce (add slowly into the rice, not directly onto hot pan!) And then add in the parsley if you're using it. Stir it up and bring to a boil. Once it starts boiling, turn the heat to low and cover. Let it simmer for 20 minutes and fluff with a fork.

White Chili

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:41 AM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 1 comments
recipe I'm trying tonight! Another really inexpensive recipe (even more if you are on wic and can use wic foods!)

White Chili

2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup onion, chopped
For a variation, add:

1 pound lean ground turkey OR chopped chicken
Heat vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add onion and turkey. Cook until meat is browned throughout.


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1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin
6 cups chicken broth OR prepared bouillon
1 can (15-16 oz.) corn OR 1 package (10 oz.) frozen corn
1 can (15-16 oz. white beans, drained (such as cannellini, great northern or navy - use 2 cans if not using meat)
1/2 cup wild or brown rice, dry
For a variation, add:

1 green pepper, diced
Add garlic powder, cumin, broth, corn, beans, rice and green pepper to pan. Mix well.

Cook just below boiling for 30-40 minutes, until rice is tender.

Servings: 6

Free Bowling!!

Monday, June 20, 2011 9:07 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 0 comments





Absolutely loving the summer deals we are finding this year! We signed the kids up for the free summer bowling program where they can bowl 2 games a day for free with Halmark Lanes and just pay for shoes!

I've been meaning to get around to it sooner but things have been crazy pushing in appointments, helping friends out and enjoying the pool a few times that we just now got around to going bowling tonight!

I didn't bowl since I didn't think I could manage with the baby but she didn't do to bad for the first game so I might have been able to get by with it! She was more so pissed off she couldn't bowl with us and wanted to do it herself and not watch haha

Aidan, my oldest won both games!

Eggplant Parmesan II

7:30 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 0 comments




Ingredients
3 eggplant, peeled and thinly sliced
2 eggs, beaten
4 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
6 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes on each side.
3.In a 9x13 inch baking dish spread spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom. Place a layer of eggplant slices in the sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Repeat with remaining ingredients, ending with the cheeses. Sprinkle basil on top.
4.Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.

Flying Vikings

Sunday, June 19, 2011 10:11 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 0 comments







Yesterday my son Keagan got a wonderful opportunity provided by a group called Flying Vikings! They provide an opportunity for children with special needs/chronic illness between the ages of 6-18yrs old a chance to get to be a pilot or a passengers and a sibling be a pilot for them if they are not able to physically do it free to them and their families.
They had partnered up with our church and Keagan got to go be a pilot and daddy and brother rode along as passengers! He hasn't been able to stop going on about this since yesterday! Just seeing the pictures and knowing what a wonderful memories it is for him really brought tears to my eyes!
They had a lot of wonderful sponsors there with food and crafts for them as well. I am very very thankful to these people. They are truly blessed for what they do and I am blessed to have them offer this to our family. I hope that many others have the opportunity!

My stock pile since starting to coupon!

5:31 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 3 comments
Well I started couponing about 2 months ago I believe? I did the HEB coupons for close to a year now but just started checking sales, matching up and using manufactured coupons and building a stock pile! It has really grown and grown for nothing more then my normal grocerie budget (if even that)

I'm running out of room to put things so I'm going to have to take a break on a few things! My deep freeze is completely full as well as all the pictures I'm about to show! I remember a time when we lived pay check to pay check and did well on our great budget and got plenty for our family of 6 but would run out before the next pay day! Now we can't choose what to eat and have over a months worth of dinners I know off the top of my head.. more if I played around with some recipes!










My Saves 6/19/11

4:54 PM Posted by The Cookie Cutter Diva 0 comments
First stop today was Target! I went to get the special going on with the batteries where you buy 16ct and get a free cars movie ticket.. only I guess I didn't see that it said buy 3 packs and get a movie ticket! BOO!! I was hoping to get batteries in which we could use and get all the tickets we needed as well!

Target

Tide Stain Release
2 Kraft Dressings
Coffeemate Creamer
Greek Yogurt
2 Special K Kellogs Chips
2 Koolaid Mixes (the plastic tubs where you just add water)

Saved $11 spent $24


2nd Stop

Wallgreens

2 packs of 6 double rolls of charmin
4 cans of slk shaving cream
2 packs of aa batteries
3 palmolive dish soaps
2 colgate toothepastes
2 nabisco oreo packs
6 jello packs
2 pudding snack packs
6 hunts tomato sauces
3 reynolds wraps
1 pack of fig nuetens

spent $29 saved $37 after wallgreens coupons, manufactur coupons and sales!


last stop Kmart for their double couponing event!! found a few more sales that started today and had some new match ups compared to yesterday!

Kmart

2 speed deoderants
1 oxiclean spray
2 curade bandaids
10 hamburger helpers
10 big sunny d's
2 chex mixes
1 box of cereal
4 fruit snacks
5 cake mixes
5 cake frostings
2 cans of hormel chili
2 off sprays
1 coffeemate creamer
3 suckers

saved $100 after sales and coupins and spent $60