a new nothing with a speckled handle

this recipe is oh so good.  ask my kids.  my 4-yr old ate 4 bowlfuls!  it's a great way to use leftover grilled chicken or a rotisserie chicken.  it tastes great leftover for lunch the next day.  it's so good topped with avocados, sour cream and a little salsa.  it's great no matter how you choose to eat it.  i like to make the green sauce in the morning or the day before and let it set for maximum flavor and it thickens a bit.  then it's quick to assemble and cook for dinner!  enjoy! green enchilada casserole green sauce (recipe below) about 15 corn tortillas 2 cups grated colby jack cheese (or more for maximum cheesy-ness!) 3 chicken breasts, grilled or a rotisserie chicken, shredded for the sauce: 1 Tbsp butter 1 sweet onion, diced 3 tomatillos, husks removed 1 cup tomatillo liquid 1 tsp better than bouillon 2 4 oz. cans diced green chiles 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 tsp kosher salt 1/4 tsp cumin 3 Tbsp sour cream...

i can now say that i am a true bread snob.  i have a bosch.  doesn't that make you a bread snob immediately?  i even skipped sacrament meeting sunday just to make some bread.  i used this recipe, using the molasses as a sweetener, and it was mighty good!  i tried out this oatmeal recipe a while back and i really love it too.  it comes from the brown eyed baker website but it only makes one loaf.  one loaf!  we blow through one loaf in a few minutes!  so i had to convert it to make two loaves and i'm actually going to double this recipe and make 4 loaves in my giant bosch!  again, i apologize for the bosch snootiness.  this bread is such a perfect bread for anything from bread and butter (yum carbs!) with dinner to a healthy veggie sandwich ( superhero sandwich , anyone?). so thanks brown eyed baker for a delicious new oatmeal bread recipe.  and brown eyes?  awesome! makes 2 9x5 size loaves: 1 1/2 cups boiling ...

this is such a simple recipe...it's almost too simple to taste this good!  sure, there are ways of making a much more gourmet lasagna by slow cooking your sauce and perfecting the spices.  and then you could always make a bechamel sauce to add some gourmet creaminess.  i've done it that way several times, but i always go back to this easy version because, well, it's just so easy.  i can make it for a neighbor at the last minute when they're in need of a meal.  i can grab the ingredients at 4 and have a delicious meal prepared for dinner that same night.  it's just too convenient to really do any other way anymore.  and, in case you haven't noticed, i've been crazy busy.  like a chicken-with-its-head-cut-off busy.  so i need some quick meals in my arsenal to reassure my family that i have not completely forgotten about our meal time in an effort to conquer the mothering world.  *1 package no cook lasagna noodles 1 jar of good quali...

in honor of mardi gras this year i made red beans and rice from scratch.  i am grateful to say that 6 years of my life took place in new orleans, la.  well, actually it was 5 years and 1 month + 11 months while we were displaced because of hurricane katrina, but we won't talk about that.  and during those 11 months in utah my heart was still in new orleans.  in case you're not familiar with new orleans, their claim to fame is FOOD.  and no ordinary food will do, no no no.  it must be GREAT FOOD.  and believe me, we had GREAT FOOD while we lived there.  and lots of it.   one of our favorite dishes was red beans and rice.  now that we don't live in new orleans, it's not as convenient to just run to the store and buy a can of already prepared Blue Runner beans.  so, i decided to come up with a recipe all on my own that used the slow cooker (it was sunday dinner and now with 1 o'clock church i'm using my slow cooke...