Thursday, freezer meal, Thrift Thursday

 I  made chicken enchiladas and this is one of the freezer meals I make on a regular basis. I was asked by and couple of you to show how I do freezer meals.  I really don't measure many of my ingredients, especially the cheese.

you will need for one 9by12 pan of enchiladas 

10 tortillas small size

6 chicken thighs or two breasts or a mixture

1 can of cream soup

1 small can of green chilies

one onion and oil to fry it in

1 cup of milk divided

                                                                Mild cheddar  and Mozzarella cheese shredded

Dice and cook onion in a small amount of oil

while this is cooking bone your chicken and cut into small cubes.

Mix 1/2 cup of milk one can of soup and one can of chilies, add your translucent onions.  I also added a little bit of sour cream just to use it up but don't normally do this.

 

 layer your cut up chicken, then a sprinkling of your cheeses, then a couple of tablespoons of your sauce mixture.

Roll and place seam side down in a greased pan, continue until all ten tortillas are squeezed into pan.

Now add a 1/2 cup milk to what is left of mixture and add a hand full of your two cheeses, stir and pour over your enchiladas and sprinkle with more cheese.

Bake at 350 for one hour.  If you want to freeze this cover with tinfoil and then wrap in plastic (all the way around) cook at 350 for 1.5 hours when taken out of freezer.  I also  will put these in disposable foil pans.

I always buy by cheese shredded when it is on sale for $4.99 a two pound bag.  Then I stock up and buy 6 bags of cheese and this will last until it comes on sale again.  I buy 2 of mild cheddar, two mozzarella, two of a Mexican mix. 

Cream soups are purchased at Christmas when it is about .79 a can and the chilies I pick up at Winco.  I do not salt as cheese is salty and so is the soup.

This freezes great, serve with a salad, salsa.

Thrifty Thursday

1. put $13.34 for the month of February in my save a penny can

2. saved all my change all week

3. saved all my $5.00 bills now have $265

4. saved my $1,$5,$10,$20 bill challenge

5. saved money in two of the envelopes in my 100 envelope challenge

6. started a grocery challenge for the month of February only bought fresh things at store total for week is $12.01

7. Found some chicken legs on sale at Winco for .48 could not pass that up even though I did not need chicken.  Bought two large packages and came home and froze with my seal a meal into 4 bags 10 legs each.

8. cooked all meals from scratch using what we had on hand

9. used up several bits and bobs from fridge so no waste

10. posted and sold several things on facebook market place.  Get rid of clutter and make a little money.

11.asked neighbor for Sunday coupon inserts to take advantage of sales at Riteaid and stock up on shampoos and rinses we are good for about a year now and I earned points!

12. took pictures of all my receipts for fetch

13. used a coupon at Joanns for a zipper and a yard of bridal fabric to do a lace up back on a Wedding dress.

 We had enchiladas for dinner and Hubs took the two left over brats for his lunch.  He also caught some fish today so we will have that for lunch tomorrow with a salad.

How are you doing on the no spend grocery challenge? As most grocer fliers come out on Wednesday's, did any of you go shopping?  I was pleased to only spend a little over $12.00 for the week and we have plenty of fresh things to get us through next Wednesday.

I now have $160.00 towards Aunties money and I will get more in tomorrow! 

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim