I've still been struggling a bit with the blues lately. So I did the thing that always makes me feel better: I cooked something new, did a bit of experimenting, and fed people. I cooked for my husband and one of his friends.
This is the recipe I roughly followed:
Chimichangas
However it's not fried. I also modified the recipe and used ground beef I cooked up with Mexican seasoning instead of the shredded chicken the recipe recommends. I cooked up the ground beef with paprika, salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, and a bit of oregano. Then I mixed in a thing of whipped cream cheese, a bunch of sharp cheddar cheese, a bit of Mexican blend cheese and filled the tortillas. My husband hates beans, so that completed his set. But for his friend and myself I first put down a layer of refried beans, and then the meat and cheese mixture.
I served them with pico de gallo, sour cream, and slices of avocado. I was surprised by how delicious they were. Spraying them with the cooking spray gave them a kind of crunchy shell which I really liked! I may be weird, but some of the cooking sprays really weird me out when they have all those ingredients I can't pronounce. So I bought one that is just olive oil. They were also extremely filling. My husband managed to eat two of the ones without the refried beans. His friend and I both only managed one each of the ones with beans and felt completely stuffed afterwards.
I bought the large winco pack of ground beef, the larger size of cream cheese, one regular sized bag of shredded cheese, and a bit extra cheese, and a small can of refried beans. This made 8 of the baked burritos, or taco packets as I like to call them. 5 with the beans and 3 without.
Here are two pictures of what they look like. These are the ones with beans, the ones without are a bit slimmer.
This blog is a bit about everything and a bit about nothing. I am leaving this very open to write about whatever I feel like. I've started with recipes for now, but will be posting about any and all crafty endeavors I have. Currently I'm working on reinstating Sunday night dinners, so there should be a new food post either every Sunday evening or Monday.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
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