Friday, May 3, 2013

Seasonally appropriate

You saw my pictures from last weekend. 

Bare feet.

Green grass.

Happiness.

Here's the view from my window at work this morning:
My dollar store window clings clearly indicate what season we ought to be in.  Woof.  I suppose that just means more quality time indoors cooking up recipes like this:

Sweet Potato Enchiladas
-2 pounds cut up sweet potatoes, boiled/roasted/microwaved/whatever (I actually just bought canned)
-1 1/2 cups chopped baby peppers
-1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 large)
-1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
-1 Tbsp vegetable/canola oil
-12-16 flour tortillas
-1 packet enchilada seasoning mix
-1 can tomato sauce (10 oz, or whatever the packet calls for)
-2 cups 2% shredded cheddar cheese
-1/2 teaspoon chili powder
-1/4 teaspoon pepper

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Heat oil in a shallow pan over medium-high heat.  Add peppers and onions.  Stir occasionally until nicely browned and softened.  Remove from heat.
3. Meanwhile in a large bowl, mash up your sweet potatoes with chili powder and pepper.  Stir in beans and pepper/onion mixture.
4. Make enchilada sauce according to packet instructions.  Most likely it involves heating up your tomato sauce with some water and the packet contents.  Once sauce is made, spread a few spoonfuls into the bottom of a 9x12 baking dish.  
4. Depending upon how fresh your tortillas are, you might want to warm them in the microwave for a few seconds.  Warm = more bendy.  Spoon some filling into one tortilla, fold it up, and gently place seam-side down into the baking pan.  Repeat until you've used up all your mixture. I didn't have enough tortillas on hand, so I ended up making only six. 
5. Cover with remaining sauce and top with cheese.  Bake until sauce is bubbly around the edges and cheese is fully melted. 




Makes 7-8 servings (2 per serving): 520 kcal, 86 g carbs, 18 g fat, 24 g protein, 9 g fiber

Super easy, especially if you're lazy like me and you buy pre-cut pre-cooked sweet potatoes.  Now maybe I'll go dig up my winter snowflake window clings...

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