Your ingredients: 1lb Chicken, 9-10 tortillas (the small size, NOT burrito size!), 1 packet taco seasoning, 1/2 can enchilada sauce, 1 jar Ortega taco sauce, fiesta blend cheese (a few handfuls), salsa and sour cream are optional.

In a skillet, cook your chicken in a little bit of butter with the taco seasoning. About halfway through, add in a few tablespoons of the enchilada sauce. Make sure you cook your chicken thoroughly. When the chicken is done, you can put it in a bowl in the freezer to cool down a little.

Dice up your cooked chicken. You can shred it if you want, but I find it easier to just chop it up with a knife. Mix in about 1/2 a cup of the cheese and a few more tablespoons of the enchilada sauce. Mix it all up.

In each tortilla, put a few spoonfuls of your chicken mixture. Roll them up and stick them side by side in the pan.

In a 9×13 pan I got 9 enchiladas. It ended up working out perfectly because I ripped one of the tortillas.

Pour on the taco sauce to coat the tops of the enchiladas. Then add a few handfuls of your shredded cheese. Pop them in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes, or until they’re warmed through and the cheese is melted and bubbly.

The end result! These are super super tasty. And I put sour cream and salsa on top. And since you can make them as spicy as you want (the Ortega sauce comes in different levels of heat) they’re versatile for adults and kids. You could also add some onion or bell pepper to the chicken, but I didn’t have any when I made these.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Do you prefer the step by step style recipes, or how I was doing them before?

I’ve been having such a hard time recently coming up with things to blog about. I guess when you do the same things day in and day out, it gets kind of boring to keep repeating yourself. But recently I’ve noticed a trend with some of the ladies I have on facebook. A lot of my high school classmates are getting married and having children. (Though not necessarily in that order.)

One such person, we’ll call her Oleysia* (Because that’s what she feels compelled to name her daughter. But that’s another story.) is being induced today. I’m not even going to touch the induction, because I could go on and on about it for days. I want to talk about the exchange between her and another girl from our class, let’s call her Mary.

Oleysia: but shes going on breast milk whether it be from bottle n i pump or straight from me.
Mary: Ya that’s a good idea! She needs to be. Its better for her! Just don’t be one of those gross moms who do it until they are 1 or older! Grosses me out!
O: Ya i wont teeth scare me lol
M:  Ha ha ya they should! And they don’t need it that long. That’s more for the mom than the baby by 8 months!

….Huh? According to the World Health Organization:

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary foods up to two years of age or beyond.

And according to Dr. Jack Newman:

Breastfeeding to 3 and 4 years of age has been common in much of the world until recently in human history, and it is still common in many societies for toddlers to breastfeed.

So it really pisses me off when people have children and are ignorant of the facts. I replied to them both basically quoting what the WHO says on the subject of extended breastfeeding. And I know, at the end of the day, it’s up to this mommy to make her own decisions. But I would rather get on someones nerves by telling them how it really is than let them blindly go on their way making uninformed choices.

Because that’s really what I’m about here. Informed decisions.

*Doesn’t it sound like a brand of margarine? I can’t help but laugh, even though I know this kid is probably going to get picked on in school.