School started Monday and this is what I cooked for dinner. It is easy and filling. I just love the recipes that I am finding in the Make & Take July issue from Better Homes and Gardens. By the way it was a good first day. But, I have more news! It is my blog’s birthday. Yes, it has been three years since I started this experiment and I want to reward you the reader with two cookbooks from one of the first friends that I made as I was over whelmed with the whole blog thing. I did not know what I was doing. Well, if the truth be known I still don’t! Susan Russo from Food Blogga befriended me. I love using her blog for my class as a resource. She knows what she is talking about and is so well rounded. Check her blog out you’ll love it! Anyway, I am giving away two of her cookbooks Recipes that Every Man Should Know and The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches to a lucky reader. Just comment here on the blog. The deadline is Sunday at midnight. Good luck! And you are going to love this recipe! It is a keeper!
Bean-and Beef Enchilada Casserole from Better Homes and Gardens
Yield 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef (the original recipe calls for 8 ounces)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion ( 1 small)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 15-ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 4-ounce can diced green chile peppers, undrained
- 1 8-ounce carton sour cream
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 6-inch corn tortillas
- 1 10-ounce can enchilada sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Fresh cilantro
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease a 9 x 9 casserole dish.
- Brown ground meat and onion. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook until onion is tender. Drain.
- Stir chili powder,cumin, pinto beans, and chiles into the meat mixture. Remove from heat.
- In a small bowl mix sour cream, flour, and garlic powder. Set aside.
- Arrange half the tortillas on the bottom of the greased baking dish, cutting to fit if needed.
- Top with half the meat mixture, half the cream mixture, and half the enchilada sauce.
- Repeat the layers.
- Cover with foil and bake for about 30 minutes or until heated through.
- Uncover sprinkle with cheese .
- Bake uncovered for about 5 minutes until cheese melts.
- Serve with freshly chopped cilantro and fresh tomatoes.
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The Teacher Cooks 
Looks delicious Mrs. Lupo! I miss cooking with you in your class! I hope all is going well! (:
-Megan Whitaker
I’m trying the enchilada dish tonight. Congrats on anniversary.
Love these recipes and will be trying them this week. Also, would love the cookbooks for more inspiration. Happy Anniversary with the blog!
What does your enchilada sauce taste like? I like to make my own and have a great spinach sauce but need a great traditional sauce recipe. This looks very good YUM!
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Looks good! Can’t wait to try it!
School’s started already?!
Happy Birthday to your blog, Wanda!
this looks good
love jenny
Looks great and easy – I might have to try it this weekend! Thanks
This looks awesome! I am going to try it at our family dinner this week! Thanks for all the great posts….I love the recipes I get from here. Happy Anniversary!!!
I would love these cookbooks! Thanks!
Oh, I’m blushing now. Thank you for your kind words and for the generous give-away. And happy blogiversary to you. May there be many more!
Great idea! Follow your blog all the time. One of your biggest fans for many reasons! Have a great year!
I love trying new foods! I hope one day I get to try and make the Bean-and-Beef Enchilada Casserole!(: Mhmmm (:
That looks so delicious
Looks Great cant wait to try it. Are we going to cook this dish in your class?
i wish i could make this
I learned that covering with foil helps to cook the enchiladas better.
I learned that you need to lightly grease the pan.
I learned that you use chili powder,cumin, pinto beans, and chiles when making the enchiladas. I feel like this will create more flavor!
I learned that thsi dish is very easy to make after school for dinner and looks very delicious!
so does this take a long time to cook
a lot of ingredients but it looks worth it
An easy and filling meal (and happy birthday blog)
this dish should be served with freshly chopped cilantro
It is easy to cook and very filling by the way happy birthday blog !!!
This looks like a really good easy dish to make at home!!!(:
You have to preheat the oven to 350 so it will be as hot as it needs to be when you put the in.
I learned that you have to stir up all the ingredients into different bowls and that you can mix it all together later.
i learned that you can use a corn tortillas in a Enchilada Casserole
I learned that casserole is a great recipe to make short-notice for many people. It is very filling and easy to throw together.
I learned that on August 7th, it was you’re blogs birthday .
I didn’t know that you could make a casserole out of enchiladas.
I learned that you also do this in layers.
i learned that this dish is very simple and filling . and this came from make and take issue ! and this looks very good !
You can serve this with freshly chopped cilantro and fresh tomatoes.
I leaned that the enchilada casserole came from the better homes & gardens magazine.
This little casserole will serve up to six people.
I learned that the casserole is not much time consuming, you dont have to use alot of grease for it not to stick, you can just lightly grease it.
I learned that you can get good recipes from a Betters Homes and Gardens Magazine.
I learned that you have to cover the enchiladas with foil to bake it.
I learned it’s easy to make and fills you up and your family
Its easy and filling.
Madison L. 3rd This enchilada recipe uses corn torillas instead of flour, like most tacos.
this easy to make casserole serves up to 6 people.
i learned you have to grease the baking dish.
I learned you can make the enchiladas in layers and it can serve up to 6 people
Looks great, and is tasty,my mom loves those, so i think i cook those for her one day
i didn’t know there was enchiladas as a casserole .
Serve with fresh chopped cilantro and fresh tomatoes for a better and healthy taste.
I learned that you can put many different ingredients in many different bowls and then put them all together in a recipe but in different layers.
3rd period
I learned that you can cut the enchiladas to fit instead of just cramming it in the pan.
I learned that the beef enchilad can be easily made and is great back to sschool dish.
I learned that you don’t have to make enchiladas the traditional way and that you can make them as a casserole too.
you have to civer the dish with foil to bake it
a proper cover will cook the enchilada better
this recipe serves up to 6 people and doesnt use flower
I learned that this dish is very easy to make after school
I learned that you have to stir up all the ingredients into different bowls and that you can mix it all together later.
i learned you have to cover the dish with foil so it keeps its moisture and cooks better.
i learnd that this is a a simple meal that doesnt take long to cook.
okay this recipe should hard to flow
I learned that you have to pre heat the oven to 350. Not only that but aluminum foil is good to use while cooking.
you have to bake for about 30 minutes and it doesnt take a long time to make .
I learned how to make this recipe from reading your blog. I tried it at home and I learned that it might be better to use a little more sour cream (even though it adds more calories)
I learned that you have to cover the enchiladas with foil. I learned that you can cut the enchiladas to fit instead of just cramming it in the pan.
I learned that this is a quick and easy dish to make and to have after school
you stir the our cream and garlic to the side speratly.
You brown the ground meat along with the onions. while adding salt and pepper for flavor
I learned you have to cove them with foil when baking
You have to cover the enchiladas with foil to bake it.
I learned that this dish is quick and easy, and that it is a spiced up version of regular enchiladas. Also that foil is best to use for quick cleaning and easier serving. Tkeya Dix (1st period)
you have to mix everything separably in different bowls.
Beef enchilada is easy to make and you have to cover the dish with foil before you bake it. The dish and serve up to six people.
I learned that covering with foil helps to cook the enchiladas better.
I learned that if you need a recipe that is easy to make and doesnt take too much time that there are recipes that satisfy such as this one.
I learned that you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
This dish is pretty simple to make and fills you up fairly fast. You can cover it with foil so it will help it to cook and turn out better
can you added more than that