Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas

1 lb cooked chicken breast (or canned)
8 oz cream cheese
1 can (4.5 oz) green chiles
1 package flour tortillas
1 can (10 oz) Green chile enchilada sauce (recipe calls for 2, but I'm stingy)
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Cook chicken; add cream cheese and chiles and stir until blended and cheese is melted. Spoon filling onto tortillas; roll up and place seam side down in 9 x 13 dish that has been lightly greased. Pour enchilada sauce over top; sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes or until hot and cheese is melted.

I serve with refried beans and Spanish rice.

Split Pea Soup

3 quarts water
1 pound pork sausage, ham, or bacon
1 pound split peas (2 ¼ cups)
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced potato
1 cup minced onion
1 grated carrot
salt and pepper to taste

Cook split peas in 2 quarts water of 15 minutes. Pour off water. Cook peas in 3 quarts water to which has been added 2 teaspoons salt and the meat. Cook until meat is well done. Add vegetables. Simmer until peas are soft.

I make mine with leftover ham. I also use lots of vegetables so that the soup is chunky.
Mmmm good :)

Sour Cream and Cherry Cake

1 sour cream cake mix
1 cup sour cream
¼ cup water
3 eggs
1 can cherry pie filling
Frosting (1 ½ c powder sugar 2 tbsp milk)

Mix cake mix, water, sour cream, and eggs. Spread in greased jellyroll pan, dot batter with cherry pie filling. Cook 25 – 30 minutes at 350. Drizzle with warm frosting.

I can't find sour cream cake mix in New England, but white or yellow cake mixes work okay. The cake rises between the dallops of pie filling. So moist, I can eat the whole pan.

Food Snobs

Yesterday we had some pears with our dinner, and UGH! they were terrible. Some were hard as rocks and the syrup was awful.

Of course, they were from the store. I didn't realize it would be so difficult to go from the home canned stuff to the store bought. Fortunately, we still have pears that I bottled this fall to get us through the next few months. I think it might be time to start rationing them.

The pear recipe will come later.

Four-in-One Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups oatmeal, uncooked

Combine together shortening, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. Add flour, soda, and salt; blend well. Stir in oatmeal. Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool about two minutes; then remove from cookie sheet.

Variations: add 1 cups raisins, 1 cup salted peanuts, 6 oz chocolate chips, 6 oz butterscotch pieces, or 1 cup shredded coconut.

This is the new chocolate chip cookie recipe I use. I love this cookbook and you can buy it from the Church Distribution.