Wow!! After all of these recipes your family will definitely be in the fiesta mood. Ole!! We’re covering every meal of the day along with a fun drink to make! Make sure to check them all out and try one out with your family.
Hola! Get your family in the fiesta mood by starting their day off with a breakfast burrito made from your dehydrated eggs. If you haven’t had your family try scrambled dehydrated eggs, this is a perfect time! There are lots of other flavors in the burrito if you’re scared they won’t like the eggs. Personally, I just did cheese, eggs, and salsa but another great combo to try is cheese, eggs, breakfast sausage, and a fruit salsa. Remember when converting multiple eggs that there are 16 tablespoons in a cup. I also use powdered milk as a 1/4 of the liquid called for to rehydrate the eggs since scrambled eggs are supposed to fluffy. The other thing I realized this morning when I made these is that you will probably want to do a couple extra eggs then you would normally with real eggs. The rehydrated eggs don’t make as much.
For lunch, who can forget bean burritos made from dehydrated refried beans. For more info on this, check out my previous post “Think outside the bun”
Or…very delicious shredded beef tacos made from your canned beef in your 3 month supply. For more info on that, check out this entry.
For dinner try Enchilada Casserole…it’s for those of you short on time but LOVE enchiladas! It tastes just like the real thing and is so delicious and EASY that I don’t even make real enchiladas anymore! The other great thing is that a lot of the ingredients come from your 3 month supply..including canned chicken!! Make one of your sides the dehydrated refried beans and you’ve got it made!! For tips on rehydrating your beans, click here.
Tortilla Casserole
1 ½ C Sour Cream
2 Cans (10 ¾ oz) Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can (7 oz) Diced green Chiles
1 Can (10 oz) Mild enchilada sauce
3 C cooked chicken or 3 cans chicken or turkey, drained (save the juices for broth!)
12 Corn tortillas, torn into bite size pieces (or Tortilla chips)
1 ½ C grated Cheese (Cheddar)
Save 1/2 C. of grated cheese and mix all other ingredients in a bowl. Pour mixture into 9×13 pan and top with remaining cheese. Cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. This casserole can be made ahead and put in the fridge. (Allow for extra baking time if you do this.)
And finally, a fun drink to make using your rice.
Horchata
1 cup uncooked white long-grain rice
5 cups water1/2 cup milk (1 1/2 T. powdered milk + 1/2 Water)
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
DIRECTIONS: Pour the rice and water into the bowl of a blender; blend until the rice just begins to break up, about 1 minute. Let rice and water stand at room temperature for a minimum of 3 hours. Strain the rice water into a pitcher and discard the rice. Stir the milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar into the rice water. Chill and stir before serving over ice.
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oooh, i love horchata. i’ve made it before but haven’t found a recipe i like. this one looks good. i’m getting thirsty.
oooh, i love horchata. i’ve made it before but haven’t found a recipe i like. this one looks good. i’m getting thirsty.
I love horchata! I haven’t had it in a long time. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I love horchata! I haven’t had it in a long time. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I made the Tortilla casserole yesterday for a friend and it was wonderful! and easy too!! We had planned on going out to eat for mexican food but then we noticed that, in the last 4 days, the swine flu numbers had doubled so we decided to eat it. I had printed off this recipe because I wanted to try it. I had most everything already so I just ran to the store to pick up a corn tortillas and enchilada sauce and I was in business! We both really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I made the Tortilla casserole yesterday for a friend and it was wonderful! and easy too!! We had planned on going out to eat for mexican food but then we noticed that, in the last 4 days, the swine flu numbers had doubled so we decided to eat it. I had printed off this recipe because I wanted to try it. I had most everything already so I just ran to the store to pick up a corn tortillas and enchilada sauce and I was in business! We both really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Instead of using the dehydrated refried beans if you have a wheat grinder that can do pinto beans too then try this recipe….
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Shortcut-Refried-Beans/Detail.aspx
It has worked well for me several times…granted slightly more work then just rehydrated but still a lot less work then cooking beans from scratch and then mashing.
Steph
Instead of using the dehydrated refried beans if you have a wheat grinder that can do pinto beans too then try this recipe….
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Shortcut-Refried-Beans/Detail.aspx
It has worked well for me several times…granted slightly more work then just rehydrated but still a lot less work then cooking beans from scratch and then mashing.
Steph