Easy Beef Enchiladas

These are my quick go to enchiladas I can make and they always taste good!  They are great to take to others when you need to take in a meal.  I like to add a can of refried beans to my enchiladas so I will include them in this recipe:

Easy Beef and Bean Enchiladas

1 1/2 lb ground beef, cooked, drained, and seasoned

1 large can tomato soup

1 large can Rosarita (red) mild enchilada sauce

1 can Refried Beans

1 can black olives, sliced

Shredded cheese

Corn tortillas

Lettuce, Tomato Salsa, and sour cream for topping

Mix in big bowl one can of tomato soup and one can Rosarita mild enchilada sauce. (I don't like too spicy , that is why I add the tomato soup), mix together well.  In a 9 x 13 pan, pour a little sauce in the bottom.  Dip corn tortilla in soup mixture and then place in pan.  Add seasoned ground beef, a spoon of refried beans, shredded cheese, and sliced olives.  Roll up in a tortilla, continue with each tortilla.  I usually get 12 rolled corn tortillas in a 9 x 13 pan.  Cover top of enchiladas with the rest of the red sauce and cheese.  Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 min.  Serve with lettuce, tomato, salsa, sour cream and chopped olives!

Yummy!

Since I don't like to eat too much red meat, you could substitute chicken and onions and peppers in place of meat and beans.

Quick and Easy and Yummy!  Winner!

For the nourishing of our souls:

Here is a saying I saw:

If you planted hope today in a heart that felt alone,

If you caused a laugh that chased some tears away,

If someone's burden was made lighter because of your kindness,

Then your day was well spent!

May we have well spent days!

Chex Treat

This is a family favorite, it is very addicting and always a favorite!

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup light Karo Syrup
3/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
6 cups Rice Chex Cereal
6 cups Golden Grahams Cereal

Mix cereal together in large bowl.  Melt sugar, Karo syrup, and butter over stove top.  Bring to boil and boil 1 to 2 min.  Remove from heat, add vanilla, Pour over cereal and mix well.

Can add 1 1/2 cups slivered almonds and 1 cup coconut if desired!(just add it to the cereal)

You can also pour this stuff over 10 to 13 cups popped popcorn.

Very yummy stuff!  You can use only Rice Chex cereal if you dont have the others, or half Rice chex and half corn chex, or any mixture of cereals, I love the golden grahams mixed in.

For the nourishing of souls:
Here is a quote I saw on Facebook I loved it:

Marriage Box
Most people get married believing a myth that marriage is a beautiful box full of all the things they have longed for: companionship, intimacy, friendship, etc. The Truth is that marriage at the start is an empty box.  You must put something in before you can take anything out.  There is no love in marriage. Love is in people. And people put love in marriage. There is no romance in marriage.  You have to infuse it into your marriage.  A couple must learn the art and form the habit of giving, loving, serving, praising, keeping the box full .  IF you take out more than you put in, the box will be empty.

Heavenly Hamburger

Here is my favorite recipe from when I was first married, I have seen different versions of it on pinterest, and so I have adapted this as well, I no longer do it this old fashioned way, I now use spaghetti sauce, but here is my original, you will like it, and below it I will condense it down to easier version!

Heavenly Hamburger

2 Tblsp. Margarine

1 clove garlic (or use minced garlic, garlic salt, or garlic powder)

1 tsp salt, dash of pepper

1 tsp. sugar

½ cup grated cheese

1 8 oz pkg lasagna noodles

2 8 oz cans tomato sauce

6 spring onions (chopped with greens)

8 oz cream cheese

1 cup sour cream

1 lb hamburger

Melt butter in skillet, add hamburger, brown with garlic, add salt and pepper, sugar, tomato sauce.  Lower heat and simmer for 15 min.  Cook noodles and drain.  In large casserole put layer of noodles then onion mixture (onions, cream cheese sour cream) then hamburger, repeat and put cheese on top.

Bake at 350 degrees in oven for 20 minutes.

Easier Version Heavenly Hamburger

1 large jar of spaghetti sauce

Browned hamburger to add to spaghetti sauce

Cooked Noodles of any kind you want to use

In skillet, add your spaghetti sauce and browned hamburger and seasonings (salt pepper and garlic ) and warm it up

In separate bowl mix together  8 oz Cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream, and chopped onions (about 6 spring onions).

Spray Pam on bottom of casserole dish

Layer noodles, then the spaghetti sauce mixture, then the cream cheese mixture, repeat layers until you run out.  Top with grated cheese (I ususally use cheddar but you could use mozarella) and Bake at 350 degrees in oven for 20 min

YUMMY

For the nourishing of our souls:

Tonight in our scripture reading we came across St Matthew 14:27:

"Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid"

Jesus is telling us to be of good cheer and be not afraid.

There have been HUNDREDS of times when I kneel to pray that I hear the Holy Ghost telling me to be of good cheer.  Even during times when I am struggling and want to be mad at the world for the unfairness of it all.  Jesus tells us over and over throughout the scriptures as well to be of good cheer, He is with us, He knows our pains, He knows how to give us strength to bear our burdens, He walks with us along our path, so be not afraid, we are not alone, He is with us always!

Best Banana Cake Ever!

I had a friend ask me for my banana cake recipe and I told her to find it on my blog, and it was not here, so I decided I better hurry and post it as I dont want any of you to miss out on this yummy cake.  We served this cake and texas sheet cake for my daughters wedding a while back, yes, it's that good!  I got it from my friend Lynette McKenzie while we served as VT's in Sandridge Ward!

Banana Sheet Cake     (My favorite one from Lynette)

2 cups sugar   

1 cup oil         

4 eggs

4 smashed bananas

1 cup sour cream

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

  Mix first 6 ingredients together until well mixed.  Add rest of ingredients.  Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 min  in jelly roll pan (the big long cookie sheets).  You can add nuts, raisins or chocolate chips.

Frost with either a buttercream icing or cream cheese frosting, whichever you prefer!

And for the nourishing of the souls: 

I just spent the past few weeks studying up for a class I got to teach on "We do not doubt our mothers knew it"(Alma 56:48)

If you read in Alma 53 to Alma 56, you will learn of the 2000 stripling warriors.  They were noble young men who fought for their fathers who could not.  They had never fought before.  They did not fear death.  When Helaman asked them why they did not fear, they said their mothers taught them that God would protect them, and they had faith that they would be preserved.  They did not doubt, because their mothers knew it!  It is a wonderful tribute to mothers, that we are powerful influences in our childrens lives.

They believed in the atonement.  If there was one thing we could teach our children, it should be the gift of the atonement. 

May each of you who are mothers realize how powerful you are.  Our children watch what we do more than listen to what we say! 

motherhood is awesome! enjoy your day with your children!

Potato Cheese Soup from Shauna

I wanted to make potato soup for my mom and dad and I could not find the recipe posted, so I had to find where I kept it and post this.  This is one of our favorites and we got it from Shauna when she went to Snow College and one of her roommates made this.  It might look hard but it really is very easy!

Potato Cheese Soup from Shauna
1-2 carrots, chopped into bite size pieces
1/2 onion chopped, diced
3 medium potatoes, cut into bite size pieces
2 cans chicken broth
1/2 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
6 Tblsp butter
6 Tblsp flour
5 cups milk or half and half
3 cups Monterey Jack Cheese or Cheddar Cheese

In one pan:
Cut onion as fine as you can and saute in butter
Add 2 cans chicken broth, carrots, potatoes, pepper, salt, garlic powder.  Add tomatoes.  Boil until onions and potatoes are tender.

In another pan:
Melt 6 Tblsp, butter, add flour, add milk, Using a whisk, stir together real good. Cook for a minute or two until thickened
Pour the pan with vegetables into this pan.
Bring to Boil, Take off stove, Add the 3 cups cheese.  Put lid on to help melt the cheese and keep warm, and to soften/thicken.
Stir all together before serving
If soup needs to be reheated, just do bowls separately in microwave or the soup will burn.

*I have added broccoli to this as well and cauliflower, yummy!

For the nourishing of the soul:
Here is one of my favorite scriptures:
D&C 88:63
"Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.  Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is expedient for you"

WE talked about this in SS today, the most important thing we can do is have a good relationship with our Father in Heaven.  WE need to PRAY OFTEN!, as we draw near to Him, He is always there for us.  He loves us so much and wants to bless us, however, because we came to earth to be tried and tested and endure adversity in order to build trust in Him and to build our character, He cannot always answer our prayers to everything we want, He will do "that which is expedient for you" so as we Trust Him, we will know that some of our answers need to be No, and sometimes they get to be YES! 
I love my Savior and my Heavenly Father!

Watergate Salad

I went home to visit my mom and dad and family last week, and my mother made this a couple of times, it is a tradition at the Walters house, so I thought I should include it here for my daughters to carry on the tradition!

Watergate Salad

1 (4 oz) pkg instant pistachio pudding mix
1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple with juice, undrained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
2 cups Cool Whip
1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired (we do not usually add this)

Stir pudding mix, pineapple with juice, marshmallows, and nuts in a large bowl until well blended.

Gently stir in Cool Whip

Refrigerate one hour until ready to serve!

We always double the recipe, and of course it comes out green so it  is great for Christmas and ST Patrick's Day as well!

Enjoy!

For the nourishing of the soul:
While in Arizona my sister drove me out to see the new temple being built, it was so pretty it brought tears to my eyes!  I love seeing so many temples being erected!  So here is one of my favorite scriptures:
D&C 87: 8  "Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold , it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen

Breakfast Egg and Hashbrown Casserole

I went to a missionary farewell and this was served and it was delicious, of course I had to ask for the recipe, I got it from Maren Skidmore, but she informed me she used a bag of hashbrowns in place of the hashbrown patties, 

EGG CASSEROLE

8 to 10 hashbrown patties (or use one reg bag of frozen hashbrowns that has been thawed the night before)
1/2  cube melted butter

Spray a 9 x 13 with Pam
Line a 9 x 13 pan with the patties (I can only fit 7, but usually cut up the 8th to fill in holes, and I put them in frozen still)
(*Or Line 9 x 13 with one reg size bag of thawed out hashbrowns)
 Pour the melted butter over the patties or hasbrowns  
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 min

While it's baking prepare:
1 cup swiss cheese shredded (or mozzarella)
1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
1 cup diced ham
12 eggs whipped with 2 cups cream or half and half
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Layer in order over the hashbrowns and bake at 350 degrees for 40 min or until hot and bubbly

I prefer the hashbrown version, I tried the hashbrown patties and it was not as fluffy.  Also, to make it heartier as a meal, brown sausage or cook sausage links and cut into chunks and layer in between the cheese layer, or can do cooked bacon torn into bite size pieces.  For me I dont like meat so I like to saute onions , mushrooms, and green and or red bell peppers and layer that between the cheeses.  I made this recipe this morning and it was DIVINE!

Enjoy!

For the nourishing of our souls:
on Pinterest I found a website called www.creativeldsquotes.blogspot.com and here is one of them:
"Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high."  Richard G Scott

We need to have our scriptures in our hands each day!