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featured

our internet connection should be up in a few days (after a big fight with frontier) so for now i just have a quick update with beautiful treasuries i've been featured in recently. thanks to the wonderful people who featured my items!

also be sure to go check out the wonderful new tool i used to create this blog post. no more treasury screen shots! use the etsy treasury widget from craftcult!

thanks to all the hardworking treasury creators for the features!

chicken enchilada casserole

this is a favorite around here. it's easy, fast and very versitile! some days we make it with just cheese, other days with chicken or ground beef. i can throw in jalepenos, green chiles or onions. the prep time is less than 5 minutes, the cooking time less than 20. that's dinner on the table in less than a half hour! 

perfect.

chicken enchilada casserole

ingredients:

2 T vegetable oil

2 T taco seasoning

(alton brown's is my favorite. i lessened the salt a bit, tripled the recipe & keep it in a small jar)

1 chicken breast

(because we're cleaning out our freezer for the move & it's all i had. 2 would be more filling)

1 can enchilada sauce

(we use La Victoria. it has an authentic flavor, is inexpensive & gluten free!)

12 corn tortillas

2 cups shredded cheese

(or less if you like your arteries. we like cheese)

directions:

season chicken with taco seasoning & saute in a few tablespoons of vegetable oil. 

once the chicken is cooked through, shred it.

preheat oven to 350 degrees.

spread a few tablespoons of enchilada sauce in the bottom of your dish. cover with tortillas: two whole & one ripped in half will cover my whole dish. experiment to see what covers yours.

 begin layering ingredients: cheese, chicken, cheese, tortillas, enchilada sauce. repeat. 

i didn't have enough chicken for all the layers so i kept going with just cheese. 

after your final layer, pour on the last of the enchilada sauce and top with cheese one more time. 

when you zoom out a little you see what was really happening while i took pictures...

cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes. 

remove foil and return to oven for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. 

devour.

sunday morning

What ever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for me, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 

Colossians 3:23-24

i have been calling these verses to mind a lot lately. they were a good reminder to me as i struggled to spend every day at a job that was not fulfilling, but also going forward as i begin to build this little business. remember that whatever task you're doing, no matter how menial or trivial, it is the Lord you are serving!