My Wednesday Pantry-New To Me Recipe

 

     I've been wanting to make enchiladas for a long time-not sure why I've never made them before as they would have been an economical dish when I had a houseful of kids. I used. I used both these recipes form Allrecipes.com for the Enchilada Sauce and the Bean and Cheese Enchiladas .The verdict-lukewarm-OK. For what they were, they had a really good taste, but were very beany-maybe next time I'll decrease the bean ratio by 1/3, add a full onion (I used the other half from my tuna salad). I might also mix only half (1/4 of the recipe) the cheese in with the beans. and layer the other 1/4 cheese on top of the beans to have more definition. I really liked the enchilada sauce and and using a $ .29 cent can of Aldi tomato sauce for the base, and chili powder, pepper, and cummin I had in my pantry, so cheap. The corn tortillas were 30 for I think $1.39 an dI only used 12. I'll admit, I just used a packet of taco  seasoning in he bean and cheese mix, which tasted good. As I said, the main complaint is the  amount of beans to cheese and tortilla ratio. Cost?

• 12 Corn Tortillas  $.58
• 2 Can beans $1.38
• 2 cups cheese $1.65
• Taco seasoning $.39
• Tomato sauce  $ .29
• 1/2 an onion $ .14
• chili powder, cumin, flour, pepper-negligible, but let's say cumulative $ .50

     Total $4.83. I made the remains of a bag of rice with 1/3 stick of margarine, so another $ .40 for rice, with leftovers for the rice crust quiche I'm making tonight. $5.33 for two people, with enough leftovers for a second meal, so $2.67. I ate two and DH had four, but I think he had very little rice. I'll eat the leftovers for lunch today=Friday, along with the rice I don't need for the quiche crust. Now that I've made them, I can see it would be easy to mix up any filings inside-ground beef and bean, chicken and cheese etc. or add other vegetables.

     My daughter did her shopping while I did mine-keeping the high recommendation of one cart/one person in stores though we saved gas and had time together by going together. New readers may not know my daughter eats vegan, no animal products at all, and mostly does whole food cooking with little use of pre-made vegan products. She found a great deal on veggie meat patties, and ground mock beef, $2 off per package so she will have a bit less labor the next few weeks. Hummus was $2 a tub and hard to make for that price. This was a large haul for her, spending $55. She overall averages $30 per week for her H&G with occasional restocks that might  increase her yearly spending overall, but even then she is very efficient. I asked her to take a picture of her haul when she unpacked. She was planning on doing a meal prep day Sunday after I dropped her off. If she had any new recipes, I'll ask her to share them with pictures. I'll keep looking for new things to try this winter as I have been in a rut. I've got a spare 18 corn tortillas in my freezer so if you have ideas or recipes to use them up, please share. Edit: I've corrected both my daughters shop and average spending. Dang, that girl is  even thriftier than I first typed and healthy!

My daughter's Aldi haul.