Baked Chicken Flautas

I stumbled on this recipe by accident and tried it out tonight. It was tasty! During dinner, C.J. told me he thought I should post this recipe here. I guess he liked it:

Preheat oven to 450

10 flour tortillas (I buy precooked tortillas from Sams Club or Costco that you cook right before you use. They are fantastic and taste like homemade, fresh tortillas).

2 tsp canola oil mixed with 1/2 tsp red pepper

Filling:

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/3 C sour cream (I ran out and used milk - it was still wonderful)

1 can diced green chilis

1 cup grated cheese

2 cups diced cooked chicken

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp coriander

cilantro

combine all ingredients in saucepan over medium heat until warm. Place about 3 tbsp filling in end of each tortilla and wrap up tightly ( you may want to fasten them with toothpicks).

Place on a cookie sheet. Lightly brush outside of each with the oil/pepper mixture. Cook until they look crisp on top, about 10-15 minutes.

Vermont Maple Blueberry Salad

Vermont Maple Blueberry Salad

blueberries
green apples (cut into bite sized pieces)
cinnamon almonds (see the nuts about berries salad)
blue cheese crumbles
chopped romaine lettuce
Maple Vinaigrette Dressing

Maple Vinaigrette Dressing:

3 T. maple syrup
1 t. mustard powder
1 T. apple cider vinegar
1/4 t. salt
2 T. olive oil
1 T. sugar

Mix it all together!  Add a little bit more sugar the dressing if it is too tart.

Nuts about Berries Salad (Zupas)

Here is another one I tried this weekend.  It also was so good, especially as the weather is getting hotter.

Nuts about Berries Salad

raspberries
blueberries
strawberries
blackberries
cinnamon almonds
chopped romaine lettuce
poppyseed dressing

Poppyseed Dressing:

1/2 c. Heinz gourmet Salad vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 t. dry mustard powder
3/4 inch slice purple onion minced fine
1/2 t. salt
1 T. poppy seeds
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. vegetable oil

blend all together

Mix all the ingredients together.  I cut up the strawberries but left the rest of the berries whole.  To make the cinnamon almonds, I used almond slices and tossed it with brown sugar and cinnamon to coat and then toasted them.  Again, mix as much or as little dressing as you want.  This also makes about 2 cups of dressing.  So yummy.

Pina Colada Chicken Salad

I love Zupa's salads and decided to try and mimick some of them.  Here is my first attempt.

Pina Colada Chicken Salad

Cooked cubed chicken
pineapple chunks
mandarin oranges
toasted coconut
macadamia nuts
chopped romaine lettuce
Pina Colada Dressing

Pina Colada Dressing:

1/2 c. + 2 T. sugar
1/3 c. pina colada drink mix
1/3 c. apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar
1/2 t. ginger powder
1 t. dry mustard
1/2 t. salt
1 1/4 c. vegetable oil

Blend together in a blender

Mix all the ingredients together. Add as little or as much dressing as you want.  The recipe makes about 2 cups of dressing, so you can half or quarter it if you don't want that much.  We had this for dinner tonight and it was DELICIOUS!