Easy Beef Enchiladas

I like quick easy meals and this is one that we really like.

1 lb ground beef, cooked
1 can refried beans
sliced olives
chopped onions
shredded cheese
tortillas
1 packet McCormick Enchilada Sauce (you will need tomato sauce for this sauce)

Make the sauce according to the directions on the packet. Mix the beef, beans, olives and onions together. I don't like olives and onions so I just do the beans and beef for me. Spoon about 1/3 cup of mixture into tortillas, sprinkle with cheese, roll up closing both ends, and put in a 9x13 pan. Cover with the sauce and sprinkle cheese over the top.
 If you want you can dip the tortillas in the sauce before adding the mixture and rolling it up.
This will make about 6- 8 enchiladas.
Cook at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.
These make great leftovers!

Best Frosting EVER!!

Its a simple math equation really....
2 sticks of butter
2 8 oz blocks of cream cheese
4 teaspoons of vanilla
4 oz. of white chocolate
8 Cups of powdered sugar (add more if you want thicker frosting)

Instructions: for one, it makes quite a bit, so half it if you need to. Two, the butter and cream cheese should be at room temperature... cream them together for a few minutes... then add vanilla... then (this is the part I made up... and its sooooo good)... heat up 4 oz of broken up white chocolate in the microwave for 30 sec... stir, and do for another 30 sec until you can mix it and its smooth... immediately pour into the butter/cream cheese mixture and keep that mixer ON (the white chocolate will get hard if you don't) then slowly add the powdered sugar until its at the consistency you want.  If you refrigerate it you might have to get it out and let it thaw a bit and put a mixer to it again to make it soft and spreadable.  Perfect for everything... seriously!  This is the frosting we had on our wedding cupcakes... only now there is white chocolate in it, and its even tastier now.

Crock Pot Lasagna

I'm going to be lazy and just post the link to this recipe... but it was my first lasagna attempt EVER and it turned out really really good!  Its a vegitarian one... I'm sure you could spurce it up a bit with zuccinni and squash and maybe even some meat... but I just made it as it says here and it was really good... hope you like it too!  It makes A LOT so be prepared for leftovers.  Here is the link...

http://www.justcookalready.com/2011/02/crock-pot-lasagna.html

Meal Planning

I have found that our meals are so much better when I have a plan. At the beginning of every month I write up a dinner calendar for the entire month. When I go shopping at the beginning of the month I make sure to buy all the ingredients needed for those meals.  It makes my life so much easier and we tend to have better meals. Here is the link to the template that I use.

http://www.5dollardinners.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/monthlymenu.pdf