Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:


3-4 Organic Chicken Breasts
2 onions
1 TBS Onion Powder
1 TBS Garlic Powder
1 can Coconut Milk
1 can Mild Green Chilies
 reserved broth from your chicken or 1 can organic low sodium chicken broth
Tortillas ( I use Brown Rice Tortillas from the health food store)  If you do not have a problem with wheat, you can use whole grain tortillas here.

Food For Thought

Healthy ingredients y'all!  If you can omit the sour cream and gobs of cheese, you gain all the health benefits of coconut. Coconut helps control weight, decreases the risk of joint inflammation, helps in lowering blood pressure, helps maintain a healthy immune system, relaxes muscles and nerves, helps to prevent anemia, maintains blood sugar.  The benefits are numerous for using coconut milk instead of dairy products.  What's even worse for your body are all the recipes that call for using canned soups like Cream of Mushroom Soup.  Check the label and see what's all in there.  Ask yourself, is this really good for my body?  They are loaded with sodium, and health destroying chemicals such as MSG.  I don't mind using dairy products on occasion,  but it is always in moderation.  If you have sinus problems,  allergies, inflammation, digestive problems and headaches, you may want to consider a dairy free diet.  After all, we are humans not baby cows.  Milk is made for baby cows.  Humans are the only species that drink another animals by product.  Just saying! This works for my diet not for everyone.  If you have no problems with dairy,  then dairy by all means use it.  Again, this blog is to show people healthier alternatives. 

Boiled chicken

Boil 2-4 chicken breasts with a white onion cut in half and season with salt and pepper (Or use a cooked rotisserie chicken)

Once the chicken is completely cooked, set aside and shred it up.

Saute about half a small white onion in a TBS coconut oil.

Saute 1 TBS Garlic powder  &  1 TBS onion powder with the onions

Then add about a cup or a cup and a half  of the broth from the chicken that you boiled to the pan

Mix 2 TSP cornstarch in cold water ( I use my  cooled down broth from the boiled chicken) and add to sauce…simmer for several minutes about 5 minutes to meld the flavors.  I like mine flavorful so I may add a bit more onion or garlic powder to taste.

Add a can of mild green chilies to the sauce and simmer about 5 minutes. ( I use mild for my kids otherwise I would use hot)

sauteing onions with broth

add coconut milk and green chilies

Spray baking dish with oil, and put about a ladle full of your cream sauce in the bottom of pan

Get your tortillas and place shredded chicken in each tortilla and roll up, place seam side down in baking dish.





***If your are a cheese eater, this is where you can add shredded cheese to the inside and roll it up.
****I try to use as little cheese as possible.  (I do not put cheese on my enchilada.)

I do top the enchiladas with shredded Organic Cheese for my family but just a small amount.  If you love cheese then go for it.

roll them up

seam side down

cover the enchiladas with the creamy green chili sauce.

Bake 350º for about 20 minutes until the sauce looks bubbly.

  Looking good and creamy!

These enchiladas are so creamy  and delicious.  Try them out.

 The kids gobbled them up.  Clayton had already finished and moved on to dessert at this point.  Ava was on seconds.  Steven asked if he could take the leftovers in his lunchbox the next day.

***Don't be afraid to try healthy recipes.  You have to change the way you think about food and break the addiction to sugar, sodium, and chemical infested food.  If I can do it, you can do it too!

My Little Veggie Stacked Enchilada

OK.  Now that I showed you that yummy chicken enchilada recipe, here is what I made myself.  I get tired of eating chicken and I love to eat veggies.  So, of course I made myself a little vegetarian enchilada.

I sautéed some diced squash, zucchini, and spinach with chili powder and cumin.  I layered the tortillas, sauce, and veggies in the ramekin, topped it with diced green chili and baked it along side the chicken enchiladas.  So simple.

I love this recipe. I could eat it everyday.

Try it out. If your family will not eat green chilies, them leave them out and put some other spices in there instead. Maybe some cumin or chili powder to give it some additional flavor.  Or you could just make it more garlicky with more sauteed garlic.  You can't go wrong.  So go ahead and serve it up…Lizzy Style!