2 Easy To Make Mexican-Style Dinner Recipes

<h1>2 Easy To Make Mexican-Style Dinner Recipes</h1>Author: <a title="Shelly Hill" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/shelly-hill/141819.htm">Shelly Hill</a> Mexican food is very popular in our household since I grew up in the Southwest, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Once I moved to the East Coast, I brought my love for Mexican food with me. Once a week, we sit down at the family dinner table and enjoy a Mexican dish. I like to set the mood for our Mex-Nights by using cotton bandanas as our napkins and colorful chili-pepper red dinner dishes. These recipes take less than 1 hour to make (preparation to table). As a pre-dinner appetizer, you could serve some salsa and taco chips. Rio Grande Tacos or Nachos 6 cans chili with beans 1 jar mild or hot salsa 1 can sliced black olives 10 drops Tabasco sauce 1 block grated Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded 1 block Monterey Jack Jalapeno Cheese, shredded 2 tomatoes, chopped 1 pint sour cream Nachos In a large baking dish, combine the chili, salsa, olives, Tabasco and 1/2 of the cheeses. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven. Spread a layer of sour cream on top. Add chopped tomatoes on top of sour cream and finish with a layer of cheese. Place back in the oven for 5 minutes to melt cheese. Spread a layer of Nacho chips on your dinner plate. Spoon Rio Grande over top, let set for 5 minutes before serving. Alternative - Microwave flour tortilla for 15 seconds, spoon Rio Grande filling into tortilla and roll up. Serve just like a soft-shelled taco with chopped lettuce and tomatoes. Enchilada Casserole vegetable oil (for sauteing) 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 5-6 sliced mushrooms 1 green pepper, chopped 1 small can corn 1 (1 lb.) can pinto beans 1 1/2 cups stewed tomatoes 1 Tbsp. chili powder 1 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 cup red wine 6-8 corn tortillas 1/2-1 cup grated Colby Jack Cheese 1-2 cups cottage cheese and plain yogurt, blended Heat oil in a large skillet and saute onion, garlic, mushrooms, green pepper and corn for 3 minutes. Stir in beans, tomatoes, spices and wine; Simmer for 30 minutes. Put a layer of tortillas in a greased rectangular baking dish. Top with a layer of sauce, half of the grated cheese and half of the cheese-yogurt mixture. Repeat the layers. Bake for 15-20 minutes.About the Author: Shelly Hill has been working from home since 1989 in Direct Sales and is a Manager with Tupperware. You can visit Shelly online at: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com">http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com</a> or her recipe blog at: <a target="_blank" href="http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com">http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/recipes-articles/2-easy-to-make-mexicanstyle-dinner-recipes-1025466.html" title="2 Easy To Make Mexican-Style Dinner Recipes">2 Easy To Make Mexican-Style Dinner Recipes</a>

Mexican food is very popular in our household since I grew up in the Southwest, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Once I moved to the East Coast, I brought my love for Mexican food with me.

Once a week, we sit down at the family dinner table and enjoy a Mexican dish. I like to set the mood for our Mex-Nights by using cotton bandanas as our napkins and colorful chili-pepper red dinner dishes.

These recipes take less than 1 hour to make (preparation to table). As a pre-dinner appetizer, you could serve some salsa and taco chips.

Rio Grande Tacos or Nachos

6 cans chili with beans
1 jar mild or hot salsa
1 can sliced black olives
10 drops Tabasco sauce
1 block grated Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
1 block Monterey Jack Jalapeno Cheese, shredded
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 pint sour cream
Nachos

In a large baking dish, combine the chili, salsa, olives, Tabasco and 1/2 of the cheeses. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven. Spread a layer of sour cream on top. Add chopped tomatoes on top of sour cream and finish with a layer of cheese. Place back in the oven for 5 minutes to melt cheese. Spread a layer of Nacho chips on your dinner plate. Spoon Rio Grande over top, let set for 5 minutes before serving.

Alternative - Microwave flour tortilla for 15 seconds, spoon Rio Grande filling into tortilla and roll up. Serve just like a soft-shelled taco with chopped lettuce and tomatoes.

Enchilada Casserole

vegetable oil (for sauteing)
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
5-6 sliced mushrooms
1 green pepper, chopped
1 small can corn
1 (1 lb.) can pinto beans
1 1/2 cups stewed tomatoes
1 Tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 cup red wine
6-8 corn tortillas
1/2-1 cup grated Colby Jack Cheese
1-2 cups cottage cheese and plain yogurt, blended

Heat oil in a large skillet and saute onion, garlic, mushrooms, green pepper and corn for 3 minutes. Stir in beans, tomatoes, spices and wine; Simmer for 30 minutes. Put a layer of tortillas in a greased rectangular baking dish. Top with a layer of sauce, half of the grated cheese and half of the cheese-yogurt mixture. Repeat the layers. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Shelly Hill has been working from home since 1989 in Direct Sales and is a Manager with Tupperware. You can visit Shelly online at: http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com or her recipe blog at: http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com

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