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Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Easy Layered Enchilada Bake





We made this tonight and I was able to get a nicer photo of this dish for the blog!  Yay!  Previously the photo was not so great but my hubby had taken it out of the oven and dug right into it before I could do my thing!  

BUT seriously this recipe is quick, can be prepped the day before for a quick dinner the next night and it tastes SO good!!! It's our go to Lacrosse practice night meal.  We make it the night before and then heat it up when we get home the next evening after practice.  

I got the idea for this one from a Kraft Canada Magizine years ago and tweaked it to my liking (made it cleaner).  Got rid of all the junky kraft products they called for and made it my own. 

We make this one once every couple weeks and even our 5 year old LOVES it! 


Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups Salsa
1 can (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed
2 Tbsp. Homemade Taco Seasoning
4 Whole wheat tortillas
1 cup Sour Cream or Greek yogurt
2 cups shredded white cheese

Directions
  1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
  2. Brown meat with onions in large skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Stir in Salsa, Black beans and taco seasoning.
  3. Spread one layer of meat and salsa mixture onto the bottom of a deep pie dish. Cover with one tortilla wrap and then another layer of meat mixture, Greek yogurt/sour cream and cheese. Repeat layers until you reach to top of the pie pan; cover and either refridgerate until needed or bake.
  4. Bake 40 min. or until casserole is heated through and cheese is melted, uncovering after 30 min. Let stand 5 min. before serving.
 It's Delish!

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Food Dyes in our food


A child who eats 2 cups of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, a small bag of Skittles, and 8 ounces of Crush Orange will consume 102 milligrams of artificial dye. Behavioral tests found as little as 30 mg can cause adverse reactions. Photo credit: Ariana Stone).

Part of our transition 4 years ago to eating what we call " Real Food" was eating white cheese not orange or marble cheeses.  Why?

Well because food dyes effect children's behaviour and orange cheddar cheese is only orange because it is dyed with food colouring!  Gross right!

It's totally unnecessary and can effect your children's behaviour!

It's not just cheese either!  So many processed foods contain food dyes even cereal that isn't colourful probably has orange or yellow dye.

This article talks about the importance companies labelling how much food dye is in their products and I think this would be a great eye opener to consumers!

https://www.cspinet.org/new/201405071.html 

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