Baked Chimichangas

Tonight ended up being one of those meals that were made on a whim.  I had originally planned to make Mexican Cornbread but we had regular cornbread with our dinner last night.  So of course I began the look on pinterest and trying to decide what I wanted to do with the ground beef I had thawed out.  I decided to try some baked chimichangas and in the midst of looking at different recipes I decided I'm just going to do my own thing because I didn't have all the ingredients to follow any of the recipes I looked at.  I really liked how these tasted fresh with the tomato, avocado, and spinach in them.  Not too much work and they turned out good!

Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning (I use 3 Tbsp of homemade to 2/3 cup water)
3/4 cup sour creme
1 can Jalapeno refried beans
1 large avocado chopped
3 Roma tomatoes chopped
1 cup baby spinach chopped
2 cups fresh grated Monterrey Jack
2 cups fresh grated Pepperjack
12 medium size tortillas (not the small size ones)
Olive Oil

Preheat oven 450 degrees
1)  Line baking pan with foil and spread olive oil over it.
2)  Cook ground beef and mix taco seasoning according to directions.
3)  Mix in refried beans, sour creme, avocados, tomatoes, and spinach.
4)  Spoon meat mixture into center of tortilla and place some of both cheeses on top.  Fold ends of tortilla towards inside and other two edges over middle, and place seem side down on baking pan.  You want to be sure it is closed up with no gaps left open.  Do this until all tortillas or mixture has been used.
5)  Brush olive oil on top of all the chimichangas.
6)  Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven, flip chimichangas over, brush with a little olive oil if needed, and place back in oven and bake 10 more minutes.
7)  Remove from oven and let stand 5-10 minutes before serving as they are extremely hot inside.

Love fresh tomato and avocado!

Seasoned Hamburger Patties

 

I have been using these seasonings for about 4 years now when I make hamburger patties for my husband to grill.  They probably are not the healthiest because I use so much seasonings, but one thing is for sure and that is they have flavor that can be tasted!  

Ingredients
1 1/2 -2 pounds very lean ground beef
Lawry's Seasoned Pepper
Lawry's Seasoned Salt
Montreal Steak Season
Paula Dean House Seasoning
Worcestershire Sauce
Hickory Liquid Smoke

Preperation
Place thawed out ground beef in large bowl.  Add lots of all four seasonings to meat, and begin mixing it all in with your hands.

You can see that I use lots of seasonings

Once all seasoning is mixed in well begin making patties.  Line patties on cookie sheet and pour Worcestershire sauce & the Liquid Smoke in the center of each patty.

Let set for at least 30 minutes before cooking

Fresh sliced cheese is great on burgers, & season onions with butter & garlic herb to cook on grill

Mexican Cornbread

This has been a favorite since I was a little girl.  One of the things my mom would often cook.  As I was growing up I never cared for jalapenos so my mom would only put them on half of it for her and my dad.  Well, now that I make this dish I find myself doing the same thing for my kids.  When I made this tonight I added diced up Roma tomatoes, and really liked it.  Tomatoes have a way of adding a fresh flavor to just about any dish. 


Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 of an onion (diced)
4 Roma tomatoes (diced)
1 cup fresh grated cheddar or Monterrey jack
desired amount jalapenos
1 can cream style corn

Corn Bread
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.

Dice vegetables into small pieces

On medium heat in large skillet cook ground beef, stirring often with fork to make fine.  Drain grease about 90% done, return to skillet and add onions.  Cook 3-5 more minutes, and remove from heat. 

In large bowl add all cornbread ingredients and mix together well.  Next mix in the can of cream style corn to cornbread.

Pour 1/3-1/2 of cornbread mixture in bottom of iron skillet.  Place all ground beef on top of this first layer.  Then add tomatoes, jalapenos, and cheese.  Pour remaining cornbread mixture on top.

Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.