mexican anyone?

made this for dinner last night, and it is my boyfriend's favorite so i figure i will share this one first!

grocery list:
1 lb of ground beef
1 can of enchilada sauce (small can-- i use mild)
1 can of rotel
1 small pkg of mexican/fiesta blend cheese
1 package of soft taco shells
13 x 9 inch baking pan (these are like 5 dollars at wal mart)


**note: this will require a grocery run. however, you will not use all of the cheese nor all of the shells, so with the leftover ingredients from this recipe you will also have the means to make a quick quesadilla for lunch for a few days!**


1) heat oven to 375
2) spray a saute/frying pan with cooking spray. heat it up on the stove to about medium/high
3) put ground beef in the saute pan. sprinkle on salt, pepper, and onion powder (eyeball this-- just a good 4 or 5 dashes)
4) brown the ground beef (about 7 minutes or so)
5) drain the beef in a strainer (or just tilt the pan and absorb the juices with a paper towel)
6) pour about 1/3 of the can of enchilada sauce and about a handful of cheese into the meat
7) simmer for a few minutes while you spray your 13 x 9 inch pan with cooking spray
8) fill your soft taco shells with a heaping spoonful or two of the meat mixture and roll them up like a soft taco
9) line the enchiladas in the pan close together so they wont unroll in the oven
10) spoon rotel into the enchilada sauce can until the can is full pour the sauce over the enchiladas
11) top with cheese (as much or as little as you like)
12) bake for 12-15 minutes (grab your reading for english class or calculus homework and knock that out of the way while it bakes! then you can watch the bachelor while you eat instead of doing homework. ha!)


If you are making a lot for a mexican fiesta, chop up some cilantro and put that on top! You can also make a great mexican dip, and conveniently i have a whole archive of dips for you to choose from!