Dehydrating Citrus Today

These are great in drinks, to spice up recipes, just about anything you would use fresh lemons for, and they are easy to keep around!

Mexican Lasagna

Since we have quite a bit of chicken around our house I am always looking for fun ways to eat it.  One go-to recipe that I’ve had for years is a play on Chicken Enchiladas.  I am FAR too lazy to roll up individual enchiladas, so I make them in a casserole, or lasagna style instead.  I used to boil up chicken breasts with spices.  Now, I stick a frozen whole chicken in the crock pot with some cumin, garlic and a chopped onion. I also add a cup of chicken stock or water, whatever I have on hand, if I have enchilada sauce I use that.  I usually do it at night as I’m going to bed and stick it on the 10 or 12 hour setting.  I’m lazy and don’t like to put a bunch of effort into things.  In the morning I drain the water (usually into the dog dish for their breakfast) and stick the chicken in the fridge for the day.  When I get home I debone the chicken and shred the meat.  I also grate cheese (cheddar usually) and open a couple cans of black beans, of course I also need corn tortillas, which I often keep frozen (they are a pain to get apart, I use a butter knife) and enchilada sauce.  Depending on my mood I might add some veggies, but I don’t always.  I grab a cake pan and start layering i do a small amount of enchilada sauce on the bottom of the cake pan, then tortillas, then meat, then a layer of beans, if I’m doing veggies I stick them in there, then cheese, then enchilada sauce.  That’s one layer.  You cover that with tortillas and start again.  The very top layer is always cheese.  

 

I bake it in the oven for an hour or so at 350, you want everything melted and hot.  Then I top with guacamole or sour cream, sometimes both! 

 

This is a basic recipe, you can adjust it all kinds of ways to fit your needs, you could go without the chicken (though I wouldn’t!!), you can change or omit the beans, the recipe is flexible, but it’s easy and the leftovers are as good, if not better than the originals!