Chicken Enchiladas

My sister, Leah June really makes some fantastic enchiladas - so I am trying my hand at it.  My 2nd Daughter (in-law) Jessica when she posts a recipe she takes pictures oh so well...me not so good.  I forgot to take a picture of all the ingredients first, then I missed taking pictures of each step...so you get a few pictures of the end results - LOL.  I will try to do better...

Here is my enchiladas made (6) in a baking dish:

I used about a pound of cooked shredded chicken, 1 10 3/4 oz. can of Cream of Chicken Soup and about the same amount of sour cream, partially cooked a medium sliced onion, and about 1 to 1/2 Cups of shredded Colby/Jack cheese.  Mixed this all together for my stuffing. As you can see in the above picture I had leftovers so I put that in a small soup bowl. Then I put the taco sauce over the enchiladas:

I put cheese on my extra in the soup bowl, put into the oven @ 350 degrees and I am baking it for about 35 minutes - will check the soup dish and the baking dish of enchiladas to see if they are done and may have to cook longer.

so this is my supper for tonight with a salad and lunch tomorrow and I will freeze a couple for later...that is my big cooking for tonight.  Ta Da!  Hope you enjoyed reading, and I am going to enjoy eating this.
Love to all, and remember to count your blessings God has given you - He is so good to me.

More Random things #2

Later on today I went over to my friend Sue's house and interrupted her mowing her yard:

and we went for a drive because of such a nice day it was.  While driving we saw 2 hot air balloons getting ready to launch:

We pulled into a school parking lot just after the 1st one launched, this one was getting ready to lift off. and this one below had already lifted off...

you can see the different design of the balloons.  Then we left the parking lot and followed, I got some really good pictures of the 2nd balloon through my sun roof...

and some random bridge while we were driving around:

It was nice to get out and about with a friend.  Count my blessings - Thank you Lord.

Setting sun behind a tree, along a lake - what could be better?

Just a few random things....

I took Miss Megan to get groomed and when I went to pick her up - why this country dog that is no longer a country dog had bows on top of her ears....

Of course Miss Megan does not like to have her picture taken, but she is oh so cute - look at those beautiful brown eyes.  She is a full border collie, about 14+ years old and I just had her clipped to about 1/2" for Summer.

See the bows? And those eyes?  I have to say she is very laid back and quiet in the house for not starting her first 7 years of her life that way.  Miss Megan used to be my parents dog and when they died together in a car accident 7 years ago, I inherited her.  And she became an inside dog, in the burbs, in a small village.  Miss Megan loves to go on car rides and to see her dog cousin, Peaches.

I was outside this afternoon and took my camera to take some misc. pictures:

My Hostas blooming and my yellow Lillies:

It is so nice not having rain...and being able to be outside in the sunshine!  Count my blessings!  God is good!

Blackberries

I traveled back to NC to visit with my sister, Sandi and to pick Blackberries.  She has a couple of acres of Blackberry vines.  And she makes the most delicious jam.  Well any ways, needless to say because of all the rain we all have been having, the Blackberries are not ripening like they should.  Sandi and I did get out on Friday morning for about 3 hours and got about a gallon worth.

The picture is of Blackberries I bought at the fruit/vegetable market Sandi goes to buy her peaches.  But man, these were ginormous!  And very delicious.  They were about 1 1/2" long - every single one of the them.  The guy at the market said he buys them from a grower down there nearby.  I am sorry to say that Sandi's was of the average size but still sweet and good too.

We cleaned them and smashed most of them to get 2 vacuum sealed bags to make 2 batches of jam - which I brought home with me.  I also brought home enough to make a cobbler out of them.  I brought peaches home with me and split with my other sister, Leah June.  I worked mine up and got 4 bags, enough for 4 batches of jam and enough in a 5th bag for a small cobbler also.  Although I am thinking of making a sorbet with them...don't worry I froze everything.

I hope to go back to NC in August sometime, Sandi says the peaches are bigger then.  I am thankful to have family I can visit and also come home with fruits to freeze and be able to make jam and cobblers.  I am very blessed and thankful to God for all my blessings and family I love.