Team Francks

White Chicken Enchiladas

Found this recipe on Pinterest (which led me to the original recipe)and have made it several times and we really really really like it!

I've been making chicken enchiladas forever with cream of chicken soup... and they're really good.  But I think I like this version better and Joey LOVES this version... so our family is endorsing this version of chicken enchiladas and gives it two thumbs up!

p.s. My favorite part is the bubbled cheese on it... the recipe calls to broil it for a couple of minutes... broiling anything is scary to me... but it really does make the cheese perfect!  so don't skip the broiling step!

p.p.s I think next time instead of using chili's I might try Herdez Salsa Verde (green sauce)... I LOVE Herdez Salas Verde... great flavor!

picture is not mine... from the original blog

10 soft taco shells

2 cups cooked, shredded chicken

2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

3 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. flour

2 cups chicken broth

1 cup sour cream

1 (4 oz) can diced green chillies

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x13 pan

2. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese.  Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.

3. In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute.  Add broth and whisk until smooth.  Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.  

4. Stir in sour cream and chilies.  Do not bring to boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.

5. Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.

6. Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

on the third night before Halloween...

On the third night before Halloween I share with you Mummy jars.

Another project I saw on Pinterest... I have to admit this is one of my very favorite projects... I absolutely love them! 

A friend invited me over for an afternoon to make these... and despite all the distractions (kids) we knocked out a ton of these in two hours.

sooooooooo easy!!!  seriously.  and so cheap.
i could have made 100 of them!
just old canning jars
or whatever you have on hand
and sterile medical gauze
that you can buy at walmart (in the pharmacy section)
and then you paint modge podge
all over the bottle
start at the top
and start wrapping
you'll need to put
modge podge between the layers of gauze
you only do one layer of gauze
but slightly overlap each layer
and then when its all how you like it
you paint a layer of modge podge on top of the whole thing really quick
and then glue on googly eyes with even more modge podged.

that's it. 

easy peasy.

we liked the really really big googly eyes for the big bottles (i think the really big eyes come in a pack of 12)... but the other size works great too... these would be super cute with baby food jars too.

p.s. If my instructions don't make any sense... just google mummy jars and I'm sure there are more detailed tutorials out there!

p.p.s.  outside I just put regular tealight candles in them... inside I'm using battery operated candles.

Oh, and they make fun neighbor gifts too... not the best picture... but you get the idea.

Happy Halloween!!!

on the fourth night before Halloween...

On the fourth night before Halloween I share with you vinyl spiders.

Saw this pin on Pinterest and knew they would be so fun... lucky for me I have a Silhouette machine gathering dust in my craft closet.

Downloaded the spider from Silhouette and got busy cutting... little sspiders hanging in the kitchen and dining room.  My little man LOVES them!  Every day he points out all the "piders" to me. 

Cute and so easy!

 

over the front door.

over the door way in to the kitchen... I know you're jealous of my 1970's cabinets and trim. awesome.

 

Hanging from the cabinets in the kitchen

 

hanging from the holiday shelf.

You can buy vinyl spiders at craft stores... on Silhouettes site... or if you have the cricut cartridge... fun fun!

on the fifth night before Halloween...

As I've shared many times before... I loooooove Halloween. Loooooooooooooooove.

And Halloween wouldn't be complete with a little crafty... and despite an insanely busy month I managed to squeeze in a tiny bit of crafting... mostly at two in the morning... but a little bit of crafting nonetheless.

Thanks to Pinterest my holiday crafting has taken on a whole new level!

Over the next five days I'm going to count down to Halloween with a few favorite projects this Halloween season! 

On the fifth night before Halloween I share with you my Googly Eye Frame:

I loved the original project on Pinterest... but I didn't have a square frame... and I wanted to use what I had on hand...  so I just improvised.

I love googly eyes. Love.  And I usually have a large stash on hand.  I found non-adhesive worked best on this project.

 

Spread modge podge... I found it was easiest to work on one side at a time... otherwise the modge podge starts drying and gets too hard to work with.

place googly eyes in wet modge podge... no rhyme or reason... just whatever you like.

move on to the next section of the frame... spread w/modge podge.  place googly eyes.  repeat.

 

I promise it looks much better in real life without the glare of the camera flash... in real life you can't see all the flash induced flaws.

 

I like some areas better than others... but thats what happens when you go willy nilly with modge podge and googly eye.

Super fun.  Super cheap.  Super easy.