Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup

I just love Skinnytaste recipes. I've made this Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup several times.

What you need:

• 2 tsp olive oil-on hand
• 1/2 cup onion-$.25
• 3 cloves garlic-$.05
• 8 oz can tomato sauce-$.28
• 3 cups low sodium fat free chicken broth-I used the broth from boiling chicken breasts from another recipe-$0
• 1-2 tsp chipotel chili in adobo sauce-I don't use this
• 1/4 cilantro-didn't use
• 15 oz can black beans (I used the dry beans (about 1/3 a bag) I made up before hand)-$.33
• 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes-$.58
• 2 cups frozen corn-$.50
• 1 tsp cumin-on hand
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano-on hand
• 2 8oz skinless chicken breasts-1/4 of a $9.58 package=$2.40
• 1/4 cup chopped scallions-$.24

optional

• 3/4 cup red fat cheddar cheese-not included in calorie count
• sour cream for topping if you want-not included in calorie count
• I threw in a chopped red chili pepper from my garden, you could also use a few red pepper chili flakes

Total was $4.63 or $.77 a serving

I find it's best for me to make this recipe up the night before and then throw the chicken breasts in (raw) in the morning when I put it in the crock pot.

I made this for dinner along with some corn bread (not low cal unfortunately! I need to find a good low cal recipe for that!) and we only had about 1/2 a serving left. That's quite a hit in our house.

Taquitos 2 Ways

This is definitely not a pretty picture for these taquitos but I just made them real quick before going over to a friends for a "whine and wine night" (talk about fun!). I figured I should probably feed the family so I made these up before I left. Both recipes are put together the same way and use some of the same ingredients.

(top 5 are the vegetarian ones-I stole one to try)

Baked Chicken Taquitos

What you need:

• 3 cups shredded roasted chicken (I used 2 chicken breasts that I had boiled and shredded before hand)-1/4 of a package that was $9.58=$2.40
• 1 tsp ground cumin-on hand
• 1/2 tsp salt-on hand
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder-on hand
• 1 cup shredded mexican cheese (I use pepper jack)-$6.13 for 18 oz  ($1.36 for 4 oz used) 
• 12 corn tortillas-$1.78 for 30 (I used the rest for another recipe)=$.71
• cooking spray (I used 1 tbsp olive oil)-on hand
• toppings of your choice, such as guacamole, sour cream or salsa (not included in calorie count)-didn't use

Total is $4.47 or $.37 each

Vegetarian Baked Taquitos 
What you need:

• 1/2 cup cooked black beans-I've started buying the bagged dry beans, they are less expensive and you know what is in them- this is about 1/4 of a bag which is $.98=$.25
• 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels-I had these on hand but you can get a small bag for $1.00=$.25
• 1 cup shredded mexican cheese (I used pepper jack)-$6.13 for 18 oz  ($1.36 for 4 oz used) 
• 1 tsp ground cumin-on hand
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder-on hand
• 1/2 tsp salt-on hand
• 12 corn tortillas (I used 6)-$1.78 for 30 (I used the rest for another recipe)=$.36
• cooking spray (I used 1 tbsp olive oil)-on hand

Calories and total price are for 6 servings=$2.22 or $.37 each

I learned real quick to NOT skip the step of warming up the corn tortillas in the microwave with some wet paper towels. If you skip that step your tortillas will break all up. (Thus only using 6 for the Vegetarian ones, that's all I had left!)

I also brushed the tops with a little bit of olive oil since I don't use cooking spray

These would be really great for a party. Nice and inexpensive and not too high on the calories. I tried one of each and they were both great!

Enchilada Pie

This Enchilada Pie was delicious!

What you need

1 tbps olive oil-on hand

1 cup chopped green or red pepper-$.45 each (I only used one)

1 pound lean ground turkey (93%)-I used 1.5 pounds left over from the Spicy Turkey Zucchini Burgers $4.74

2 tsp ground cumin-on hand

1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes with garlic and onion-I used the plain one and just threw in some onion and garlic when I browned the meat $.58

1/2 cup enchilada sauce-$1.48 a can, I didn't use the whole thing but I'll put the whole price since I most likely won't use the rest for anything (threw it in the freezer)

1 can (4 oz) chopped green chiles-$.55

1 cup frozen corn kernels-I had this on hand but you can buy a small back for $1.00 so I'll say $.50

3/4 cup canned sliced black olives-$.68

4 (I used 6) 6-8" corn tortillas-$1.78 for 30 (I used the rest for another recipe)-$.36

8 oz shredded mexican cheese. I used pepper jack-$6.13 for 18 oz  ($1.36 for 4 oz used) & monterey jack $3.80 for 16 oz ($.95 for 4 oz used)- and shredded my own-saving the rest for other recipes)- $2.31

Toppings of your choice

The directions have you just set a whole tortilla for the middle and top layer. I had a lot of space not covered by the tortilla so I added 2 more and cut them up . I think it turned out pretty!

The recipe says 6 servings but I made it 8 and they were still really large pieces.

Total is $11.65 or $1.46 a serving. 

 

I ate the left overs for lunch and they reheated really well and it was very filling!

White Chicken Enchilada Casserole

This White Chicken Enchilada Casserole was really good!  I actually totally blanked on buying the beans. I live about 13 miles from town so it's a bit of a chore to just "run to the store" when you forget something. I decided to just leave out the beans and see what happened.

I made this 8 servings but it should have been cut smaller. Probably 10 would have been better.

3 tablespoons butter-$.28
3 tablespoons flour-on hand
2 cups chicken stock-on hand (I boiled my chicken then saved the broth and used that)
1-4 ounce can chopped green chiles-.88
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin-on hand
1 cup light sour cream-$1.30
flour tortillas-called for 24. That seemed like way too much so I cut it down to 12-$2.00
2 cups shredded cooked chicken-$3.37 (about 2 breast out of my 6 pack)
2 cans northern beans (omitted)-$0
3 cups shredded pepper jack cheese-$2.68
1 avocado-from my food box, we'll say $1.00 since they have them for about that at my store
1/4 cup cilantro leaves-$.14

Total-$11.65 so $1.46 a serving if you do 8 servings. I actually ate just 1/2 of one of those left over pieces for my lunch and it was plenty with some veggies.

Calories from Lose It calculator

Which, is quite a bit but not so bad if you cut it in half.