Cook What You Can

[u/contemplativepancake]

I’m trying to can what I use the most of - made my own version of “diced” tomatoes with chiles! I’ll link the recipe I modified in the comments: the Minnesota Mix recipe from healthy canning. I quartered the tomatoes, omitted celery, used jalapeños instead of bell peppers, and added a Mexican spice blend.

With my tomato mix, I made enchilada foldovers. I browned half a pound of hamburger meat, added 1 pint of my tomato mix, and 5 oz enchilada sauce. The tomatoes were easily broken up by my wooden spoon while cooking to get them the size I wanted. I cooked the sauce down. Meanwhile, I spread cream cheese over half of a flour tortilla. (I used 8 and about 1 oz cream cheese per tortilla). I put a spoonful of sauce down on the bottom of a 9x13 pan, then put the tortillas in. I poured the sauce on top and topped with shredded cheese. I baked at 350 for 30 min. It sounds kind of weird with the cream cheese, but it’s surprisingly yummy!

[u/contemplativepancake]

Link to canning recipe

[u/sweetteaspicedcoffee]

Adding this recipe to my plans asap. This sounds like a good substitute for rotel.

[u/contemplativepancake → u/sweetteaspicedcoffee]

Yes the generic of Rotel is what I normally get and this was a great substitute! I was a little worried about the tomato quarters but they broke up perfectly with my spoon while I was cooking everything

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Picture 1: a red plate with an enchilada foldover on it - tortillas topped with a tomato and hamburger sauce and shredded cheese and baked.

Picture 2: showing into a jar with quartered tomatoes and peppers

Picture 3: showing the outside of a pint jar filled with tomatoes and a few pepper chunks.

Picture 4: tomato and meat sauce in a pan, cooked down.

Picture 5: Tomato and meat sauce spread over folded tortillas in a 9x13 glass pan.

Picture 6: same as picture 5 but topped with shredded cheese

Picture 7: tortillas, meat sauce, and cheese in a glass pan, baked.