Things I make Thursday – Mexican Lasagna

Do you have a favourite food from your childhood that you wish you could recreate? When I was little, my mom was reading a magazine and found a recipe for quick chicken enchiladas using condensed mushroom soup. While I love her version, I can’t always have it… so I made my own.

First things first: I like to make my own guacamole. I don’t like storebought because sometimes they are spicy or they taste funny… Plus, I use lemon instead of limes. I made guacamole with limes once and it was bitter.

These photos are by my husband… Jaden Nyberg… check out his site jadennyberg.com. I would take these by myself, but I am not a neat cook and am already on my 4th iPhone.

I love my juicer

Then just chop and bung everything in the bowl

Now for the “lasagna”… I say lasagna because I layer it in a Corning Ware round dish.

Okay, so what’s in this photo… starting from the left… taco seasoning (I got that huge thing from Costco for like $5), chicken breast, tortillas, canned chopped tomatoes, cilantro, corn (off the cob thank you very much), mushrooms, green onions, yellow peppers and onions.

Always so much chopping… I feel that way with tacos… sure I’m not assembling it, but that’s like 10% of the job… preparing and chopping is the biggest part. For some odd reason, I only use my IKEA wok for tacos or frying meat with taco seasoning. I start with a bit of oil so the chicken doesn’t stick (too much).

So after you brown the chicken for a bit, I sprinkle on the taco seasoning… Sprinkle isn’t the right word… I dump in the taco seasoning with some water.