Chicken Quesadillas, Fresh Mexican Corn, and Baked Apple Enchiladas

I really wanted to try something new this week - and I don't tackle Mexican food very often. Up until now, I've been using the Old El Paso (shameless plug as a General Mills employee) boxed dinners and calling it a day. But today I wanted to challenge myself and see what would happen. I've made enchiladas before (pre-blog) and really liked them - so I thought this would be fun too!


This meal was super easy and it made me feel good because ALL the ingredients are fresh, colorful, and delicious. 

Chicken Quesadillas Recipe:
3 flour tortillas
2 lbs chicken breast
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1/2 onion
1 package of taco seasoning
Mexican cheese blend


Directions:
Once you have chopped all the chicken into 1/4 inch cubes, put them in a buttered skillet. Also add the diced peppers and onion. Saute these ingredients until the chicken is completely  cooked.


On a greased cookie sheet, lay out the tortillas. Place the filling mixture on 1/2 of the tortilla and top with cheese. Fold each tortilla and then place them in the oven at 400 degrees for 14 minutes. (**tip - I flipped them over after about 7 minutes so that way both sides of the quesadilla cooked evenly). 

Fresh Mexican Corn Recipe:

4 ears of corn on the cob

1 red bell pepper

1/2 onion

3 green onions

1 jalapeno

1/2 cup salsa

Directions:

This side dish is so easy - it only took about 10 minutes. All you need to do is cut off the corn from the cob. I did this in a bowl so all of the kernels and juice would not spill everywhere. Then just chop the pepper, onion, green onion and jalaono. Throw all these ingredients together in a buttered pan and cook for 10 minutes. Once it is cooked evenly, add 1/2 a cup of your favorite salsa and cook for a few more minutes. 

After eating this warm, I think it would also be great served cold as a salsa for chips when using for left overs.

Baked Apple Enchiladas:

1 can of apple pie filling

3 flour tortillas

cinnamon

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup water

Directions:

I wanted to branch out on the desserts I make - because they usually only consist of boxed brownies/cake (again shameless plug - all things Betty Crocker :)). For this I just took the apply filling and placed it in the center of each 3 tortillas, added some cinnamon. I then wrapped them so they were shaped like enchiladas. Meanwhile, I combined the other ingredients in a skillet and brought them to a boil stirring constantly. I poured this mixture over the enchiladas and then let them bake in an oven set at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. (**Vanilla ice cream goes great with these!)