Winning county fair recipe in casserole division

hi fans, just to let you know that this past june i competed in the san mateo county fair my favorite casserole contest and won best in show, so heres the winning recipe!

Chicken enchilada casserole

10 small corn tortillas
1 small can green chile enchilada sauce
leftover or cooked chicken, cut into bite size pieces
3 cups shredded Monterey jack cheese
1 can diced olives
½ onion, chopped (any kind)
sour cream for garnish

quickly sauté onion and olives in a small amount of oil. Set aside
in a frying pan with small amount of oil brown tortilla on both sides (as you were making enchiladas) drain tortillas on paper towels to take off excess oil. Quarter rounds into fourths and set aside. In a casserole dish spray the bottom part with Non stick cooking spray, and spoon a little sauce on bottom and spread around.
Preheat oven to 375. meanwhile layer dish with tortilla quarter pieces on the bottom. Now layer the olive mixture evenly over tortillas then the chicken. Sprinkle with cheese to lightly evenly to cover. Cover cheese with sauce to your liking. Repeat layers as you were making lasagna. Finally top with sauce and cheese to layer and bake for 40 minutes depends on sides of casserole. Take casserole out of oven after 40-45 minutes and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then divide into plates and garnish with Sour cream if desired!

my experinces in health starts here cooking classes

hi folks, this topic is about a nationwide sponsor, its called health starts here and whole foods market are trying to promote healthy living, i took at least 2 classes this month one on my own and one with becky and we learned everything from kale salad, blueberry lemon cheesecake to vegetarin pate to chocolate coated trail mix bark, so i will be posting these recipes tomorrow, but next friday feb 19th im off to another class sponsored by bauaman college chefs and professors. so i'll be updating things in my cooking paradise blog very soon, so bon appitete!

im going to a Holiday Hors'doreves class today!

hi there, me and my best friend becky will be going to a cooking class at whole foods market in san mateo California with chef mat shuster. we will be preparing pumpkin and spinach dip with lavish chips, croquettas de chocolat, and many others, so i will ask Chef mat shuster if i can post you a spinach and pumpkin dip recipe ok. so i will be talking about how the class goes. so last week i went to the winterfest and beer cooking class and it was fun, that class was taught by chef Kelly Fong and i gave him a thankyou for being in his class gift and im giving chef instructors homemade salt blends for christmas for them to prepare their recipes. chef kelly tried it on his eggs and he said they were good. so i will be posting a recipe tomorrow, so be on a lookout okay, have a good night bon appitete. truely from the kitchen of Ava marie Romero

Aunt laura's cola glazed ham

hey guys, my aunt laura gave me this new recipe for holiday ham so here you go!

3 lb. smoked ham
1/2 can coke or diet coke
1 baked potato sliced

glaze:

1/4 cup honey
3 tbs. mustard
5 cloves
5 slices of pineapple rings

step 1: preheat oven to 275%F
step 2: place foil on roasting pan, then layer sliced potatoes on bottom of pan. then place the ham on top and pour soda over it, but save half for drinking it, which i do.
step 3. in a small bowl mix honey and mustard together and baste on ham.
step 4. put cloves on top of ham and place pineapple slices on top of ham and then wrap completly in foil. so it will coat all the sugars
step 5 bake in a slow oven for 3 1/2 hours until juice. let rest for 1/2 hour and then slice and serve.

thanks auntie for this brand new ham recipe, it was devloped by Laura romero, my dearest auntie in the world thank you~! Ava

licorce wands

this recipe is from a friend of mine and she got it from the harry potter website, so enjoy!

6 ounces vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark),
chopped 24 licorice twists (any flavor)
Betty Crocker® Decor Selects candy sprinkles, nonpareils or colored sugars

1. Place candy coating in 2-cup microwavable measuring cup. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds, until melted. 2. Dip half of each licorice twist into melted candy coating. Sprinkle with candy sprinkles. Place on waxed paper about 1 hour or until coating is firm

Ginny Malliett's 5 minute fudge

this recipe is from sandy tidwell's mom ginny who passed away almost a year ago. so Enjoy this recipe and its soooo good!!

Ginny Malliett's 5 minute fudge
3 cup evaporated milk
1 2/3 cups sugar
½ tsp. salt
1lb. medium marshmallows
1 ½ cups chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla

combine milk, sugar, melt in saucepan and cook for 5 minutes. Start timing when mixture bubbles around the edges of pan. Remove from heat add marshmallows chocolate chips and vanilla until blended about 1 minute. Pour into 8 inch square buttered pan. Chill until harden and serve.

Tip: add ½ cup nuts before pouring into pan

Mango salsa

this is my aunt laura's friend brian davey's recipe for mango salsa, its packed with lots of flavor and i hope you enjoy!

mango salsa

chop 2-3 mangoes
1 red onion
1 bunch of cilantro
juice of 1 lime
touch of salt

mix all together in a bowl and serve with fish, chicken or chips.