Thursday Tablescapes and Foodie Friday-Chicken Enchiladas

For today's tablescape I want to share a cute idea of my sister from our Sisters Week.  When it was her turn to cook for us last week she decorated the table for Halloween.  She even brought her own napkins for us so everything would be perfect. The plates are brown and white with a harvest scene on them.  I love to use them at this time of the year. I bought 6 of them at a garage sale and the next year found another 6 at an antique store and thought I was the luckiest woman that day!

At each place she had made these cute little kraft sack graveyard containers for the candy corn. (The fence punch is Marsha Stewart). She made the grave markers with each of our names on them (how creepy is that?) out of tan cardstock and stuck them in the candy.  Her Chicken Enchilada dinner was fabulous and delicious and I will share the recipe with you.
Chicken Enchiladas Gibson Style

Cook 3 chicken breasts.  Cool and shred them.
Chop 1 white onion
1 small can mild green chilies
1 1/2 cup cooked rice (she used brown rice)
and/or 1 can black beans drained
2 cups Mexican three cheese blend cheese
Mix all of these together in a bowl.  Then warm up 2 cups of green chili enchilada sauce.
Fry corn tortilla shells in olive oil lightly til soft.  Drain on paper towel.
Put 1/4 c. of enchilada sauce on bottom of a dish.  Dip each enchilada into the sauce then put it into a casserole dish and fill the enchilada with the chicken mixture and roll up.  Pour the extra sauce on top of the enchiladas.  Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.  When you take it out of the oven add more cheese on top.  This is fantastic!

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Of course it was served with homemade salsa, avocado slices and a wedge of lime.   Yumm!!!

For more festive tablescapes click here for Susan's blog at Between Naps on the Porch, our lovely host.

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