Chimichanga! Chimichanga!

Ingredients: 

• 8 oz package of cream cheese 
• 8 oz mexican shredded cheese 
• Taco seasoning (1 pack) 
• 1 lb of shredded chicken 
• flour tortillas 
• cooking spray 
• sour cream 
• salsa 

Directions:

1. stir together cream cheese, shredded cheese and taco seasoning 
2. mix in chicken 
3. divide into the flour tortillas (roll like a burrito) 
4. lay seam side down in a baking dish (sprayed with cooking spray) spray tops with cooking spray or brush some olive oil on them 
5. bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes 
6. turn over and bake for another 15 minutes 
7. serve with sour cream and salsa

"Vegas" Lasagna

Ingredients:

• lasagna noodles 
• sausage 
• fresh spinach 
• ricotta cheese 
• mozzarella cheese 
• pasta sauce 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil lasagna noodles until mostly cooked
2. Cook sausage, add pasta sauce 
3. In a 9 1/2 by 13 inch baking pan/dish put a thin layer of the pasta sauce at the bottom 
4. Put a layer of noodles, then cheese, then raw spinach, then the sausage/pasta sauce 
5. Repeat until everything is used up, ending with a layer of mozzarella cheese 
6. Cook for 30 minutes or until heated all the way through 

This is "Vegas" only because this was made the night before I went to Las Vegas with my mom and the leftovers served as Paul's dinner for the duration of the trip. It's quite delicious and a more flavorful spin on your classic lasagna. Yummmy 

Ham Bone Soup

Ingredients: 

• Ham bone with some meat 
• 3 potatoes cubed 
• 1 can of kidney beans drained 
• 1 can of diced tomatoes with juice 
• 1 can of green beans drained 
• 1 onion diced 
• 1 green pepper chopped 
• 4 cups of chicken broth 
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes 
• 1 box of mini ditalini noodles (or some other type of noodle) 
• water as needed 

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients except for the noodles in a crock pot and cook for 8 hours
2. About an hour before ready to serve, add some of the noodles and additional water if desired 

An easy way to use that ham bone after Easter. This makes a ton of soup. Make sure you have plenty of people to share this with, or you can keep it for yourself and freeze it!