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Enchilada Wonder Casserole

This simple recipe is both Drive Thru Sue friendly and purist/allergen-free friendly depending on what cheese you put with it. Enchilada Wonder Casserole is found in the "Oven Dishes" section of our Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, on page 145. This is a family-size recipe that will serve 6 to 8 people.

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Servings: 6
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This simple recipe is both Drive Thru Sue friendly and purist/allergen-free friendly depending on what cheese you put with it. Enchilada Wonder Casserole is found in the "Oven Dishes" section of our Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, on page 145. This is a family-size recipe that will serve 6 to 8 people.

Ingredients
    Main Ingredients
  • 3 lbs ground beef (or venison, or lean turkey, or pre-cooked shredded chicken)
  • 1 batch Enchilada Gravy recipe (ingredients listed below)
  • 8 oz cheddar cheese (grated, sharp, or 1 batch of Hello Cheese page 487)
  • 1 batch Wonder Wraps Recipe (See Recipe Notes Below)
  • 15 oz olives (black or green for garnishing)
    • For the Enchilada Gravy
  • 3 Tbs MCT oil (or cooking coconut oil, you do not want a coconut flavor)
  • 1/2 tsp TH Glucomannan (Gluccie)
  • 1/4 cup chili powder
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 10 oz tomato paste
  • 1 tsp oregano (dried)
  • 1 tsp cumin (ground)
  • 1/2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
  • 1 jalapeño pepper (s) (optional) or (2 whole pickled jalapeno's)
  • 1 Tbs apple cider vinegar (optional)
  • 1 pinch TH Mineral Salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. 2
    Brown the ground meat and drain excess fat.
  3. 3
    Meanwhile, put all enchilada gravy ingredients in the blender and blend well.
  4. 4
    Add the enchilada gravy to the browned meat.
  5. 5
    Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with coconut oil cooking spray and start your layering. Begin with a gravy meat layer using half the meat mixture, then a layer of Wonder Wraps, slightly overlapping. Sprinkle half the grated cheese on the wraps,then repeat with the remaining meat mixture. Add a second layer of Wonder Wraps, then the remaining cheese. Finish with the garnish of sliced olives on top of the cheese.
  6. 6
    Bake for 30 minutes.
Note

From page 145, Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook...

Serene Chats: "You bet I’m not allowing Pearl the official “enchilada” word in her title. My husband’s family is serious about their enchiladas, and the casserole form is always an important dish at birthdays or special occasions on that side of our family. The tradition and love for this dish passed on from my husband to our children so I’ve had to put a lot of thought into how to “trimhealthymamafy” the authentic flavors before my version could pass muster in our home.  Pearl threw together a bunch of stuff she saw in her fridge on a whim… what???!!! I had to think and experiment and tweak until I got it perfectly right… that’s why I get to use the word “enchilada” and she doesn’t – nuff said.  If the following "trimhealthamamafied" versions were lacking in taste and texture my husband children would SURE let me know but instead they plead for more and fight over the leftovers. This simple recipe is both Drive Thru Sue friendly and purist/allergen-free friendly depending on what cheese you put with it. Drive Thru Sue’s can use 8 oz. grated sharp cheddar while those who can’t, or prefer not to use pasteurized cheese, can use "Hello Cheese". My family can barely tell the difference between the two versions."

Complimentary Recipe

Wonder Wraps

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/enchilada-wonder-casserole/