#1: Beef and Black Bean Enchiladas

Alright! Lesson #1 already learned: when thawing something frozen under hot water, don't leave the plastic container upside down or water will get into it! (Don't judge, I'm still learning!)

So tonight I'm making beef and black bean enchiladas. Last week I had made some filling which included ground beef, black beans, onions, cumin, onions, and taco seasoning. We froze the leftovers and tonight I'm going to make enchiladas with them. I'm using this recipe from epicurious as a guide for making tonight's dinner.

Food items I'm reusing:
+Beef and Bean Filling
+Green scallions from last night's Peking Duck
+Rice from last night's Peking Duck

Other items I'm using:
+Diced tomatoes
+Vegan Colby shredded cheese
+Medium Sharp Cheddar Cheese
+Flour Tortillas

Process:
1. Thawed filling under hot water for unknown amount of time.* Afterwards I heated it some more for 4-5 minutes in the microwave.
2. Pre-heated oven to 350 degrees. Put 1/3 can of Enchilada Sauce in a non-stick baking pan.
3. Put the filling and leftover rice into a pot and stirred together with a teensy bit of water. Turned out pretty well! I did this after googling how to re-heat rice, with getting a million and a half different answers...
4. Put the filling in the tortillas. Rolled them up and put the seam side down in the baking pan. I was able to fit six in there as the flour tortillas were big. I then put vegan cheese on half, and regular Cheddar cheese on the other half. (Did I mention the Boy is lactose intolerant? Also, no garlic... This makes cooking a teensy bit more difficult...) Covered the pan with foil, cooked for 30 minutes.
5. After 30 minutes I took it out, removed the foil and spread the diced tomatoes and scallions on top. Covered again and cooked for another 5 minutes.

*What I learned:
+Don't thaw something in a plastic container that's blocking the drain upside down under hot water.
+Is there a best way to heat leftover rice? I searched for an answer, but I ended up just stirring it in with the filling with a teensy bit of water.
+I should figure out a better process, because certain things were done before others, or needed to be done before others...
+We were able to eat dinner at 7 p.m.!

Enchilada Sauce, self explanatory.

Fixing my first mistake :)

Mmm, that brown mixture sure looks appetizing!

Prepping the tomatoes and scallions

Adding the Vegan cheese (left) and Cheddar cheese (right)

Adding the tomatoes and scallions

Final Product. It was SOOO good!