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Chilaquiles with a Weelicious Twist

October 29, 2008

I fell in love with The Handstand Cookbook series the first time I saw it. It's the perfect gift for budding little chefs and parents who want to cook with their kids. There’s a Mexican cookbook kit, an Italian kit and Chinese on the way. The books are even arranged by levels of difficulty for each recipe so you know when you should give a little extra help.
I talked to the founder of the company, Yvette Garfield, about testing one of her recipes, but giving it a weelicious twist. I salivated from the first time I read her recipe for "Lasagna into Chilaquiles". It reminded me of a dish that my Mexican "mother" made for me when I was an exchange student living in Toluca, Mexico, so I knew had to recreate it.
By adding baked blue corn chips instead of regular fried tortilla chips and adding a little milk to make the eggs even fluffier, it lightened the dish up a bit, but kept all of the intended yummy flavor. I made these for me, Kenya and a friend for breakfast and we all sat as happy as clams devouring our perfect chilaquiles. Ole!


Chilaquiles with a Weelicious Twist  (Serves 4)

  • Prep Time:3 minutes,
  • Cook Time: 7 minutes,
  • Total Time: 10 minutes,

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 4 cups baked blue corn chips (i used guiltless gourmet)
  • 6 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups mild salsa (i used pace chunky salsa)
  • 1 cup monterrey jack cheese, shredded
  • sour cream, optional
  • guacamole, optional

Preparation

  1. 1. Heat a large saute pan over low/medium heat. Saute onions until soft and translucent.
  2. 2. Whisk the eggs and milk together in a bowl.
  3. 3. Add the corn chips to the pan.
  4. 3. Pour the egg mixture over the corn chips and stir over low/medium heat for 1 minute.
  5. 4. Add the salsa and cheese and cook for 3-4 minutes, continually stirring the mixture until cheese is melted. .
  6. 5. Garnish with guacamole and sour cream and serve.

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  2. gerie richardson

    May 17, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    I love Mexican the best and my little man is still quite young but getting fun things 2 cook with him now as he grows so that he will love cooking as much as I do I hope! Thank you for all the great ideas and recipes I can not wait to try them all. Me and my little man will be cooking together for years thanks to people like you!