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Creamy Spinach and Mushroom Enchiladas

Cooking Light

Randy Mayor; Melanie J. Clarke

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"I love and never grow tired of Mexican-style food. At home, I like to make a variety of enchiladas. Over the years I have mixed and matched recipes and added my own twists. The favorite in our home is this recipe." --CL Reader

Yield: 5 servings (serving size: 2 enchiladas)

Ingredients

  • Sauce:
  • 1  teaspoon  garlic powder
  • 1  (10-ounce) can condensed reduced-fat cream of chicken soup, undiluted
  • 1  (8-ounce carton) fat-free sour cream
  • 1  (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, undrained

  • Enchiladas:
  • Cooking spray
  • 1  cup  chopped onion
  • 1  jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 2  cups  sliced mushrooms
  • 1  teaspoon  garlic powder
  • 1  teaspoon  ground cumin
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 2  (10-ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 1  cup  (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
  • 10  (6-inch) corn tortillas

  • Garnish:
  • 1/2  cup  chopped seeded plum tomato
  • 1/4  cup  chopped green onion tops

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare sauce, combine first 4 ingredients; stir well.

To prepare enchiladas, heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion and jalapeño; sauté 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. Add mushrooms; sauté 3 minutes or until tender. Stir in garlic powder, cumin, salt, and spinach; cook 5 minutes or until heated. Combine spinach mixture and 1/4 cup cheese in a large bowl; stir to combine.

Spoon 1/2 cup sauce into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon about 1/3 cup spinach mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place filled tortillas seam sides down in the baking dish. Spread remaining sauce evenly over tortillas; top with 3/4 cup cheese.

Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Top with tomato and green onion.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
356 (26% from fat)
Fat:
10.2g (sat 5.6g,mono 2.8g,poly 1.3g)
Protein:
17.8g
Carbohydrate:
50.4g
Fiber:
8g
Cholesterol:
33mg
Iron:
4.1mg
Sodium:
874mg
Calcium:
475mg
Cooking Light, MAY 2002