
- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 241.3
- Total Fat: 8.5 g
- Cholesterol: 18.0 mg
- Sodium: 695.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 27.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
- Protein: 11.7 g
No Guilt Cheese Enchiladas
Submitted by: TALESIN
Introduction
You'll love these cheesy yet healthy enchiladas! You'll love these cheesy yet healthy enchiladas!Ingredients
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12 8-inch Corn Tortillas
1 cup shredded Mexican four cheese blend
1/2 cup fat-free cottage cheese
3/4 cup chopped white onions
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta
1 can (19 ounces) enchilada sauce
2 Tbsp diced green chilies
3 Tbsp sliced black olives
Tips
I love Mexican food, especially Chevy's Fresh Mex. I often order cheese enchiladas--oh so yummy, but oh so full of grease and fat! Their enchiladas contain between 230-290 calories and 10-27 grams of fat PER ENCHILADA!
This guilt-free version is quick and easy and satisfies even the most discerning cheese lovers in our family. They look really cheesy, with 1/2 cup of cheese on top, but looks can be deceiving. The filling is tasty and lower-fat, and the tortillas are softened in the microwave, reducing the fat and calories even further.
Directions
Soften the tortillas. Normally, tortillas are softened by lightly frying them in hot oil. Skinny enchiladas skips this step...and all the fat!
Pour the enchilada sauce in a skillet and heat. Dip each tortilla in the hot sauce, coating each side, for a few seconds. Shake off and place on microwavable platter, 3 or 4 at a time, making sure that they do not overlap. Microwave for 20-40 seconds, until soft. (Time will vary according to your microwave oven.) Set aside to cool.
Step 2:
In a bowl, mix 3/4 cup finely chopped onion (about 1/2 a large onion), ricotta, cottage cheese, green chiles (mild or hot, to taste), and salt and pepper to taste. Add half the shredded cheese (1/2 cup.) Mix with fork until ingredients are blended.
Step 3:
Spray a rectangular casserole dish with non-stick spray.
Place approximately 1/12th of the cheese mixture (about 1/4 cup) on a tortilla and loosely roll. Place seam side down in casserole dish. Repeat until all tortillas are filled. Spread remaining enchilada sauce evenly over the enchiladas.
Step 4:
Bake for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. After 15 minutes, remove and evenly spread the remaining cheese and the black olives on top. Return to oven for 10 more minutes.
Serve hot.
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Member Ratings For This Recipe
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Hints: Soften corn flour tortillas on stovetop on a dry hot griddle, flip them over quickly until soft; roll into enchiladas right away. Don't dip tortillas into sauce, but place in the pan one by one, spoon sauce over, fill, roll, and then pour sauce over the top, to keep unfried tortillas intact - 2/6/10
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Used whole wheat 12" tortillas, and just dumped 1/2 the sauce in the bottom of my 9x13, filled each tortilla (doubled the cc instead of using ricotta & added chopped chicken w/ chili powder), then dumped rest of sauce over all before baking. Served w/ fat free refried beans & sour cream! Yum!! - 2/24/10
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Definite 5 stars for a healthy alternative and for taste. Only 2 tiny complaints - I made a MESS making them. 2nd, the recipe only used part of each container of ingredients, so I have leftover ricotta, chilis, etc..that I'm not sure what to do with. Probably make more next week and freeze them! - 11/22/09
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I sauteed the onions in olive oil before adding them to the filling, which made them soft and sweeter. I also added a can of black beans to the filling. They turned out quite good! I was able to line up the sauce, filling, cutting board to fill the enchiladas and casserole dish to keep the mess down - 5/12/10
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The beauty of Mexican (or any food for that matter) food, is that you can "make it your own". I like the idea of light cream cheese,beans, or tofu, or ??? you want to add. It's the tortilla and enchilada sauce that give it the flavor we all love!
Thanks for posting and sharing this great idea! - 2/6/10
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I agree... Why rate a recipe before you've even tried it, that doesn't make any sense. After you've tried it, rate it, but it isn't necessary to tell us about how you have or will add to your version of it. Submit your own, then we can decide whether to try it or sticl to the one already submitted. - 2/6/11
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These were good! I miss all the fat tho! LOL! I tried to dredge the tortillas through the sauce , but they kept falling apart; heated them in the MW instead. Using 12 tortillas you only get about a tablespoon of filling, but it was good. Needs some spice, what I don't know. WIll try again! - 1/29/10
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AWESOME! Took about 15 min. to prepare. Not a hassle at all preparing the tortillas and as long as you keep the softened tortillas separate you didn't have to worry about them sticking together. I did add 2 cans of chopped green chiles and used Green Enchilada Sauce. They were creamy and flavorful. - 9/14/11
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These were really good! I skipped dipping the tortillas in sauce and microwaving to cut down the mess & just microwaved four at a time to soften, filled & rolled, then poured sauce over at the end. Served with refried beans, lettuce, and onion & chopped tomato on the side. Will make again! - 1/23/13
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I love enchiladas! This dish was just alright--nothing special. Also, way too much sodium per serving because of all the cheeses (Mexican, cottage & ricotta) and canned enchilada sauce. For non-vegetarians, I would substitute cooked, shredded chicken breast for all or some of the cheese filling. - 1/13/13
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I've been using a version of this recipe for years. I add an egg to the filling for texture and stability. I soften the tortillas a few at a time in the microwave, spooning sauce inside and out, to maintain the integrity of the tortilla. The bottom of the pan gets a thin layer of sauce to start. - 12/3/12
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I found myself wanting to make these again quite recently! The only thing I would do differently next time is to sauté the onions before mixing them with the cheese mixture because they were a little crunchy, and they weren't even really big pieces. But other than that, these were so delicious! - 11/11/12
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Really good! I thought there were too many onions, next time I will use less and saute them. Line your work station up: pan of sauce, plate right next to it for tortillas after dipping, casserole dish. Mess should be minimal! The filling went farther than I thought it would when I was adding it. - 5/11/12
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LOVED! I added chicken thigh meat and only had one instead of 2 since I added the meat along with a side salad. You can't even tell your eating cottage cheese. I was a little freaked out by that.
I also didn't tell my husband what was in it to see if he really liked them and HE LOVED THEM! - 4/24/12
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This was amazing! I am a big green chili fan, so I used green enchilada sauce instead of red. I also used whole wheat tortillas (so I was able to skip the soak/microwave step that everyone said was so messy) and added a little bit of chicken to the cheese mixture. I will be making this regularly. - 2/28/12
















