Growing up, enchiladas were a side dish tradition on our Italian Holiday table. Hold the phone! How does this connect? <br /> <br />Well, it all started on my dad’s side of the family; with my wonderful California aunts who we would visit every summer. It was there my Italian mother learned to make enchiladas, their style, and later back in Washington State a few times a year we would indulge in an enchilada feast. <br /> <br />From there, my uncle (mom’s brother) loved them so much he asked that they be a side dish on the Holiday table. The rest is history, and I must say these definitely make an excellent, festive side with a spicy, cheesy, corn taste, Holiday or not! <br /> <br />The recipe I’ve shared is an updated version in more ways than one; back then, unless you made your own tortillas the only ones to be found, in our little town, came in a can and the only cheese we could get was some funny American cheese stuff. Seriously! My mom’s written enchilada version is in an old spiral bound fund raising Catholic Church cook book…instructing to buy a can of tortillas and American cheese (check photos). <br /> <br />Anyway, by the latter ‘60’s we could finally buy packaged tortillas - although there was only one brand on the shelves, and we could also buy cheddar cheese, which, btw, was our first recipe “tweak.” <br /> <br />Today’s Enchiladas with additional tweaks from days gone by = updated cheese and my homemade sauce, is still tradition when the whole family gets together, and I am certain my mom is smiling down on them! <br /> <br />SIDE NOTE: Earlier this year, F52 connected with The Global Family Reunion organization who collected recipes from the - Your Best Family Recipe, Part 2 contest to be published in their cookbook, The Ultimate Cousin Cookbook, you can check it out at Amazon.com. All proceeds go to Alzheimer’s research; and I was happy to have this recipe included as it is a disease I watched my mom slowly suffer from. <br /> <br />

Oct. 1, 2021, 11:49 a.m.

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