Chris' Recipes

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Taco layer dip

Written By: Chris - Feb• 19•12

You know me by now… I’m inspired by what’s on hand.  I recycle by using left overs and create things based on what is in the fridge and pantry os x high sierra.

This was one of the appetizers shared during our wine celebration last night with terrific friends facebook chatverlauf herunterladen! I forget the exact words he used, but during the afternoon while I was preparing food in the kitchen – Bill expressed a slight concern he might not have enough to eat.  Usually, he tells me I’ve over done it disney plus auf panasonic fernseher herunterladen.

I was in Apron and having a great time!  On quite a roll with the music going.  The last time I prepared for a gathering was the Christmas day open house where there were a lot of guests… this night there was only going to be nine of us and should have cut back a bit.  Lets say we get carried away and it’s a good thing we saved points for days prior to the National drink wine day!  We had the featured Taco dip with Chips, fresh Veggies and dip, Stuffed Mushrooms, Caprisci salad, a variety of Cheeses, baguette slices, shrimp cocktail, beef meatballs with Chipotle & raspberry sauce, hot Artichoke & Spinach dip, Turkey meatballs with Buffalo seasoning and hot sauce, herbed Chicken wings… Our guests shared cold Spinach dip, fresh Halibut on the grill caught in Alaska, Bacon wrapped Halibut, Figs stuffed with Goat Cheese – wrapped in Prosciutto, some amazing Ham, breaded, Mozzarella baked ball thing Lisa made!…  I think we had more than enough ronny lieder kostenlos downloaden!

Ingredients:
about 1 1/2 Cups of left over Mexican Bean Layer Casserole/Dip
1/3 Cup Sour (Lean) Cream
1 package (8 oz.) 1/3 less fat Cream Cheese
1/4 Cup Taco seasoning mix
1/2 Cup cooked left over ground Turkey & Onions

2 Cups shredded Lettuce
1/2 can of Large Black Olives, sliced
1 Tomato, chopped
2/3 shredded Colby Jack Cheese

In food processor, combine sour cream, cream cheese, taco mix, and ground turkey apps downloaden samsung tv 2018. Pure until soft and smooth.  Spread an even layer on the bottom of your favorite serving dish.  Shape of the dish is fun… I typically use White dishes so that the food “Pop’s” itube für iphone herunterladen!

Add lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and black olives.  Serve with plain corn chips.

Enjoy!

Cheers! ~Chris

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Mexican Bean Layer Casserole

Written By: Chris - Feb• 19•12

Can you say “Girls night in for the Bachelor”?  Let me explain… For years, Monday nights getting together for the show is an excuse for girl time.  There is a few I can count on weekly (Jen, Mel, Eileen and I) get together for a huge variety of terrific food, adult beverages and “cackling like a bunch of Hen’s” as Bill would call it!  This was my creation to savor during the latest edition of the smut show fifa 19 herunterladen kostenlos!

This dish was inspired by the left over re fried and black beans found in my fridge following my adult kids house sitting while Bill and I enjoyed the weekend in the Valley.  The appetizer is a generous portion, that was quick and easy, but oh so tasty Download google drive files on iphone!

I’m including Weight Watchers Points™

Ingredients:
1/2 pound of Ground Turkey
one medium chopped Onion
1/2 Cup Yellow, Orange and Red Pepper chopped
1/2 Green Pepper chopped
4 oz lustige videos whatsapp download kostenlos. Cream Cheese
1/3 Cup low-fat Ricotta Cheese
1/4 Cup Taco seasoning mix
3/4 Cup re fried Beans
3/4 Cup drained black Beans
2 Tablespoons Italian dried seasoning
1 pint Salsa
3/4 Cup shredded Colby/Jack Cheese
1/2 Cup Mozzarella Cheese
Chips, toasted Baguette slices or what ever you want to enjoy it on photoshop fonts for free!

Chop onions and peppers

Brown onion and ground turkey making sure to crumble meat into small pieces asus winflash.

   

Bottom layer is “one”.  Begin by spraying baking dish with kitchen oil spray (such as Pam) videos aus mediatheken ipad. I used my Pampered Chef pie baking stone.

Layer two: spread re fried beans in an even thin coating to cover bottom and sides of pie dish
Layer three: add drained, rinsed and dried black beans
Layer four: in food processor, blend ricotta and cream cheese and taco mix until creamy and pour over black beans download all photos van facebook. Spread evenly

 

Layer five: add seasoned ground turkey, onions and peppers, covering all sides equally
Layer six: pour salsa over entire layers and spread

Layer seven: Cheese download printer drivers for free!

Bake 350 for roughly 25 minutes.  Watch and remove from oven once top is hot, bubbly and dark golden brown download maps for free.

Allow to rest to set up slightly before cutting!
Enjoy!

Cheers! ~Chris

Weight Watchers Points Plus: 8 servings, 6 Points

Burgers in February!

Written By: Chris - Feb• 19•12

Ok, so yes… we do use our grill all year round in MN, but it’s usually miserable and cold outside!  Sometimes Bill and I are tempted to toss a coin and regret being the one to man the tongs, but not today… I was all in!  I even left the door wide open to let in the fresh air!  This is rare… there were no bugs either!  We were blessed with temps reaching nearly 50 degrees with full sunshine!  Considering that we had a long awfully cold winter last year – we’ll take this driverdoc downloaden!

Ingredients:
one pound 80/20 ground beef
1 Tablespoon of kosher salt
1 Tablespoon of fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of seasoning salt
2 Hamburger buns oiled/buttered and toasted
2 Tablespoons of regular mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons of fat-free mayonnaise
1/3 Cup of Merlot sauce
Toppings of your choice …

Saute onions in 1 Tablespoon of butter and 1 Tablespoon of olive oil deutsche hörbücher kostenlos. salt & pepper

Get your onions going.  Slice one and a half small onions or one large.  Get fats hot and add onions.  Add seasoning and toss often.  If pan becomes to dry while browning, add water to conserve calories while cooking onions until done

 

Combine one pound of ground beef with salt, pepper & season salt.  Nothing else!  We’ll be topping our burgers with heavy flavors to savor so keep your burgers pure.  Throw them on a hot grill with just a dash of the kosher salt.  Allow to cook covered for a few minutes to your desired liking.  We prefer medium with warm pink center.  Try to only flip once if possible English audiobooks for free.

   

Allow burgers to rest and toast your buns on the hot grill.  While they are toasting combine the mayo the Merlot sauce.  This is a perfect burger topper and also is a wonderful dipping sauce for the baked sweet potato fries we enjoyed Download step 7 for free.

 

Bill’s topping preference included very thinly sliced tomato, fresh spinach leafs, Merlot mayo, sautéed onions and crumbled blue cheese vdownloader gratis downloaden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We enjoyed this meal with a glass of 2004 Beringer Merlot… Just perfect download comodo web filter database!

Cheers!
~Chris

Seared Sea Scallops

Written By: Chris - Feb• 17•12

Living in Minnesota makes cooking sea food a bit more challenging.  I don’t have as much experience with seafood overall as there is no “sea” for miles!  Although we are the home of 10,000 lakes – Scallops are nowhere to be found while fishing netflix wii! I typically find them at Coborns, which seems to have the freshest seafood in town.  I also pick them up from Costco, but the scallops are always frozen or previously frozen.  They should smell sweet and suclant, not fishy windows explorer 9 download kostenlos deutsch!

Bill loves these scallops when we eat out – so I thought I would give it a shot and do my best!  I chose to do a surf and turf and serve the scallops with a nice tenderloin steak, some heavy creamed corn and a light salad.  I was inspired by something I saw on the food channel aternos server world download.

Ingredients:

½ pound Sea Scallops, approximately 8
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Prepare your salad, side dishes and steak.  Allow your steak to rest and then cook the scallops…

Remove the small tag (side muscle) from the scallops, rinse with cold water and thoroughly pat dry with paper towels antivirus mcafee kostenlos herunterladen chip.

Add the butter and oil to a large (12 to 14-inch – so the scallops are not crowded in pan) saute pan on high heat.
Salt and pepper the scallops high-quality images for free.
Once the oil and butter begin to smoke, gently add the scallops, making sure they are not touching each other.
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They should have a 1/4-inch or so golden crust on each side while still being translucent in the center.
Serve immediately.

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FlatOut Pizza’s

Written By: Chris - Feb• 16•12

Flat Out Pizza’s are a delicious, healthy option for ordering delivery.

 

This is a dish that I am deliberately choosing not to include an ingredient list because it is something you can make fairly quickly and simply customize with your personal favorite toppings.  Go ahead and dress them to your liking virenschutz kostenlos!

I have two pizza stones.  Two flat out’s fit on each stone.  I almost always make four pizzas and eat the leftovers reheated in the toaster oven at the office the next day for lunch.  When I am assembling, I usually limit some of the ingredients that Bill is finicky about.  He hates mushrooms but loves Truffles.  Very interesting!  You see one of my stones is very aged and dark… the other newer version of the Pampered Chef stone has handles.  Cynthia was kind enough to ship it to me when Bill announced my tragedy of it breaking recently rollercoaster tycoon free full version nederlands! Each cooks the pizzas equally the same.

The “Flat Out” product reminds me of a tortilla wrap.  They are low in fat & carbs, high in fiber and can easily be counted on the weight watchers program.  They can be found in nearly every grocery store.  Cub carries them in their deli department zoom downloaden chip.

Let me walk you through the process!

We love caramelized onions… so that’s one of the first things to get going as they can take 30 to 45 minutes to saute illegal downloaden schweiz.

As the onions are cooking, I prepare most of the other toppings by chopping and setting them aside.  Once you start to assemble, you want everything right at your quick reach herunterladen.

This is a sample of two types of pizzas.  Each has a number of similar ingredients and them distinct flavors and herbs are designated to each flavor amazon zum herunterladen.

some of the common ingredients are:
Caramelized Onions
Garlic
cooked Chicken Tenderloins
Red, Yellow & Orange Peppers
Salt & fresh cracked Black Pepper

 

Once your onions (and pressed garlic) have cooked, set them aside to cool.  Use the same pan to saute your chicken tenderloins, which have been dressed with salt & pepper listen herunterladen.

Continue to prepare your other toppings.  Some of the ingredients that I chose for the two varieties are:
Sun-dried Tomatoes
Artichoke hearts (canned in water)
Mushrooms
fresh Basil & Rosemary

  

Start by spraying or drizzling each side of the flat out with Olive oil.  Bake at 400 for just a few minutes on each side turning halfway through to crisp up slightly before topping.  Then sprinkle with a small amount of mozzarella cheese.  Just enough to help the toppings stick.  Don’t add too much or your crust will become soggy.  We like it CRISPY download disney plus movies on pc!

 

Begin adding and distributing the toppings to your liking…

 

On the left pizza includes sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, shredded Monterrey jack cheese and is drizzled with sun-dried tomato-basil olive oil I pick up in Napa.  The pizza on the right includes artichokes, fresh rosemary (one with mushrooms) and is drizzled with truffle oil download citrix receiver for mac.

This too was purchased in Napa, but I’ve found that most recently – I’ve spotted it in the gourmet section or kitchen store including Home Goods winrar free windows 10.

    

Top each of the pizzas with a little more shredded cheese.  I stuck with mozzarella only topping the artichoke pizza.

Bake for about 15 -20 minutes.  Turn and/or rotate shelves between the two stones to ensure even cooking.  Cooking time may vary for your Pizza’s depending on your oven.  Let rest for a few minutes before cutting.  The edges will be crunchy and the overall pizza should be THIN and CRISPY!

We have enjoyed these with a variety of delicious wines.  On this particular day, I chose one of Mitch Cosentino’s Cab’s from his newest wines “Pure Cru“! YUMMMM!

Enjoy! Cheers!
~Chris