Chile Salsa‏

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Chile Salsa‏

28oz  can tomatoes
6 Jalapenos charred black on stove
6 green onions
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4  small white onion
1 large garlic
3 tablespoons Chile powder  (up to 4 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon cumin
2 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 teaspoon Adobo seasoning
Red Chile flakes

Instructions
Chop all ingredients and throw into blender, fill the rest of blender with water, and blend until it's a thin Chile salsa. You can use a 28 oz can of tomatoes and it will make it thicker.
Serve this with Chips and or Carrot and Celery sticks.

 



Microchips,Low Fat Chips, Tips and Tricks

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Here is a quick and low fat way to make Chips or Tortilla's for Tostadas

take four regular size corn tortillas and lay them right on the glass

in plate in your microwave oven, set your oven for 4 minutes if your oven is a real good one just cook for 3 minutes on one side, then turn them over and cook for another 2-3 minutes, they should be a good color brown, and crisp, may sprinkle with salt if you like.

Microchips, no guilt chips and salsa

These make a low fat tostada, i have these for lunch alot around here.

Tips and Tricks for Sandwiches and Snacks with your Seal a Meal

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Here's a quick tip for you if you want grab and go meals for the kids or Husband.

Make your snack or sandwiches or lunches what ever it is that you are making

put it on a sturdy paper plate, and if you have the larger twist tie quart size baggies, just place your lunch or snack right on the plate, slip a baggie right over it and if you have Seal a meal or Equivalent to that (you know the thing that you suck all the air out of the food thingy) seal it up and stack it in the refrigerator, label it if you like. your family will think your the greatest!

'wrapped plated and ready to go in the fridge'

Sandwich bread and Turkey Avocado sandwich from your Pizza Dough And GT Xpress Redi Set Go

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Just grab one of the pizza dough balls that you made from your

bread machine (Pizza Dough Bread Machine Recipe is the next recipe down from this in the next post) and press it down to make the size sandwich you like, cook it for

7 minutes, 3 1/2 minutes per side in your GT Xpress cooker on the bottom round part.

The finished bread should look like this

Then to make a sandwich, slice in half and fill with your favorite sandwich fillings

Today i made Turkey Mustard and Avocado, don't forget to salt and pepper your Avocado,add lettuce and there ya have it, yummy and it tasted like

it came from the deli. Really, the only thing missing was Pickles, I'm fresh out!

Yum

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Pizza dough bread machine recipe & GT Xpress Redi Set Go

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Recipe:

3 1/2 cups flour

1 cup warm water

2 ½ Tsp.  yeast

2 tablespoons honey

1/4 cup olive oil

1/2 Tsp salt

To Mix Pizza Dough in a Bread Machine:

Throw all the ingredients in, set to dough only setting, push start. That's it!  

Once the machine "beeps" and your dough is ready, it's time to go on to the next step - Rolling Out The Dough.

Roll the dough out on a floured surface, roll into a cylinder, cut into 12 pieces, wrap each piece in a baggy and  and  put in  a bag to use for later or press down to make a circle and   to fit the bottom of your GT Xpress

To Make in your GT Xpress Redi Set Go:

First spray GT Xpress with Pam spray or butter, *Note*(I like to sprinkle some corn meal  on my pizza doughs)  cook on one side your flattened out pizza dough  for 3 ½ min on one side and 3 ½ min on the other side, take out  and put your pizza ingredients what ever you like and put back in for about a min or two to melt the cheese, that’s it Pizza from your own kitchen.

Note, use what ever ingredients you have on hand

Redi Set Go GT Xpress Crunchy Turkey Wrap

I just got myself the Newest GT Xpress Product ,I got it at Target, the Redi Set Go, cooker,

all i can

say is " Love It".  So here's the first thing i made in it.

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Crunchy Turkey Wrap

Take a 6 or 8 inch flour tortilla and spread mustard on it

i usually zap it in the microwave for about 20 seconds so its pliable

put as much turkey slices as you like,( i use 8 thin deli slices)

lay some dill pickles as much as you like,( i squeeze the juice out of them first)

Then sprinkle your favorite cheese on top of that

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Then roll your wrap up Burrito Style

Use the bottom flat part of your Redi Set Go, spray it with Pam, top and

bottom, you may spray your burrito or brush with butter, that's optional

anyhow close it and set timer for 5 min. when the timer dings, turn it a quarter turn

and cook for another min or two, so its crunchy.

That's it! quick lil crunchy wrap, cut in half and serve with

your favorite coleslaw, potato or macaroni salad or chips.

Excellent, I'm craving another one already!

New Indonesian Rice Salad with Orange-sesame-cilantro Dressing‏

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I found this recipe on-line years ago and decided to finally make it. Very festive, beautiful and tasty.

Ingredients:

1 cup Jasmine long-grain rice
1 4-oz can crushed pineapple
1/4 cup dry-roasted cashews or peanuts or mixed; chopped
1/3 cup Raisins
3 Green onions; thinly sliced
1 small green or red bell pepper; diced small
1 celery rib; cut in half down its length and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon cilantro; minced
1/4 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
DRESSING
1/2 cup Fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons dark sesame oil
1 tablespoon fresh ginger; peeled and minced
1 teaspoon fresh orange zest; grated
1 clove garlic; minced
1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
1 tablespoon cilantro; minced

Instructions:

Place the 1 cup of uncooked rice in a medium-size saucepan with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil. Cover the pan, lower heat to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.

Place the cooked rice in a bowl to cool.

When the rice is at room temperature, add the drained pineapple, cashews, raisins, green onions, red or green bell peppers, celery, and cilantro.

For the Dressing:

In a container, combine the dressing ingredients and shake to mix.

If serving immediately, drizzle all of the dressing over the salad.

If the salad is to be served later, use only half of the dressing until ready to serve, and then at the last minute add the other half and stir to coat evenly (the rice will absorb the dressing).

Top with the red pepper flakes when just about to serve

This dish can be served at room temperature or chilled.

Makes 6 servings.



Hawaiian-stuffed Chicken Breast‏

This is a quick dinner yet very elegant if paired with the right side dishes. This recipe has been in my box waiting for me to make it, its very easy, not many ingredients but the flavor is very tropical. I used my GT Xpress to cook these but also included the oven instructions.

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Ingredients:

2/3 cups hot water

2 tablespoons Butter

2 cups stove top stuffing

4 Boneless skinless chicken breast

1 5-oz can crushed pineapple; (up to 6 ounce)

Instructions:

Heat your water in a measuring cup in the microwave, when heated,

 add butter until it melts. In a separate bowl add the dry stuffing,

 water and butter mixture, half the pineapple mixture and some pepper.

 Stir it around to blend and cover bowl for a few minutes. Then taste

 to see if it needs more pineapple, if its too dry add a little more.

 Cover and set a side

Use a large zip lock baggie to pound each chicken breast,

 make sure the bag is zipped and the air is pressed out, and start pounding, I use a heavy cast-iron skillet, it seems to flatten more equally.

Sprinkle a little salt on top, place a heaping spoonful of stuffing mixture close to one end, and roll, securing the seam with 2 tooth picks.

Lightly salt and pepper the top.  Make remaining breast.

At this point you can do either two things, I used my GT Xpress

 because it is over 100 where I live, I just buttered the inside and cooked it for 7 minutes to perfection.

Or you can brown each side for 1 minute in hot butter in a hot skillet.

You want them a little seared on outside with out over cooking them.

Then place in a greased baking pan, these loose a lot of juice

so don't use a cookie sheet.

Bake at 400 for 30 minutes, you can finish under the broiler for one minute.

 I served this with my New Indonesian Rice, cold and a quick salad

 with my Orange-sesame-cilantro dressing.

Crockpot Carnitas‏

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These are the easiest Carntias ever and many restaurants make them this way. This is a restaurant secret.


Ingredients:

1 giant pork roast
Garlic Salt; generous amount
Pepper
Vegetable oil

Instructions:

You may need to cut your roast in half. Sprinkle generous amounts

 of garlic salt all over roast and brown on all sides

 in a very hot skillet with a little oil.

Pepper all sides as well.

Place in crock pot on low for 8 hours. When cool enough,

 shred with 2 forks or your hands

 and remove some of the fat not all.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet until extremely hot.

Places shredded pork in skillet and let it get super crunchy on one side,

taste and see if this needs anymore salt.

You only want some of the meat crunchy.

You can flip it over for a few more minutes

That's it, you get some great Carnitas meat for tacos.

 Just add some diced white onion, cut up cilantro, and warm some tortilla's.

Enjoy!



Cheryl's Best Crockpot Chile‏

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This recipe comes from my sister who is a master cook with several cooking degrees. When she first showed me this recipe, it looked too simple but when i made it, the flavor was out of this world! This is the only Chile I make, sometimes i add some red element to it, like red peppers. I make Chile omelette's, chiliaghetti...(mix it with spaghetti noodles) my hubby and daughters favorite, top it with jack cheese, onions and red pepper flakes...

Ingredients:

1 16-oz can pinto beans  16 ounce cans drained
1 16-oz can tomato  diced
2 pounds ground beef  browned and drained
2 medium onion
2 green bell pepper  coarsely chopped
1 stalk Celery chopped
3 cloves garlic  crushed
3 tablespoons chili powder or a little less
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon Salt


Instructions:

Put all ingredients in crock pot in order listed. Stir once. Cover and cook on low 10 to 12, do not lift the lid, do not over stir....you can also add other items that you like. You can add other types of beans as well, and be sure to use a white Onion, it does have a more Mexican flavor to it.



Chicken Flautas From Serrano's Cafe‏

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This is our secret recipe for Flautas, the secret is Parmesan cheese, I know, you are saying "huh", that's not Mexican, well after you taste them, then you will see how good they taste, you can also add other things inside, but I would make them like this first so you can see what might go good with them for next time. You can also add more cheese, I am a very light cheese eater now, so I always use less. To make these even more wonderful, add some sour cream and a dollop of guacamole and some shredded lettuce.


Ingredients:
6 medium Flour tortilla's
2 med-sized chicken breast
1 ts garlic salt
1/2 white onion
1/2 cup cheese; grated, (more if needed)
1 tablespoon of Oil; and butter for frying
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese; for rolling flautas in


Instructions:

I fillet the breast with a knife, each breast in 3 slices so that they cook quicker,
 put salt, pepper, garlic salt on each fillet.
Cook chicken breast in a heated saute pan with butter, oil, Let cool, save juices
In food processor, put in onion, and process until minced,
 set aside in a bowl, then cut chicken in pieces and process them as well until minced,
 you may have to do a few batches. Once they are minced,
 add them to the onion, add any chicken juices to the mix,
then add your cheese and mix well, add some salt and pepper and taste
 it should bond together like meat loaf, that is the perfect consistency.
Take your tortillas and heat them on open fire, both sides,
 get a few brown spots on there, that is good for flavor,
 line up your tortillas and divide your mix among the 6 tortillas
. If you have extra then just make another one.
On a separate plate sprinkle a good portion of Parmesan cheese for rolling.
Roll up tortilla fairly tight without breaking them, when they are all rolled,
 keep them seam side down on counter until you are ready to cook
.heat your oil and butter up in a saute pan, high heat and cook 3 at a time,
 use 2 spoons to roll them as they cook, you can lean them up on each other
 as you cook them on all sides, its very easy, you want them brown,
 not burned, so just kind of keep rolling them, when they look fantastic,
 take them out and set them in the Parmesan cheese and roll them,
 covering them generously,
 put them on a serving platter. You can heat them in the micro
 if you need to keep them hot.



Photo of the Day! Great Looking Salad, Don't eat the green part of the flower

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To Pretty to Eat

Don't eat the Green part of the flower, this is what a chef told me once,when i asked him if
the flower was edible, so there ya have it.
I just thought that i would share this Lovely salad photo with you, it really does look
to pretty to eat. I certainly would serve this salad if i wanted to impress!
Tips and tricks



Anaheim Chile Relleno Casserole with Red Sauce

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"Anaheim Chile Relleno Casserole with Red Sauce"

 I came up with this recipe after i roasted my chile's, i intended on making real Chile Rellenos, but was too tired, this casserole is very tasty, especially if you use your own roasted Chile's, it makes all the difference in the world. The red sauce came from Rick Bayless cookbook, i added a few spices to it to my liking. I know you will enjoy this, you can taste a hint of cinnamon in the sauce and it is a perfect blend of flavors

Yield: 6
  
Ingredients:
8 Anaheim Chile's; roasted, peeled and seeded
3 EGGS
1 1/2 cups Monterrey Jack cheese with peppers or regular jack
1 1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Flour; plus 1 tbsp
1 pinch Salt and Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Cumin
1 dash Cayenne; if you like some heat
Sauce:
1/2 cup onion; diced
1 16-oz can Tomatoes; dice, in juice
1/2 teaspoon Cumin
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
2 dashes Cinnamon
garlic; minced

Instructions:

Clean your peppers of seeds and veins, cut in half width wise

In blender add eggs, milk, flour, salt, pepper, cumin and pulse a few times, do not over blend

Butter Casserole dish or grease, I use butter

Layer the chilies, then the egg mixture, then the cheese

Repeat layers, top with just a small dash of Cayenne if you like a little heat

Bake for 55 minutes at 350* then let rest for 15 minutes before you cut or it will be watery.

While casserole is baking, add the sauce ingredients to the blender and just pulse a few times, heat in sauce pan, bring to simmer, and simmer for 45 minutes.

Serve with Casserole.

BBQ style Chicken From your Crock Pot and Toaster Oven

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"BBQ Style Chicken"

This Recipe is quite easy, I take a large package of Chicken Legs
place them in a baggy (large)and add some Olive oil-about 2 Tbsp,
 then combine some seasonings, like salt, pepper,paprika,
Thyme, Rosemary, BBQ Chicken seasoning (optional) garlic powder, onion powder,into
your Magic bullet and grind it up, if not just pour them alltogether into the chicken and massage in.
Shake it up so all the chicken is covered in the seasoning.
I spray my Crock pot with Pam, and place the legs in bone side up.  The Chicken
can be still partially frozen. Turn on your Crock pot to High
and cook the Chicken 3-5 hours. It should be falling off the bone just about.

  Make BBQ Sauce:
Half of the bottle of your favorite BBQ Sauce
1/4 Cup Jack Daniels
4 Tbsp. Honey
dash of Tabasco
Heat Ingredients in sauce pan being careful do to the Jack Daniels. about 5 min.

When your chicken is finished cooking place on your toaster
oven pan that you covered with foil and sprayed with Pam, Brush with BBQ sauce
and Broil your chicken on low broil till they turn a nice BBQ color, Dark!
Keep brushing with sauce to keep them moist. that's how i like them.
Keep a close watch on them, turn them so they darken evenly.


Serve with your favorite BBQ sauces.
Note*
I like to make a White BBQ sauce
a  Hot BBQ sauce
and a Sweet sauce.  This is easy to do
if you use your favorite sauce and just fix them up sweet and hot, place them in
squeeze bottles.
The white sauce i like to mix mayo, salt, pepper, vinegar, a little sugar and more pepper.
Mix them in your Blender or Magic Bullet, let me know how yours turns out, my mouth
is watering all ready

Yummy, The finished Product
get the sauces out I'm ready!

Dessert Tips and Tricks "Nutella Crepes"





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"Nutella Crepes"

This is a simple dessert to make when you have leftover crepes.
Just lay a crepe flat out spread a little bit of Nutella all over the crepe, then fold it up
like you were folding over an enchilada, place on a plate drizzle on some cream or ice cream
sprinkle some cocoa powder or cinnamon and serve with Hot Chocolate.
Simple and Delicious.
Note*
you may warm up the crepes in the microwave after you spread on the Nutella.
Enjoy!

Chocolate Resse's Brownie Pie Very Easy





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"Chocolate Reese's Brownie Pie"

OK I know I'm Bad, and how dare i put this yummy fattening thing on here, Bad me.
Anyhow, I'm not going to give the recipe just how to make something wonderful out of a few ingredients.
To Make: buy your favorite brownie mix, make it according to the directions on the box, i put mine in a pie plate as you can see in the photo,
after it is cooked  and cooled a bit, i spread some Nutella over the top, and crumble some Reese's Peanut butter cups over the top.  For this recipe i had all the Reese's type candy bars, i used the regular peanut butter cups, the dark chocolate cups, and the twix type of cookie peanut butter cups that they had, altogether i used  2 reg packages and 1 dark chocolate and the cookie type so 4 in all for the topping, i just crumbled them in a baggy then sprinkled them all over the top. Now wasn't that easy!

Yummy and Easy too!

Note* and of course you have to serve it with your favorite ice cream

and cup of coffee, don't forget the coffee!

maybe drizzle your favorite Liqueur over the top

The "Green Juice" Excellent and talk about Healthy!





Cheryl's Corner Photo "Green Juice"

Green Juice you say, yup it is just that. Your probably saying Yuck!

 but no, this juice is very popular in the Mexican town of Puerto Vallarta. 

The last time i went there i got fortunate enough to get the ingredients, yeah!

 its not  a really easy one to guess, but I'm sure your dying to know whats in this,

 so here's my home made version of the "Green Juice".

(Green Juice) Casa Velas Hotel Puerto Vallarta

(You Need A Juicer For this Recipe)

Casa Velas Boutique Hotel is my most favorite place to be in the whole world. 

 My favorite morning drink while I’m there is the Green Juice, 

  I drink 2 of these each morning with a small breakfast,

 it doesn’t sound that good but it is, and it’s good for you.

2 to 3 celery ribs

2 - 3 cups fresh spinach

1/4 cup fresh parsley

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 2 ounces of fresh pineapple juice and 2 ounces of fresh-squeeze orange juice

2 ounces of filtered water

Green Juice:  celery, spinach and parsley. The above amounts should yield about 4 ounces of juice.
 If more is needed,  juice more celery or spinach. Be careful about adding more parsley
. It is potent and too much can take over your juice, making it just a little too strong.  

Once that you have 4 ounces of green juice, add 4 ounces Orange-Pineapple juice
 or an equivalent amount of fresh orange-pineapple juice.
 Add 2 ounces of water to thin it out.

Stir up your mixture, and have at it.

Makes 10 ounces or about enough for 1 person.
 Double this recipe  to make it for 2 people.
Note*
Did i mention that a juicer makes this recipe easy otherwise forget about it, I haven't tried it

in the Magic Bullet Blender i think that would turn it more into soup.

Ceviche Puerto Vallarta Style



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*Note Mold this in a plastic measuring cup then slide it out into a Margarita Glass,

This is my Favorite Ceviche Recipe, Hope that you love it to, its best served with an Ice Cold Beer or Frozen Margarita, now i want one! sheesh its 5 o'clock somewhere ay!

Ceviche

1    Pound Shrimp, any chopped
1/8 Cup  Parsley, chopped
1/4 Cup Cilantro, rough chop
1/2  Cup Tomato Juice, V-8
1    Tablespoons Olive Oil
1    Jalapeno seeded and  minced
1/4 Cup Red Onion, fine Dice
1   Each  Serrano Chilies, seeded and minced
1    Medium Tomatoes, medium dice

1    Carrot Chopped fine

1    Cucumber Seeded and Chopped fine
1    Teaspoon Oregano, dry and Menudo Mix
  Juice from 7 Limes

Chop shrimp finely with a knife or a food processor, and onion and carrot and cucumber, and Serrano, and Jalapenos

-Salt and Pepper to taste.

  -In a large glass bowl combine all ingredients together and allow to  marinate for
4-6 hours.

Serve this with lettuce leaves, Crackers, Chips, Tortilla Chips, Hot Sauce and Limes and Avocados 



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Serve with your favorite Chips!









Tips and Tricks Eggs Benedict Photo of the Day!

 Eggs Benedict Cheryl Style

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Here's a cool way to serve your Eggs Benedict

all that i can say is yummerz! and i want some now!

I wouldn't serve this to the kids it might scare them.
When ever i make something like this look good on the plate then take a photo, it does get cold, so i just zap it in the microwave for about 40 seconds, I don't like cold food at all.  But yeah i do take photos of most of the items that i cook its just a fun hobby, Yeah I'm out there! Chow!!

Tips And Tricks When serving An Egg roll

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Heres a neat way i served an egg roll, If you have some Chinese soup spoons, there easy to find at dollar stores or at Cost Plus or your neighborhood Chinese market, anyhow, slice your egg roll on the diagonal, place a piece of egg roll on the spoon and  drizzle on some of your favorite Duck or Plum sauce, arrange your spoons on a fancy platter like you see pictured here, another tip that i have is add a little bit of Cherry unsweetened Koolaid to your plum sauce for some added color and taste make sure that you stir it really well, it really brings your sauce up a notch! Enjoy. 

Parmesan Popcorn

Parmesan Popcorn, Cheryl's Corner Recipe and Photo

This is what i like to snack on when just plain old popcorn wont do it for me.  Pop yourself a bag of microwave popcorn, pour it into a bowl, drizzle it with melted butter as much or little as you like, (if your me, but your not, you'd use Parkey Butter Spray, that's my butter) after you drizzle on your preferred butter, sprinkle on as much or as little Parmesan Cheese that you like and there you have a very simple flavored yourself popcorn snack.

Easy Appetizer Tostada Cups made with Tostidos Scoops

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If you are making a south of the border type menu here is a quick and easy recipe for some mini appetizers that you can make ahead and place in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve them, and there so simple, just take some turkey meat (ground) or lean hamburger, cook it up with some onions, and a package of taco bell  taco seasoning, cook according to package and if you have a hand mixer zap that meat until its real fine or you can put it on the food processor till finely chopped, drain it, place it in a larger sturdy,not cheapo, Ziploc type bag, cut the corner with scissors, because your are going to squeeze the meat into the little scoop cups just like you do with frosting, add a little cheese an olive or a tomato piece and place these on a plate or platter that you can easily put in the microwave to heat, these make the cutest little appetizers, its like having a little mini taco salad, there cute and fun and tasty

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail 1

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Servings:

 Serves 6

2 lbs cooked shrimp, peeled and De-veined

1/2 cup finely chopped finely red onion

1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro

1 1/2 cups of tomato juice

1 TB orange soda

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

2 tsp hot pepper sauce

1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped

 Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Let marinate for 2 hours before serving.

Note*

Serve in a martini or margarita glass for a fun appetizer.

Garnish with a Bread stick or two if you like

Note*
You may also serve this with chopped cucumber and Tortilla Chips

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Caramelized Onion Focaccia



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½ cup mashed potatoes or flakes
3/4 cup water
2 tbsp. Olive oil
1 tbsp. sugar
1/2tsp salt
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. Yeast
3/4 mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, shredded

Onion Topping:

1 cup Black olives  
3 tbsp. butter
2 medium onions
2 cloves garlic minced

oregano *optional

Place all ingredients, except cheeses and onion topping, in your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

When dough is finished, grease a pizza pan or cookie sheet.

Pat dough into a 12 inch circle on pan ~ this may take a while as it likes to shrink back up but keep working at it and you will get it patted out. Cover and let rise in warm place for about 30 minutes or until almost double.

While the dough is rising, prepare the onion topping. Melt butter in skillet over medium-low heat. Cook onions and garlic in butter 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are brown and caramelized.



When dough has risen, heat oven to 400º. Make deep depressions in dough at 1 inch intervals stick black olives in the dough. Spread topping over dough. Sprinkle with cheeses.

Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edge is golden brown.

Cut into wedges and serve warm.

Serves 4-6





Mini Sirloin Burgers

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Must try these there very delish!



1 lb. ground sirloin
1 tsp. black pepper; (course)
1/2 tsp. Seasoned salt
12 slices Swiss cheese
Ketchup

Mini Hamburger Buns
    Combine ground sirloin, seasoned salt, and ground pepper. Mix well. make 12 hamburger patties, make them thick (approximately 1/2 inch), and place into hot pan. Grill hamburgers for 4 to 5 minutes before turning them. Flip hamburgers, cook then add cheese . When hamburger patties are done assemble them with  your mini Hamburger buns

Optional* ingredients

pickle, grilled onions, Serve quickly.

Lite Tostada's

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This is my recipe for lite and crunchy tostada's, if you have a microwave, just add 4 regular size corn tortillas to the microwave turn table, turn it on for about 3 minutes depending on your microwave, when they start to get medium brown, not to brown, turn them over, and cook until there medium brown and crunchy about 2-3 more minutes. Cook up some ground turkey meat, add some taco seasoning as it says on the package, i add an small chopped onion, while that is cooking, chop some tomatoes, and slice some lettuce real thinly. When your meat is done cooking drain it, and add a tablespoon of turkey meat a whole lot of lettuce (sliced real thin,thats the trick) some chopped tomatoes and cilantro if you wish, and don't forget the cheese, a small amount if your watching your weight, may use reduced fat cheese.

this is what i like to eat when i want something crunchy Mexican and Muey Bueno! oh and don't forget to add your favorite salsa.

Ralphs Supermarket will Fry up your Fish Free, Palm Springs, CA Store

Yes you heard that right, the Palm Springs, Ca. store on Sunrise and Ramon, will fry up your fish for free, I know that frying fish is not the healthiest way to go, but hey, if you feel like having fish for dinner and you don't want to go through the hassle of getting your fryer out, this is definitely the way to go, I had the Talapia last week, it was wonderful, they use a slightly spicy corn meal batter that is very light, that's my tip for you for this week, try it you might like it, i did and I'm hooked,

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Shredded Beef Tacos Crockpot Style

1.5 lbs beef chuck
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic
3/4 cup yellow onion  finely chopped
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon Ancho Chile powder
2 dried bay leaves
1 "Negro Modela beer
12 small corn tortillas
sharp white cheddar cheese  Shredded
Cilantro  for garnish Recipe

Instructions:

Heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or dutch oven over medium heat.

Add the garlic and onions and saute until onions are translucent.

Sprinkle the salt and pepper on both sides of the beef.

Place the chuck in the pot and let it sear for 3 minutes until a crust has formed.

Flip the chuck and sear the second side for an additional 3 minutes. until nice and brown, almost burned but not.

Transfer the seared beef, along with the sauteed onions and garlic, to a crock pot.

Add the cumin, Ancho Chile powder, bay leaves and Negro Modela beer to the crock pot.

Simmer the ingredients on low heat for at least four hours, or until the meat is fork tender and easily shredded.

Shred the cooked meat, , and place it in a hot skillet oiled lightly, salt and pepper and little chopped onion, cook until crispy on ones side, don't let it dry out, and assemble a taco by placing a portion of the shredded beef on a corn tortilla, topping it with the sharp white cheddar and fresh cilantro.