Chicken Rellanos

These peppers are med to spicy but they are not over whelming. Plus the cream cheese will tone down the heat.

Ingredients

8 oz (one brick) of cream cheese
4 tbsp sherry
3 cups of cheddar cheese
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp chili pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
Salt and pepper to taste
2 large or 4 med Pablano Peppers
2 chicken breast

Directions

In a bowl combine cream cheese, 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese, sherry and spices together, wrap with cling wrap and microwave for 1-½ minutes. Once mixture is easy to mix combine well, set-aside for now. In a large pot half of water boil peppers for a about ten minutes, once they feel soft to the touch place them in the sink and run cold water as you slit one side and deseed each pepper. Heat a skillet and cook the chicken, after they are done cube them.
Take peppers and place them in a baking dish and open them up, spread cream cheese mixture in peppers and then place chicken next and then the rest of the cheddar cheese on top and put them under the broiler for about five minutes.

Chicken Pesto Pizza

This dough makes two small to medium pizzas (two slices apiece)

Ingredients for crust
2 cups wheat four
1 1/2 tsp rapid rising yeast (make sure it does not come in direct contact with water/ mix into flour well)
1-cup warm water
1 ½ tsp kosher salt
2 tbsp olive oil
** Pizza Stone

Ingredients for toppings

2 cups of leaf spinach
½ cup of almonds
¼ cup olive oil
2 chicken breast
2 cloves of garlic
½ cup Gorgonzola cheese
½ cup Parmesan cheese
Rest of tomato medley halved

It would be ideal fro you to use an electric mixer for making the dough!
Pour flour and yeast into bowl and put mixer on slow. While this going pour water, salt and oil into flour, mix until ball forms you may have add water (tsp at a time) or flour
until it become smooth, but a tad sticky. Place into bowl that has a tsp of oil in it and roll dough around and cover in a warm draft free place for two hours until dough has doubled in size.

Place almonds into baking pan and drizzle with oil and place under broiler for about two-three minutes KEEP A EYE ON THEM THEY WILL BURN QUICKLY. After the almonds are a nice tan color they are ready to go into the processor.
In a food processor or blender add spinach, garlic, cheese and almonds and turn on.
While it’s going pour oil into the mixture until it’s smooth and pourable.
Cook chicken in hot skillet with salt and pepper, once chicken is done just cube and place into pesto with Gorgonzola.
Now that the dough has doubled cut into two pieces and roll out to size desired
Heat pizza stone and oven to 500 degrees
Take half of the mixture and place on dough and add halved tomatos
Place pizza on stone and turn down to 325 and cook for about twelve minutes.
Once it is done cut pizza into four

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Chicken MushroomBlue/ Wild herb Couscous

Two breast of chicken pounded out very thin
1 Pkg of mushroom medley (Shitake,portabella,oyster) diced
2 tbsp Italian breadcrumbs
1 ½ tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white wine
¼ cp blue cheese (could be crumbled but I sliced it off a block)
Salt & pepper to taste
1 Egg beaten
1-cup Italian breadcrumbs

Heat pan over med high heat and add olive oil
Once hot add mushrooms and cook for about two minutes now add white wine and cook for another minute. Now add 2 tbsp breadcrumbs and cook for 1 minute. Once mushroom mixture is done and combined, take half and put half on each breast and spread out into middle of breast. Also half blue cheese and add a top mushroom mixture.
Now roll breast up and place into beaten egg, and place into bowl of breadcrumbs until well covered. Heat oven to 350 and bake for 20-25 minutes. Now turn broiler on and cook for about five-seven minutes.

Heidi's Favorite Tilapia

Ingredients;
½ bunch Cilantro
½ cucumber chopped
½ tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp white vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
3 scallions chopped
2 seeded Serrano’s peppers
1 pkg tomato medley
2 fillets Tilapia
**Bo Dylans spice

Place cilantro, cucumber, vinegars, scallions and olive oil in processor and pulse till it looks like a slightly chunky sauce. Once this is done place in bowl and chill till ready to use.

Heat non stick pan over med high heat and place a tbsp of olive oil in pan.
Sprinkle Bo Dylans generously over Tilapia. Once oil is hot place filets in pan. Cook first side for about four minutes flip and cook this side for about two minutes. Once you start cooking second side take sauce and cover bottom of plate (a little bit bigger than the size of the fillet). Place fillets atop sauce. Take the tomatoes and half them or if they seem to big just quarter them.

**Bo Dylans Spice tsp of each
Onion Powder
Paprika
Cumin
Coriander
Celery salt
Pepper
Gallic Powder
Chili Powder
Chipolte Powder

Meals

If anyone in the Ft. Myers area and does not have the time to cook one of these dishes, but would like to try one you can call me and I will cook the meal for you and deliever it to your house for a reasonable price. Just send me a message and we can talk about it.

Flank Steak, Chimichurri and Flat Bread Gucomale

This recipe is great for pool parties (especially when the pool owner is in Mississippi). This same owner has been upset that there has been NO MEN'S MEAT so far on the blog. So here we go with Flank Steak it has to be marinated or it will be tough.
Ingredients:
1 1 1/5 lb flank steak
1 bottle Guinness beer or Amber bock (dark beer)
2 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp oregano
1 cup chopped onion (sweet or green)
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt (sea or kosher)
2 tbsp olive oil

Make X cuts with knife on both sides of steak (not deep just flesh cuts)
Place all ingredients into pan or Ziploc bag and Marinate for 3 hours or over night.
Heat grill on high. Place steak on grill and cook for about 4-5 minutes per side for med rare Add two additional minutes for further doneness. Once done to likening let stand for Five minutes so juices will go back into meat, and cut across grain and serve with chimichurri.

Chimichurri Sauce:

½ bunch cilantro
½ bunch parsley
½ cup sweet onion
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 clove of garlic
2 seeded jalapenos
Salt and Pepper to taste
Place all ingredients in processor and pulse till pureed

Guacamole:

1 ripe Avocado (pitted)once cut in half and *pit removed take a spoon and scoop out avocado
Cilantro (1/2 bunch)
4 scallions chopped in half
2 Serrano peppers
2 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup water
Salt and Pepper to taste
Package Wheat Flat bread (cut into quarters)
Olive oil
**Take a knife and whomp blade into pit and turn and pull out

Add all ingredients(besides bread) to food processor and mix till thick but pourable. Place in a bowl and chill till ready to serve. Heat grill on high. Drizzle pieces of flat bread with olive oil on both sides and place on grill for two – three minutes a side, serve with guacamole.
If the guacamole is to spicy put a ¼ cup of sour cream into mixture and mix.

Turkey Meatloaf served with mashed cauliflower

Ingredients:
1 pkg ground turkey
3 tbsp sun dried tomato pesto*
2 tbsp BBQ sauce
1/2 tsp salt
couple of turns from the pepper mill
* you can buy this in the pub lix deli


Directions:
Heat oven to 300.
Mix all ingredients together thoroughly and form into a loaf. Once this is done and loaf is formed,place into a non-stick loaf pan. You will cook this for 15-20minutes.Once done, remove loaf and let cool about 20-30 min. Heat grill on med-high heat. Once loaf is cooled slice to 1/2 in pieces. Spray a non stick spray on cooking area,place pieces on grill and let cook for about five min only on one side.(for diamond marks lay piece straight up and down and half way through cooking turn 1/4 turn and let cook for the other half)

The good thing about using turkey and any other lean meat you will not have to use any egg or bread crumbs. There is no need for the eggs and crumbs due to the fact there is no fat in the meat and thus the loaf will not just fall apart. I'm sure you could add ketchup (I hate ketchup) to this, but please try it without it first.

I have made sandwiches this week and added Colby cheese, and they turned out really well.

TIP: Burger Patties

The other day a guy at work was talking about getting a device that would form hamburger patties. Well instead of spending money on a device on something so frivolous all you need is wax paper and the top from a mayonnaise jar. Place the wax paper in the lid and place the burger in the lid and just press down in the middle then towards the edge until patty is formed.

I wanted to share the head of the Bo-Dylan's fan club. With his enthusiasm this blog will be a success. Lets all give round of applause for Erik

Inside Out lasagana

This meal has kind of a funny story behind it's name. One night I was running late from work and we had planned on watching a movie at home and I hadn't even started this dish. I was planning on making my pasta from scratch which we often do. This dish was going to be comprised of "extras" left in the fridge (spinach, portobella mushrooms, and ricotta cheese.) Well after making the pasta, rolling and boiling it, I moved on to the turkey and ricotta. When I was done layering it and adding the cheese, I said to Heidi this looks funny. She then she reminded me that I had forgotten the "extras" - the whole point of the meal. So, I pulled it out of the broiler and added "the rest of the story." That's how we named the Inside Out Lasagna.

Pasta:

1 cup wheat flour

1 beaten egg

1/4 cup cold water

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tbsp olive oil

Combine all ingredients into food processor or mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. Let rest for about twenty minutes. Take a big pot and fill water quarter of the way from the top ( **double the amount of pasta) After time has elapsed cut into four sections and roll out each section (rolling pin or pasta roller) into 1/4 inch thin pieces. (add flour accordingly so not to stick.) By this time the water should be boiling, drop pasta into water for about Three to four minutes. remove and lay out on a pan.Or or you can use regular lasagna noodles

Filling:

1.32 lbs. ground turkey

two portobella mushrooms (1/4 in cubes)

2 hand fulls of fresh spinach

1 cup of ricotta

1 can tomato sauce

tsp salt

two cloves of garlic (diced)

1/4 cup Italian seasoning (dry)

tsp olive oil

two hand fulls of mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Heat oven to 350 degrees and pan to med high add oil, when heated add garlic for about one minute, then add turkey till browned. now add Italian seasoning,salt, tomato sauce and ricotta. Cook for about ten minutes. Once this is ready put ladle full of sauce on the bottom of a 8 x 2 in baking pan and start layering pasta and sauce once at the top there should be sauce last. Now add cheese, spinach, and mushrooms and bake for five to six minutes.

** this way you don't have to add oil. The more water the chance of sticking together is less likely