Lasagna

Sup Buddies. I'll write this one up later, just thought I'd post the pics. Pretty nice lasagna tonight.

Zucchini and Green Chile Breakfast Casserole

Had a couple buddies come into town this past weekend (Evan, Chavis, and Mark) and decided it would be a good idea to have a pre-made breakfast ready when we all woke up on Saturday morning. I found this recipe on The Kitchn and it was absolutely delicious! I'm thinking about making it on Sunday to have throughout the week for an easy, quick, healthy breakfast. Leeann also whipped up some coffee cake for us to have, very tasty as well. My picture wasn't as pleasing to the eye as I would have liked (still a bit whoozy from the night before), so I attached the picture from the original post on The Kitchn to tempt you further. I have a couple recipes that call for cottage cheese in breakfast casseroles, and I think it adds excellent flavor and texture to the final product. It also allows you to keep the dish healthy because there is no need for cream or heavy milk. I served it with refried black beans (pork lard included please) and flour tortillas! Oh, I also added minced shallot and minced garlic to the recipe and the cheese I used was a Mexican blend.





Ingredients:
10 eggs
1 1/2 cup zucchini (grated, squeezed and drained)
1 cup cottage cheese
1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (drained)
1 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Mix everything in a bowl.
2. Pour the mixture into a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
3. Bake in a preheated 375F oven until the eggs are firmly set and golden brown on top, about 25-35 minutes.

Serve with your favorite salsa!!

Nacho cheese

Check out what the wife got me for my birthday.

Fish tacos with mango/pineapple salsa

I hope this makes everyone happy...I made some fish tacos (with grilled Mahi Mahi) topped with homemade mango and pineapple salsa. I kept the fish simple because I didn't want to overpower the rest of the flavors. The sweetness of the fruit complimented the hot peppers well. Turned out really good. I topped them with lettuce, cheese, and homemade guacamole (Jeff's version minus the jalapeno).

Salsa:

1/2 red onion chopped fine

2-3 juiced limes and zest

Fresh diced tomatoes (I used the cherry tomatoes)

2-3 cloves of garlic

1 serrano pepper diced(be careful, this was really hot so I stripped some of the seeds out)

Fresh mango

Fresh pineapple

Cilantro

Parlsey

Salt and Pepper

Good with Chips as well on the side

Chicken Bacon Tacos

Chicken Bacon Tacos

What’s up now Urban, back to back posties! Simple, delicious tacos.

Ingredients

Spice paste rubbed chicken breast, grilled and sliced.

Some bacon.

Corn Tortillas

Jeff’s famous Guacamole (see below)

Chopped tomato

Shredded Mozzarella

Cilantro

Squeeze of lime

Procedure

You can figure it out.

Jeff’s famous Guacamole

2- Avocados

1/2 – Small red onion

1- Jalapeño

1- Clove Garlic

Juice of lime (to taste)

Handful of cilantro

Salt and pepper

A dash of Cumin

Chop, mix to combine, don’t over mix though, or I’ll get ya.

Ps- Urban sucks.

Steak Fajita Salad

Steak Fajita Salad

Whipped up this little ditty a couple weeks ago. It started out as just a basic idea and morphed into something pretty delicious. I’ve also been using spice paste a lot instead of marinating. Here’s what the salad consisted of.

– Strip Steak that was rubbed with spice paste and grilled.

– Grilled red pepper and onion

– Romaine and Iceberg lettuce

– Grated carrot

– Jeff’s famous Habanero Tomatilo salsa (see below)

– Goat Cheese

– Sour Cream

– Homemade chipotle-lime ranch. (see below)

– Some Tortilla chips

– Cilantro

– Fresh squeeze of lime

– I think that’s it.

Habanero Tomatilo Salsa

4- Vine ripe tomatoes

2- Tomatilos

½ Habanero pepper, seeds removed.

½ Small red onion

1- Garlic Clove

Juice of half a lime

Handful of cilantro

Salt and pepper

(Sometimes I add some pineapple or mango too)

Chop, combine, enjoy.

Chipotle-Lime Ranch

Get ready for this groundbreaking recipe…

Some Ranch dressing

½ teaspoon of adobo sauce

Squeeze of lime

Salt

Boom- Chipotle-Lime Ranch

THREE INGREDIENT THROWDOWN!!

CHALLENGE: Come up with a dish more delicious and inspiring than mine! And you only get three ingredients!!!!! It's crazy, I know. Maybe I'm still a little nuts from March Madness. Maybe all the new Butler bandwagon fans have finally pushed me over the edge, I mean, I'm all for them as well, but where did they all come from? Anyway, the idea just came to me as I was walking through Trader Joe's sulking about Andy's recent slap in the face. To say we don't care, wow. Jeff, I hope you are as insulted as I am. Romer, I hope you post something...anything. So, the only way for us to man up in this situation is to have a throwdown. A three ingredient throwdown.



Recipe:
1) Trader Joe's Tomato Basil Marinara
2) Trader Joe's Frozen Shrimp
3) Trader Joe's Organic Polenta (the kind that is pre-rolled into a log)

Warm the marinara over low heat. Cut slices out of the polenta log. Fry polenta slices with butter in a skillet (preferably cast-iron) over moderate heat. When done frying the polenta, throw in the defrosted shrimp and warm up. Assemble. Lay down the polenta, place shrimp on top of polenta, then top with marinara.

This was delicious and crazy simple. It would make a wonderful appetizer for a dinner party.

"Salmon Balls"

Yes, you read it correctly: Salmon Balls. The correct sushi term for these delicious balls is floating out there on the web somewhere, but I don't really feel like looking for it. Nope, calling them Salmon Balls is good enough for me. As you can tell, Sushi Fridays is in full swing and I made another batch of rolls today. But to add something different I decided to make these easy, pinkish balls. No recipe is really needed. Basically, place a square of Reynolds wrap in your hand, about 5 inches by 5 inches. Place a few slices of your favorite smoked salmon in the middle. Dollop a little wasabi on then place a ball of sushi rice on top. Pull the corners of the Reynolds wrap up and start twisting like a mad man. Eventually, you will have Salmon Balls. They are crazy easy and really tasty!