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Jalapeno Wing Sauce

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I like buffalo wing sauce, but I tried the jalapeno wing sauce at Native Grill and I like it as much or better. You can’t buy this in the store and I had a fairly good idea of what the ingredients were from the flavor so I set out to make it myself. Here is what I came up with.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup of finely minced onion
  • 2 tbsp pickled jalapeno slices finely minced
  • 2/3 stick of butter
  • 1 whole raw jalapeno, stem removed, finely minced.
  • 4 cloves of garlic finely minced
  • 5 tbsp of the liquid from the jalapeno slices jar

Directions

Put the onion, garlic, and jalapeno into a food processor and chop until finely minced. On medium heat melt the butter and gently fry the  jalapenos, the onoin, and the garlic cloves for 10 minutes in butter, then add jalapeno pickling water. Use this as a wing dipping sauce or toss wings in it. You can also use it as a dipping sauce for anything else you like also.

East Hot Fluffy Dinner Rolls w/Cinnamon Butter

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Hot Fluffy Dinner Roll
Hot Fluffy Dinner Roll

I love the fluffy, soft dinner rolls they serve at Texas Roadhouse restaurant but didn’t want to spend a lot of time making them. I searched around for a recipe that was easy and tasted a lot like the ones at Texas Roadhouse. I tried this one which uses a bread maker for the dough which allows you to load up the bread maker and  come back in a couple of hours, remove the dough and bake it. When served with the cinnamon butter, they taste a lot like the ones they have at the restaurant. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

Rolls

  • ¼ cup lukewarm water
  • 1 cup lukewarm milk (Vegan option, use plain soy milk)
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter, room temperature (Vegan option, use margarine)
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 envelope (.25 oz) active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup melted butter for basting rolls

Cinnamon Butter

  • 4 tblsp of Butter (Vegan option, use margarine)
  • 1 tblsp Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Directions

Pour all liquid dinner roll ingredients into the bread maker. Add the dry ingredients (except the yeast) to a bowl and mix then add to the bread maker. Now add the yeast on top of the dry ingredients so it is not in the liquid. Start your bread maker on the dough setting (you can also put on delay setting if you are want it to be ready later). When the dough cycle is complete, remove and roll out on a floured cutting board into a sheet and using a pizza cutter cut into 16 even squares. Put these on a baking sheet. You can use parchment paper on it if you’d like. Then put the baking sheets into a oven with a bowl of hot steaming water to rise until doubled or tripled. Then bake in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes until slightly browned. To make sure the outside stays soft when putting them into the oven throw 1/4 cup of water in the bottom of the hot oven to add moisture. Coat with butter when removed from the oven and serve.

Luscious Green Corn Tamales

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Living in the Southwest I have tasted some of the best green corn tamales but I want to have a supply on hand when I get a craving for one, so I make these and devour as many as possible and freeze the rest for the next time I get an urge for these.

Masa

  • 2 cups instant masa harina flour
  • 2 cups corn, fresh roasted and cut off the ear
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup Vegetable Shortening & butter(softened butter or vegan substitute)
  • 1/4 cup evap milk
  • 1 3/4 cup of water
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable broth powder

Filling

  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 roasted/peeled/seeded jalapenos
  • 2 roasted/peeled/seeded publano chili
  • 1.5 – 2 cups of Mixed Chedar & Pepper Jack (Or Vegan cheese substitute)
  • 1 – 1.5 cups of corn
  • 1 teaspoons cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoons black pepper

Directions

Mix Masa ingredients together and make Masa. Roasting corn and Jalapeno and Publano chilles. Seed and peal chili peppers and chop. Mix all filling ingredients together. Coat inside of a corn husk with masa and add a good tablespoon of filling. Roll this up so masa surrounds filling and steam for 30 minutes.

 

3 Pepper Hot Sauce

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I like to experiment with different hot sauce recipes. I have a few favorite recipes and this one has good balanced flavor and not just heat. You can experiment with the balance of flavor and heat by adding more or less Habanero peppers.

  •  Ingredients
    • 1/2 Red Bell Pepper Seeded
    • 4 whole Habenaro peppers
    • 1 whole Fresno pepper
    • 1/2 Med size onion
    • 1 Carrot pealed, cut into about 6-8 pieces
    • 4 cloves garlic
    • 1 small bunch of celantro (about equiv 1 tablespoon chopped)
    • 1 tablespoon salt
    • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
    • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
    • 1/4 teaspoon oregano
  • Directions

Boil onion, peppers, celantro, carrot, garlic for 20 minutes in enough water to cover in a small pan. Remove the ingredients from the boiling water and add to food processor along with salt, vinegar, cumin, and oregano. Grind into a paste. Then add in enough of the boiling water to make to the desired consistency. Bottle and use.

 

Portobello Pablano Tacos

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This is a great tasting easy to make taco recipe that just happens to be vegetarian or vegan. When you bite into it provides a satifying meaty texture and mushrooms absorb all the flavor of the taco seasoning with the sauce providing an extra richness. I am sure vegetarians, vegans, and meat lovers alike will all enjoy this dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 container mushrooms
  • 1 poblano Pepper diced
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 to 1/2 packet of Taco Seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons Mayonaise or Veganaise
  • 2 Chipolte Peppers in adobo sauce
  • Corn or Flour tortillas

Directions

Heat pan and add olive oil, onion, poblano peper and saute till tender. Add mushrooms, water, and taco seasoning and boil down till water is gone and a thick sauce remains. While boiling down liquid take the chipolte peppers and put into a bowl and mash until in small pieces then add in mayonaise or veganaise and stir together. Take mushroom filling put into tortilla and add sauce on top along with lettuce or any other toppings.

Recipe from http://gastronomy.ddns.net

Healthy Blueberry Pie Oatmeal

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BlueberryPieOatmeal

Oats are a healthy breakfast and can be really good also, you just need the right recipe. I really like to have this in the morning, it is like you are eating something you shouldn’t it tastes so good and it is something you can put in the microwave while getting ready.

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup of Coach Oats Coach’s Oats 100% Whole Grain Oatmeal, 4.5 lbs
  • 1 cup water
  • 10-20 fresh blueberries
  • 1 tsp unpacked sugar (about 16 calories or 4.2g carbs) add more for sweater or substitute maple syrup to lower glycemic index.
  • pinch of ground cinnamon (optional)

Directions

  • Combine ingredients and stir in a 1 Qt bowl to avoid overflowing and microwave for 6 minutes at 40% power. Let cool for 3-5 minutes and eat.

From: http://gastronomy.ddns.net

Red Curry Lentils

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Indian food always seem to take a lot of work and time to cook, but this recipe is pretty easy to make. When I feel like having Indian food, but don’t want or don’t have a lot of time for cooking, I make these. You can serve them with rice or naan, which can be bought at some stores.

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the lentils till just tender. Drain and set aside. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute for a few minutes until golden brown. Add all the spices (curry paste, garam masala, curry powder, turmeric, cayenne, sugar, garlic, ginger) and stir fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the tomato sauce; stir and simmer about 10. Add back the lentils and cook on low for another 5 minutes.