Fresh Salsa

Making fresh salsa is inexpensive, easy, and takes little time to make.

Spicy Salsa

- 4 Large Tomatoes
- 3 Hot peppers of choice
- 1 White onion
- Fresh Cilantro
- Fresh Lime Juice


Cut tomatoes into quarters and place on cooking sheet along with the whole peppers. Place in over at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Once they come out, set tomatoes aside to cool, and place peppers in a sealed plastic bag for twenty minutes. This will cool off the peps and save their flavor.
Cut the quartered tomatoes into smaller pieces and place in a bowl with the chopped onion, fresh chopped cilantro and lime juice.
De-skin and de-seed the peppers and chop the insides. Add it to the tomato mixture.
Place in fridge for an hour.
Enjoy!

Guac n Roll

Guacamole

- 3 Ripe Avocados
- 2 Plum Tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 White Onion, diced
- 2 tbsp. Minced Garlic
To taste:
- Fresh Cilantro
- Fresh Lime Juice
- Salt


Cut avocados length wise and pull apart. Scoop out each side into a large mixing bowl. I leave the seeds in the guac because it keeps it fresh. Add the cut tomato and onion and the rest of the seasonings. Mix and crush with either a fork or a potato masher. After you have done this once, taste to see if any more salt, lime, or cilantro is needed.

Serve with chips, on top of tacos, or in your sanwich !

Chilly Chili Chile

Chili

- 2 lbs Lean Ground Turkey
- 2 c. Green pepper, chopped
- 2 c. White Onion, chopped
- 1 can Hot Dog Chili (which is just ground beans and some tomato)
- 1 can Cambells Tomato Soup
- C.T.S. can filled with water
- 1 tbsp. Mustard of choice
- 1 1/2 tbsp. maple syrup
- Splash of Apple cider Vinegar
- Fresh Chili Paste, to taste
- Several Dashes of hot sauce (opt.)



Cook turkey, peppers, and onions in some vegetable oil. When fully cooked, drain grease from turkey. Add tomato soup, water, chili, mustard, vinegar, and chili paste, and the hot sauce if you desire. Cover with lid and let simmer on low heat for about 25 minutes.
Serve with fresh hot corn bread or homemade tortilla chips !






Tortilla Chips

- 1 Fifty Pack of little (5 in?) Tortillas
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
- Lime Juice


Cut lil tortillas into fours. Fry those lil buggers in some vegetable oil, that is thoroughly heated in frying pan (about a half inch deep). They will only be in the pot for about 2 minutes. When they start getting brown and crispy put them on a plate to cool. Season with salt and lime!

Piggies in a Slanket

Now, in my family, we have always called Halupki piggies.
But I have discovered that mini hotdogs wrapped in some sort of baked good are ALSO piggies.

So here's both.


Halupki

- One Head of Cabbage
- 2 lbs Lean Ground Beef
- 1 c. Cooked White Rice
- One Egg
- 3 Cans Cambells Tomato Soup
- salt and pepper

Cut the heart out of the cabbage and boil until tender, about 15 minutes.
Have the meat and rice cooked and combined in a large boil, with the egg mixed in. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Once the cabbage has cooled down, take apart the leaves. In a 9 x 11 pan, fill each cabbage leaf with beed mixture and roll shut. Cover with tomato soup and water and make for about 45 minutes.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

So, , we have always had pork and sauerkraut on new years.
Here is a fun, and delicious, spin on the old classic.


APPLES AND PORK

- 27 oz. sauerkraut
- 2 medium granny smith apples
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 c. apples cider
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 3 lbs. center cut boneless pork loin
- oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 11 0z. beef gravy


Toss sauerkraut, sliced granny smith apples, nutmeg, sliced apricots, and cider. Mound mixture in roasting pan. Rub pork with oil then season with salt and pepper. Place pork on top of the sauerkraut mixture. Roast 15 minutes at 450 degrees. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 35-40 minutes. Serve with warm beef gravy.