Stuffed Peppers

One of our favorite comfort meals in our house is Sloppy Joes, and one that my hubby loves to make. So last week he made a big ole batch of it for us. We kicked of Sunday football with Sloppy Joe sandwiches.. 

But why is this post titled Stuffed Peppers than, because I have already blogged about Sloppy Joes and this is a great way to use up the leftovers. I have said many a time, that I am a big fan of using leftovers to create a different meal. 

This one was a big hit in our house, I have made stuffed peppers before, just not this way but with the Sloppy Joes it was fab!!! 

Stuffed Peppers

Items Needed:

Baking Dish

Small sauce pot

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

• 3 Peppers top cut off and deseeded
• Sloppy Joe Mixture
• Spaghetti, broken into 1 inch pieces
• Shredded cheese

• Bring a pot of water to a boil, toss in spaghetti and cook until just under al dente
• Mix the spaghetti with the sloppy joe, and stuff the pepper and place in a shallow baking dish
• Some people boil pepper shell before baking, I do not, I pour water around the pepper in the baking dish about half way up the side of the peppers, this softens them just enough
• Bake for 25 minutes than sprinkle with some cheese and bake until cheese is melted and slightly browned

Eat and Enjoy!!!! 

** Took picture before water and cheese.. use your wonderful imagination... ; ) 

Grilled Veggies

One of my favorite side dishes during the summer is grilled veggies. Me and the hubby love going over to the local farmers market which happens to be right down the street. This time around we picked up some peppers, onions and of course zucchini . These go really well with some grilled chicken or steak or really anything that you throw on the grill. We served this with Grilled Shrimp and it was perfect!!  Here it is.. a super easy way to eat your veggies!!

Grilled Veggies

Items Needed :

Grill

Grill Basket

• Peppers, seeded, sliced in thick strips****
• Red Onions, sliced in quarters 
• Zucchini, sliced lengthwise than in 1 inch pieces 
• salt
• pepper
• garlic powder
• olive oil

•  Heat grill per your grill instructions 
•  Brush sliced veggies with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic powder
•  Place the veggies in the basket and set on grill shaking every so often so they don't burn but let them get a little char on them. 
• Cook until desired doneness. 

 Eat and Enjoy!!!

 

They like me!! They like me!! Or at least my clams....

Ahh Monday mornings how I dread it! But yesterday was different, I woke up and carried on as usual getting ready for work but had some extra time, so I thought I would check my emails. Once that was done I thought eh, I'll go check out FoodBuzz and see whats going on there, and to my surprise when I checked the Top 9 there was my photo from my Steamed Clams recipe. Wow they like me , the really like me, or at least my clams that is. I am somewhat new to this, not the cooking thing or the baking thing but to the picture thing. In the short time that I starting blogging again, I realized how much a picture speaks to the reader about the dish. I mean lets be honest no ones running into the kitchen to make an ugly one.

After checking out various food photo sites, it seemed quite apparent that a picture truly is worth a thousand words. You are more likely to want to cook something that looks amazing, so you can't just point and shoot, you have to take your time. Now I have what I think is a very nice camera, it served me and my husband very nicely on our three week honeymoon road trip but is it top banana? No way. So since getting a new camera is out of the question I must deal with what I have!!! I guess it worked, since they picked my picture of Steamed Clams.

Now on to the matter at hand....food. I know I promised Part Duex of the Clams,Clams, Clams recipes, but my camera, yes the one I spoke so highly of above is behaving ( battery issues) badly. So I only have pictures of my Chorizo and Peppers Sandwich for now and will have to continue the suspense of the Clams...... Until tomorrow.

Chorizo and Pepper Sandwiches

• Chorizo links, sliced
• 3 green peppers, diced
• 1/2 red onion , diced
• 1 c red wine
• 1/2 11 oz. can tomato paste
• 1/2 15 oz. can tomato sauce
• Portuguese Rolls
  

Place all ingredients in slow cooker , and turn on low ( 8 hours ) or high (4 Hours). Remove lid from slow cooker 30 minutes to allow steam to escape and thicken sauce. Serve with Portuguese rolls, or bulky roll.

ENJOY!!!