A Tasty Cultural Crossover

This is one that I have made a few times and Regina and I love it. She gets these emails with healthy recipes and this is one that has stuck. I substitute ground beef for the ground turkey, but do as your taste buds please.

Ingredients
1 lb. ground turkey
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 onions, chopped
2 (10 oz. each) cans black beans, drained and slightly mashed
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 cups tomato sauce
1 (10 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, coarsely chopped
6 medium whole wheat tortillas
1 cup low fat shredded cheddar cheese

Directions
1. Preheat oven 350° F.

2. Sauté meat, 1 onion, and 1 garlic clove on high heat while breaking up meat. Cook until meat is no longer pink. Stir in black beans. Set sauté pan aside.

3. Heat oil in another sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté remaining onion, until soft. Add remaining garlic, chili powder and cumin, sauté for 30 seconds. Add tomato sauce and tomatoes with juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer partially covered for 20 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Transfer all but 1/2 cup sauce to meat and beans; Mix well.

4. Dip half the tortillas, one at a time, in the hot tomato sauce. Lay tortillas in the bottom of an 8.5 x 11 casserole dish. Spread half meat and bean mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle half the cheese over meat and beans.

5. Add another layer of tortillas and meat & beans mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 35 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes.


NUTRITION INFO
(per serving)
Calories: 546.3
Fat: 20.3 g
Carbohydrates: 60.4 g
Protein: 34.9 g

A blog inspired by George Alves

So, as I sit here waiting for my blueberry cobbler to bake, I thought of an idea. You see, this cobbler was a result of a facebook status update by April Cespedes, on which George Alves commented, "Is this really happening? F--K we're getting old... I made port-a-gee sweet bread tonight."

And, yes, George, we are definitely getting old. I never imagined that cooking would ever become more than a necessity or, more appropriately, an activity that involved more effort than sticking something in the microwave. I now cook probably 3-4 times a week and I actually enjoy it.

So, if you haven't figured it out by now, my idea was to start this blog as a way to share recipes between friends. I will invite anyone that wants to share their recipes. Just send me an email and I will add you as an authorized blogger. I am going institute one rule: If you are going post a blog entry, you must post a recipe. Comments are encouraged.

George, I fully expect your first post to be the port-a-gee sweet bread.

Oh, I almost forgot. Here is the inspirational recipe mentioned above:

Ingredients
1 bag of frozen blueberries
1 Cup of sugar
1 Cup of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
3/4 Cup of milk
1 stick of melted butter

Directions
Take a bag of frozen blueberries and coat with some sugar in a bowl and set aside. In another bowl whisk together the following: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 3/4 cup milk and 1 stick melted butter. Then add to a baking dish (sprayed with cooking spray), top with blueberry and sugar mixture (spread out a little). Then bake at 350 for 35-40 mins, although depending on the size of the dish it may need to go longer, just keep checking it.