Monday, July 25, 2011

Friends, Fun & Fiesta Dinner

I love cooking for friends.  Saturday I had a tasting dinner and invited Pat, Linda & Christopher.  Christopher, actually helped me set up my blog and did a wonderful job with the pictures.    I love making up new recipes, good thing it turned out or we would of been ordering pizza. 

Menu:  Mexican burger with peppers and avocado dressing and pineapple crescents

Mexican burger:
3 lbs hamburger meat
10 - 1/3" slice of hot pepper jack cheese
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt & pepper

Mix all together, except cheese.  Grab a handful of the burger mixture - place the cheese in the middle and form a burger around it, covering it.  Grill to perfection.

Peppers: 
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
1 yellow pepper
1/2 red onion
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro

Slice peppers and onion in to strips and saute in skillet until soften. 

Avocado Dressing:
1 avocado
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup red onion
1 tsp minced garlic
1 jalepeno pepper - seeded
1/2 lime juice
1 small roma tomato

Mix all together in blender until smooth.

After toasting your buns on the grill, spread the avocado dressing on each bun, place your burger topping w/the pepper onion mixture.

Pineapple crescent:
1 can crescent rolls
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 stick butter
8 oz mountian dew
1 fresh pineapple

Cut pineapple in 1/3" inch thick x 1.5" long.  Melt butter in casserole dish in microwave.  Roll out crescent roll placing 1 pineapple and roll, then roll in sugar cinnamon mixture.  Place in casserole dish, repeat until you have all 8 rolled, then pour Mountain Dew on top.  Bake on 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Stay sweet and be sweet!!

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