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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