New Mexico Green Chile

It has been getting cooler around here in Utah. I have been craving soups and stews lately. I found this recipe on Pinterest and was hoping that it would be good. It was perfect. Slightly spicy, hearty and so flavorful. I served it with fresh cooked tortillas, which serve as a perfect utensil for scooping up every last drop of this green chile.

New Mexican Green Chile
3 Tablespoons Oil, Divided
4 pounds Pork Loin, Trimmed And Cubed
1 whole Large Onion, chopped
1 Tablespoon Garlic, chopped
2 cans (14 oz.) Chicken Broth
1 can (14.5 oz.). Petite Diced Tomatoes with Chipotle
2 cans (27 oz.) Whole Green Chiles, chopped
1 can (10 oz.), Original Rotel Diced Tomatoes With Green Chilies
¼ teaspoons Celery Salt
⅓ cups Flour (for Thickening)
½ teaspoons Salt, Or To Taste
¼ teaspoons Pepper Or To Taste

Heat a large Dutch oven or sauce pot over medium high heat. Add two tablespoons oil. Sear pork cubes in batches. Season with salt and pepper each batch after the meat sears. Spoon the cooked pork to a plate and set aside.
Add remaining oil and saute onion until translucent. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chicken broth being sure to scrape up the brown bits in the pan as you pour it in. Add the pork back into the pot. Add cans of tomatoes, chopped chiles, Rotel and celery salt and simmer for 3 hours until pork is fork tender. You can also pour the ingredients into a crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours if you can't be home.
Just before serving, take out a cup, or so, of the liquid and whisk with flour to make a smooth, thin paste. Stir this mixture back into your pan and simmer for about 5 minutes to cook down the flour. Stir several times to prevent sticking on the bottom. 

recipe from Make-It-Do.com

Spicy Sausage Pasta

I found this great recipe on Pinterest. I spent quite a bit of time clicking through Kevin & Amanda - the blog that posted the original recipe. I have found several recipes that I can't wait to try.  I love finding new sources for recipes. If the rest of the recipes are as tasty as this one, Kevin & Amanda is a blog worthy of  notice!

Spicy Sausage Pasta

1 tbsp olive oil
1 lb smoked sausage, cut into slices
1.5 cups diced onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 (10 oz) can Ro-Tel tomatoes and green chilies, Mild
1/2 cup heavy cream
8 oz penne pasta
1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, each
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions
Add olive oil to an oven-safe skillet over medium high heat until just smoking. Add sausage and onions and cook until lightly browned. Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add broth, tomatoes, cream, pasta, salt and pepper and stir. Bring to a boil, cover skillet, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until pasta is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir in 1/2 cup cheese. Top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with scallions. Broil until cheese is melted, spotty brown, and bubbly.

Pork Chop Potato Casserole

This is comfort food. Perfect to take to a shut in or a new mommy. In fact, that is where I came across this recipe. It isn't glamour food, so it gets shuffled to the back most times, but this humble one pan meal is a winner!

Pork Chop Potato Casserole
4-6 pork chops (boneless and about 1/2 inch thick)
1/2 tsp. season salt
1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 can cream of celery soup- or cream of chicken
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 package frozen shredded hash browns
1/2 cup cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 can french fried onions

Sprinkle pork chops with seasoned salt. Brown chops on both sides in oil. In a large bowl, combine soup, milk, sour cream, salt and pepper. Stir in hash browns, 3/4 of the cheese and half of the onions. Spoon into a greased 13x9 inch baking dish. Arrange chops on top. Cover and bake at 350 ° for 40 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle the remaining onions and cheese on top. Bake, uncovered for 5 - 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender, cheese is melted and meat juices run clear.

Oven Ham Sammies

Do you ever have one of those days or weeks where everything is a battle and you are just drained? This was me yesterday. I just felt like I had no more left in me to give. Thankfully I had this little number on the menu, or we would have been eating cereal for dinner, I am not saying that is bad, but that is often what we eat when I am tired or overwhelmed. These are super fast, easy, really cheesy and yummy! All great things in my book!

Oven Ham Sammies
Recipe found on Tasty Kitchen
Picture from Pinterest

16 ounces Thin Sliced Deli Ham
12 slices Swiss Cheese
1 package King Hawaiian Rolls, 12 Count
½ cups Butter, Melted
2 teaspoons Onion Flakes
1 teaspoon Poppy Seeds
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
½ teaspoons Ground Mustard

Put ham and cheese in between sliced rolls. Mix all other ingredients and spoon over sandwiches. Let set overnight or several hours. Bake on 350F for 15 min before serving.
See, it really couldn't be any easier!

Pork Tenderloin in the Crock Pot

I like to make this dish when the grocery store puts pork tenderloins on sale. This is a simple, throw it into the crock pot, turn it on, and forget about it kind of meal. It smells so good as it cooks all day long. I serve it with steamed carrots and herbed garlic red potatoes.
Pork Tenderloin in the Crock Pot
1 pork tenderloin
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup water
3/4 cup red wine or extra water (I have always done the extra water)
3 Tbsp minced garlic
3 Tbsp soy sauce
Pepper to taste
Place pork in crock pot with all ingredients except garlic. Spread the garlic over the tenderloin. Cover and cook low for 7-8 hours.

Almost a Meal Queso

It is playoff time in the football world. We are Denver Bronco fans in this house, and we have really enjoyed watching Tim Tebow lead the Broncos to the playoffs this year. We usually like to eat things during the playoffs and the Superbowl that we can have in front of the TV and that is more like appetizers. This is one of my favorites because it is warm, easy and is made in the crock pot.  That means I don't have to miss the game while cooking! It is already done and waiting for us!

Almost a Meal Queso

from Seasoned with Fun Cookbook

1 pound ground beef

1 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1 large onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 pkg. Kielbasa sausage, cubed

2 lbs. Velveeta, cubed

1 14 oz. can chopped tomatoes, drain half the liquid

1- 4 oz. can chopped green chilies, drained

1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 Tbsp chili powder

5-6 chipoltes en adobo, chopped (I have never added these)

Tortilla Chips

Cook ground beef, pepper, salt, onion, garlic and Kielbasa in skillet. Drain fat. Transfer to crock pot and add Velveeta, tomatoes, green chilies, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder and chipoltes. Cook on high heat, stirring constantly, until cheese is melted. Turn heat setting to Keep warm or Low and serve with tortilla chips.

Roasted Kielbasa and Potatoes

Roasted Kielbasa and Potatoes

5-7 potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces
1 pkg. Kielbasa, cut into bite sized pieces
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1/4 cup Canola oil

Preheat oven to 425°. Mix all ingredients in large bowl. Pour into 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake for one hour. You can stir after 30 minutes, but if you forget like me, it still turns out tasty!

Sausage Spanish Rice (Crockpot)

I love it when the weather turns colder and I can dig out warm comforting dishes like this one. This recipe is made in the crockpot which is so very helpful when practices are scheduled for the afternoon/early evening. Enjoy! Check out Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays for a whole bunch more yummy recipes! Also check out Dining with Debbie who hosts Crockpot Wednesdays

Sausage Spanish Rice

1 lb. fully cooked Kielbasa or Polish sausage- cut into 1/4 inch slices

2 cans diced tomatoes- undrained

2 cups water

1 1/2 cups converted rice

1 cup salsa

1 medium onion- diced

1/2 cup chopped green pepper

1/2 cup chopped red pepper

1 can green chilies- undrained

1 envelope Taco seasoning

Combine all ingredients in crockpot. Stir to blend. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until rice is tender.