How To Roast A Pepper – Poblano Pepper RecipeOf course it is easier to buy a pepper already roasted, but there are many reasons that you may want to learn how to roast a pepper!
At the grocery store you are pretty much limited to roasted red peppers. At home it is not that complicated and you can use any type of pepper you want. This is a poblano pepper. I especially like poblano peppers because of their smooth smokey flavor even before roasting. The roasting process enhances their natural flavors! How To Roast A Pepper
If The Recipe Calls For Roasted Red Pepper…Any recipe that calls for a roasted red pepper can use any kind of roasted pepper in it. Most recipes call for red peppers because you can not find roasted poblano peppers or other varieties in your conventional grocery store. The meat of the pepper will be striped with black after peeling, but it will not have a burnt taste. If you do not have a grill the same effect can be accomplished by placing the oiled pepper right on an electric burner or an open gas stove flame. This is often the way restaurants do it. Try to get your pepper charred on all sides but not burnt through. Beware When Roasting PeppersIf you leave a pepper on the grill too long…. just forget about it, then it may turn into a dinosaur tooth!
This WELL roasted pepper is as hard as a ceramic pepper and has the look, feel and life expectancy of your average dinosaur tooth! 
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Healthy Corned “Beef” and Cabbage RecipeHealthy Beef Recipe = Use TurkeyOne of the easiest ways to make a beef recipe healthier is to use turkey. Almost every beef or pork recipe can be made with turkey. I love a nice “Pork” and sauerkraut made with turkey legs. Just make it as usual but use skinless turkey legs or thighs. When it is fall-off-the-bone tender, pull all the turkey off the bone and call it pork! No one will be the wiser! Corned “Beef” and Cabbage With Spring Vegetables Recipe
The spices are the key to making corned beef and cabbage. Usually when you buy a corned beef it is fully cooked and already seasoned. When making this corned “beef” and cabbage, don’t get hung up on the quantities of the ingredients. Just throw them in as you like.
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed 1/4 teaspoon celery seed 1 bay leaf pinch of dried crushed red pepper 1 boneless turkey Breast 1 -2 small onion – sliced 1 small head cabbage -cut into wedges 3/4 package (16 ounces) frozen sweet peas baby red potatoes fresh baby carrots 2 Tbs. cider vinegar
Horseradish Chive SauceCombine all ingredients to make a fast, healthy and yummy horseradish chive sauce to serve with your corned “beef”: Healthy Porcupine Balls RecipeI recently got a request for a healthy recipe makeover on Oven Porcupine Balls. The Old Oven Porcupine Ball Recipe
One of my family’s favorite recipes is Oven Porcupine Balls. We know they are not healthy but love them. This is the old recipe:
1 lb hamburger ½ c uncooked long grain rice ½ c water 1/3 c chopped onions 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp pepper 1 can cream of Mushroom soup ½ C water Combine first 7 ingredients, shape into 12 balls. Place balls in square baking dish, combine remaining ingredients and pour over balls, cover w/ foil and bake 1 hr at 350. Uncover and bake 15 minutes. What Are Porcupine Balls?While I had heard of them, I had never eaten porcupine balls. The request came across my Facebook Wall and generated quite the humorous line of discussion. It appears that some people did not know what porcupine balls are. It went something like this… (The names have been abbreviated to protect the innocent.)
New Makeover Recipe For Porcupine Balls – Try Them If You Dare!
You may want to transition into the healthier recipe gradually, Lisa, so that your family does not freak out!! This is the makeover recipe. 1 lb ground turkey 1 ½ cup mushrooms – coarse chopped
Make Healthy Changes GraduallyThis recipe has a lot of changes. When you are making a family favorite recipe healthier it is a good idea to do so gradually. If you are worried about your family balking at a heatlthy recipe, only change one thing at a time, then another the next time. In this case, maybe make the original recipe using the ground turkey once but still use the sodium-laden mushroom soup before switching to the chemical free cream sauce. I believe that this recipe is not much harder than the old one, so give it a try.
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I made this at a recent cooking class and everyone LOVED it.
Lisa Owen turned in the request for a healthy makeover on Porcupine Balls saying:
When making something healther you should always define your goal so you know the path to follow. This recipe has a lot of options to make it healthier.
