Lamb chops...

First, I want to start by saying,
 I am pouring with grief and sadness
for all those at Sandy Hook Elementary.

 Such beautiful blessings taken away too soon,
& what HEROES those staff members were. 

My greatest fear is loosing a child,
so I cannot even begin to imagine, 

& pray I never have to know the pain
 in any way, shape, or form. 

Prayers for all those affected, 

& I pray for PEACE in the world, 

and prayers for our nation.

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I am by NO means a lamb fan,

 but it's my Dear Hubby's favorite meat,

 so this is what I came up with for him tonight!

What you'll need:
1lb Lamb chops
3/4 bottle of red wine (The other 1/4 bottle you can ENJOY while cooking! ;)
1/2 TBSP minced garlic
juice and some zest from 1 med. orange
dash of corriander
1 TBSP worth of fresh Rosemary
dash of McCormick Steak seasoning
tsp of worcestershire
tsp of olive oil
1/4 cup of honey

3 small potatoes
1/2 yellow onion
bundle of chantenay carrots

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• Throw all the ingredients, except for the meat in a large covered saute pan (We used our Electronic Oil-less Skillet from Saladmaster). 
• Cook on Medium until the potatoes are half way done. 
• Then, add in your lamb and cook until desired meat level. We cooked ours to medium.)

Mango Salsa

So tonight we're having blackened tilapia topped with mango Salsa. My sweet hubby makes the best mango salsa, so here's Big Daddy's recipe!

What You'll Need:
1 ripe mango chopped
1 whole Jalapeno (Not the jar kind.) I leave in the seed
1/4 cup fresh chopped onion
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
* Sometimes, if we can find it, he adds in approx a tsp of this refrigerated Thai seasoning blend. Pictured below. We find it in the produce section at Kroger.

Chop & mix all the above ingredients together and serve chilled.

Baked Taco Roll Ups

So Derek's favorite dish I make is the Cruchy Chicken roll ups, but our son, Dominic, LOVES tacos, so tonight I am combining the two.

What you'll need:
1lb already cooked & seasoned taco meat.
2 oz of Mexican style Velveeta (You could use regular.)
6oz PepperJack
6oz Colby Jack
1 TBSP cream cheese
1 TBSP Plain Greek Yogurt
1/4 cup of corn (I like the yellow/white mix.)
TBSP Red Pepper Flakes
1 pack of flour tortillas
1 tsp minced garlic
Parsley Flakes
Chili Powder
2 green onion stalks
1 TBSP Olive Oil

Combine all the cheeses, with the yogurt, corn, green onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, & taco meat .
Place an over loaded TBSP (More or less to your liking) of the mixture in the middle of a tortilla, roll it up and place in a baking pan.
Continue until all of the tortillas or mixture is used.
Lightly brush the tops of the tortillas in olive oil and sprinkle the tops with parsley flakes and chili powder.
Bake for approx. 20 min (Until lightly browned.) and Enjoy!

*** We LOVE to use Tobasco's chipotle sauce as a taco sauce ***