Pan Fried Chicken Flautas

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Makes 20 traditionally thin pan fried flautas, perfect for your next gathering. Cut in half or leave them whole, just be sure to set out a variety of dips. Or for a wonderful change of pace, treat your family to a terrific Tex-Mex flautas dinner!

Need to save calories? Try Baked Chicken Flautas!

Ingredients:

1 cooked rotisserie chicken from your favorite grocers
1 (4 oz) can Hatch green chiles, hot or mild
8 oz Queso Fresco, crumbled
1/4 cup green onion, chopped
1 T cilantro, chopped
1 small lime, fresh squeezed
2 t chili powder
2 t cumin
2 t garlic powder
1/4 t ground black pepper
20 6” flour tortillas
20 toothpicks
Vegetable oil for frying Read More

Pumpkin Chicken Apple Sausage Soup

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Ingredients:

2 T unsalted butter (or your favorite oil or broth to sauté)
1 medium onion, chopped
12 oz chicken apple sausage, sliced in half lengthwise and then sliced into half moon bits
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree (not the pie filling) or use 15 oz home-made pumpkin puree*
4 cups chicken stock, low sodium
1 apple, peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces (I used a Gala, but use whatever apple you prefer)
1 T adobo sauce, from the can that holds the chipotle pepper
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced (for topping at the table) Read More

Cabbage, Red Pepper, Green Bean Salad

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250-CabbageSaladSalad Ingredients:

3 cups purple cabbage, thinly sliced into two inch lengths
3 cups green cabbage, thinly sliced into two inch lengths
1 red bell pepper, sliced into two inch lengths
1 cup raw green beans, thinly sliced on the diagonal into one inch lengths

Dressing Ingredients:

1/4 cup of lime juice, freshly squeezed
2 T fish sauce (vegetarians should substitute Mrs. Braggs)
2-5 Thai chilies
10 garlic cloves Read More

Turkey and White Bean Chili

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62607021f5acb2db01ab9a58c528fe52_mv57Ingredients:

1 T olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, de-seeded and chopped
20 oz ground turkey, lean
20 oz ground turkey, extra lean
1 T plus 1 t garlic, minced
2 T plus 1/2 T Gebhardt Chili Powder
2 3/4 t ground cumin
1/4 t ground black pepper
1/4 t chipotle chili powder (omit if you are a spice wimp and increase if you love it hot)
3 T all-purpose flour
3 T tomato paste
1 (4 oz) can Hatch chilis (hot or mild as you prefer)
3 C low sodium chicken stock
3 (15 oz) cans Great Northern Beans, drained and rinsed
2 T cilantro, rinsed, dried and chopped

Optional garnish: more chopped cilantro, green onions, avocado, tomatoes, and jalapenos
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Baltimore Style Pit Beef

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The Spoon Mage™ loves to cook up the Food of the Cities for the Super Bowl. She is not a big fan of the game so just cooks for the fanatical fans. On the menu for 2013 was Baltimore Style Pit Beef. The meat marinates in a dry rub for 3 days and even this lowly cut of meat morphs into a fantastical sandwich!

Rub Ingredients:

2 T bacon salt, low sodium gluten free
2 T paprika
2 T garlic powder
2 t dried oregano
1 t fresh cracked black pepper Read More

Chicken Tortilla Soup

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Image purchased from Getty Images, will replace the next time I make this delicious soup!

Ingredients:

2 T olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 jalapenos, seeded and chopped
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 (4 oz) can Hatch green chilies, chopped
2 (14 oz) cans diced tomatoes
1 T chili powder
2 t cumin
½ t sugar
1 T Worcestershire Sauce
2 cups beef broth
2 cups chicken broth
1 (14 oz) can tomato soup, condensed
2 cups chicken, cooked and diced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped, divided use
8 whole wheat flour tortillas cut into ½ inch strips like short noodles
8 oz co-jack cheese, divided use Read More