Sunday, October 26, 2008

Mini burgers and couscous salad

Mini Burgers
1 to 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef (you could also use lamb or turkey)
salt
pepper
1tbsp. cumin
1tsp. cinnamon

Mix together, form small bugers, and brown in pan with 1tsp. olive oil



Couscous salad

1 box instant couscous( I used the whole wheat kind), make per box directions
1 seedless cucumber chopped
4 Roma tomatoes chopped and seeded
1 garlic clove(finely chopped)
salt
pepper
juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp. olive oil

Mix together and serve with mini bugers on the side.

I really liked this recipe, it was easy to make and the kids liked the burgers since they were their size.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Green Chile Broiled Tilapia

I'm posting this in case some of you may not have got the email I sent earlier.

6 (6 oz.) tilapia fillets
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

1 (4.5 oz) can chopped green chiles
2 TBsp. ketchup
1 TBsp. olive oil
1 tsp. grated lime rind
1 TBsp. fresh lime juice
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. hot sauce

Lime wedges
1. Preheat broiler. Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. Arrange fillets on a lightly greased rack in a broiler pan.
2. Stir together green chiles and next 6 ingredients in a small bowl. Spoon about half of mixture evenly over fillets, spreading to edges.
3. Broil 5 inches from heat 10 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork. Serve fish with remaining green chile mixture and lime wedges.

Makes 6 servings