Black Eyed Pea Salad

Serves 4

This culinarily ambiguous healthy salad…dip... side dish…or, as the south call it, "Cowboy Caviar" (which was highly recommended to me by my SIL, Danna) is so versatile, it's perfect for any potluck party.

INGREDIENTS

• 2/3 cup green onion, sliced
• 2/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 15 oz can black eyed peas, drained
• 11 oz can White Shoepeg Corn (or reg corn), drained
• 2 avocados, diced
• 1/2 cup tomato, de-seeded, diced
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix everything up in a big bowl, eat!

TIP: Make a bunch, keep it in the fridge, it'll be good for 4-5 days. I would serve this with a burger, steak or grilled Tuna. If you don't have BEPeas just use cannellini beans.

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Baked Sausage & Cheese balls

Makes 24 puffs

A simple trio of ingredients that result in awesomeness! This is a recipe donated by David a longtime viewer of the show, we gave it a go and we loved it.

INGREDIENTS

• 8oz Cheddar cheese
• 3/4 cup Bisquick mix
• 1 cup uncooked sausage meat (room temperature)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Put all ingredients in mixer and mix until well blended
3. Roll into roughly 24 one inch balls and place on un-greased baking sheet cook for 30 minutes

TURKEY ENCHILADAS WITH POBLANOS & PUMPKIN

Serves 4

Talk about a delicious remix – turkey, roasted poblanos and pumpkin puree in the sauce. #leftoversrule

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 Poblano peppers
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, sliced
• 1 cooked turkey thigh, diced
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 6 white corn tortillas
• 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat hot grill, keep it on for later too
2. Blacken poblano skins under hot grill, wipe off skin with kitchen paper, de-seed and dice
3. Preheat oil large skillet to medium heat, cook onion for 2 minutes, add Poblano's and garlic cook for 2 more minutes
4. Add turkey to skillet, cook for 3 more minutes
5. Whisk cream and pumpkin, pour 1/2 of mixture into large oven proof dish
6. Soak tortillas for 30 seconds in broth
7. Divide mixture into 6 tortillas evenly and roll
8. Sprinkle over cheese and then evenly pour over the remaining sauce
9. Grill for 10 minutes, serve

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Kalua Pork

Serves 4

Bruddas & sistas – I made this when on vacay in Maui. It’s way damn delicious – and simple of course.

INGREDIENTS

• 3-5 lb pork butt or shoulder, it’s the same thing

• 2-3 tablespoons Hawaiian Alea Salt or Kosher Salt

• 2-3 tablespoon liquid smoke

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325

2. Cover pork with liquid smoke and apply salt generously

3. Cover in tin foil and place on baking sheet cook for or 4 1/2 - 5 hours, until approx 200-205 degrees

4. Serve everyway you can think: in a sandwich with crispy cabbage, as a taco, the filling for a cheesy quesadilla or in place of the ham on a benedict – it’s all good

Turn them into Kalua Pork Sliders - why the hell not!

Fabulous Jane's Sweet & Sour Motorhome Meatballs

Not only is she fabulous, but at only 3 ingredients, she's a meatball genius. These things are great.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ready made meatballs (in the freezer section)
• 18 ounces grape jelly
• 12 ounces chili sauce (near the ketchup)

Directions

1. Place the meatballs in a pot and add the chili sauce and the jelly and heat on the stove over medium heat
2. Simmer the meatballs 15 to 20 minutes until heated through
3. Serve with whatever you like

White Bean Chicken Chili

We make this every year for Halloween because it's a nice change from regular chili and really delicious. Plus, it's perfect to put in a mug to eat while you are trick or treating - I mean while the kids are trick or treating.

Ingredients

• 1 medium yellow onion, diced

• 4 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 4 cans Great Northern White Beans

• One 4 ounce can diced green chilies

• 2 cups cooked shredded chicken

• 2 teaspoons cumin

• 1 teaspoon cayenne

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• 3-4 cups chicken broth

• Kosher salt and pepper to taste

• Chopped cilantro for garnish

Directions

1. Drain beans

2. In a medium pot, saute onions and garlic with oil until soft

3. Add remaining ingredients - using broth to make it as thick or thin as you like

4. Bring to a low simmer, turn down and heat through stirring well, salt & pepper to taste

5. Serve topped with cilantro

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Smokey Bacon Guacamole

Makes about 2 cups

Really - you're not doubting this are you?

Ingredients

• 3 avocados - make them ripe please
• 1/2 cup chunky red salsa
• 1/3 - 1/2 pound bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 1/2 - 1 chipotle pepper, minced fine
• Juice of 1/2 lime

Directions

1. Spoon out avocado flesh and put in a bowl
2. Mash a bit with the back of a fork - but not too much
3. Add salsa, bacon, chipotle pepper and lime juice
4. Mix well and serve

Simple Teriyaki Chicken

Serves 4

If there's Chinese comfort food (and why wouldn't there be) this would be it. And just keeping a bottle of teriyaki sauce around makes the comfort even faster.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil

• 1 bunch green onions, 1/2 of them cut into 1 inch pieces and the rest finely chopped

• 1 large clove garlic, chopped fine

• 1-1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped

• 1 lb chicken thighs, cut into 1 inch pieces

• 1/4-1/3 cup bottled teriyaki sauce

Directions

1. Add oil to pan or wok and heat until almost smoking

2. Add green onion, garlic & ginger - stir fry 2 minutes, remove from pan

3. Get pan super hot, add a little more oil and add chicken

4. Cook quickly until almost done then add vegetables and and sauce

5. Mix all together well until heated through and serve on steamed rice

6. Topped with finely chopped green onion