Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers

While pinning away the other night on Pinterest I came across a few recipes for mini sweet peppers.  They all looked good and the one with goat cheese and pesto went to the top of my list of try asap.  I was telling my mom about this she said she had seen a recipe with goat cheese and chorizo stuffed peppers.  HOLD THE PHONE I love the goat cheese and chorizo flavor combination so this became a I NEED to make these yesterday recipe.  I ran not walked to the grocery store this morning and gathered all that I need and whipped these babies up for lunch today.  Yup I had an "appetizer" for lunch  So glad I did these will be in the rotation of lunch and appetizers for long time.  I can also think of a least dozen other stuffing options that I will be playing with soon so keep checking back for more ideas.

5 oz Chorizo 

6 sweet mini peppers

2 oz goat cheese

1 tsp olive oil

salt and pepper

PreHeat oven to 400

In a med fry pan over med heat cook the chorizo approximately 10 min until thoroughly cooked. Remove from the pan and drain over paper towel  Set aside while it drains.  

Cut the peppers open remove the seeds place each half on a cookie sheet.  Drizzle the peppers with olive oil sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Place in the oven and bake for 5 minutes.  then remove from oven stuff each pepper with about 1 tsp of chorizo when all have been stuffed return pan to the oven for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven and crumble the goat cheese over the peppers and return to oven for about 2 minutes until the goat cheese just starts to get soft.

Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

When I was told about all my food sensitivities I lost a lot of options for breakfast.  I have been eating a lot of eggs. Thankfully we have chickens and we have a plethora of eggs available everyday.  Even I am creative I was getting tired of eggs everyday.  
A few weeks ago my cousin was visiting and I was picking her brain about food sensitivities, 3 of her children have some of the same ones I have, she mentioned that quinoa is a really good breakfast food.  I was excited to give this a try. 
 This past weekend I picked some quinoa up at the grocery store.  Yesterday I did not have to eat breakfast on the fly and had time to tinker around with a recipe.  I went to the web for some inspiration and found that you can treat it like oatmeal.  I came up with a recipe similar to an banana oatmeal.  I made it up and took my first big bite. Yuk I did not know that I was supposed to wash quinoa repeatedly before cooking! 
I retried this morning rinsing my quinoa four times.  The dish was great and even my littlest guy liked it too.  Today I made it with bananas tomorrow I think I will try blueberries and peaches.

1/2 dry quinoa rinsed in cool water changing the water at least 4 time. 
1/2 c water
1/4 c  milk
1/2 tsp Cinnamon 
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbl maple syrup 100% pure or honey 
pinch of salt
1 banana sliced 
1/2 c pecans optional

Combine quinoa, water, milk, cinnamon, vanilla,maple syrup and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 15 minutes until quinoa can be fluffed with a fork.

Pour quinoa into 2 bowls then cover with bananas, pecans, and a few extra drizzles of milk.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size  1 serving (207.9 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories  257 Calories from Fat  28

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  3.1g 5%

Saturated Fat  0.7g 3%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  2mg 1%

Sodium  165mg 7%

Total Carbohydrates  49.0g 16%

Dietary Fiber  5.5g 22%

Sugars  18.3g

Protein  7.5g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 27% Calcium 4% • Iron 55%