No Carb Pancakes

Folks, it doesn’t get much easier than this:

Ingredients
2 oz. cream cheese
1 egg
½ tsp cinnamon

Directions
Throw everything in a blender, then pour it in a hot skillet.

Notes
Make sure you use sugar-free syrup… Duh!!  My wife doubles the recipe so she has extra pre-made batter in the fridge for the next morning.

The Habanero – my Favorite Pepper – Gets an Undeserving Bad Rep

The Habanero, in my opinion, is the most delicious and flavorful of all peppers; but too many people never get the pleasure of enjoying it because of it’s undeserving reputation for being “too hot to handle.”

For example, missvickie.com says “For the uninitiated even a tiny piece of Habanero would cause intense and prolonged oral suffering.”  What?  I have a boat load of friends and family that wouldn’t be in the same room with an Habanero after reading that.  Now, I’ll grant that if you grab up one of these babies and take a big bite out of it, you may get more than you bargain for; but I often eat a “tiny piece” while dicing them to test their flavor and heat and have never once experienced oral suffering, let alone prolonged oral suffering — and mixed in food (the intended way to use these) they are exquisitely delicious.

Try this one next time you want a “not so boring” breakfast.

Chorizo & Eggs (w/ Habanero)

Dice up one of these habaneros.  Remove the stem and all seeds, then slice into small 1/8th inch strips… then cut crossways and dice them into very small 1/8th inch square pieces.  This will create a mild-medium dish.  If you like your foods a little on the hotter side you can use 2 habaneros.

[NOTE: you may want to wear latex gloves.  I don’t, but if you don’t be careful not to rub your eyes or you will experience prolonged suffering. Rinsing your hands with milk, buttermilk, or other alkaline substance will help with removing the acidic residue… then wash well with soap and hot water.]

Dice up about 3 TBSP each of onions and green peppers.

Add 1 TBSP oil to your skillet and about ¼ lb Pork Chorizo and all your veggie dicings.  Stirring frequently on medium-high heat, cook until chorizo is cooked and onions are starting to look translucent.  Scramble 2 or 3 eggs in a bowl and dump into the skillet, stirring constantly until eggs are cooked but not dried out.

Remove from skillet immediately.  Warm your tortillas briefly in the skillet you just removed your hash from.   Place about 1/2 cup of the chorizo & eggs to the center of your tortilla, add sour cream, salsa and Chipotle Cheddar cheese.

Eat & enjoy … and leave me a comment whether you did or didn’t like the result.

If you want to save a couple carbs you can skip the tortilla and just add sour cream, salsa and cheese to the plate and eat it like an omelet or scramble egg ensemble.   Either way is great.

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NOTE:  In some markets you may find the Scotch Bonnet, but not the Habanero or vice-versa.  These can be used interchangeably.  They are almost indistinguishable. In a blind taste test you couldn’t tell them apart, and even unblinded they are very difficult to distinguish. The Scotch Bonnet is slightly smaller/shorter in size, but they are nearly identical in taste, texture and heat.

Cookies & Cream Waffles with Raspberry Sauce

Serves 6-8

Waffles

• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups half & half
• 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup flour
• 4 T sugar
• 3 T cocoa powder
• 10 oz. frozen raspberries, thawed
• cookies ‘n cream ice cream or frozen yogurt

To make the waffles

Whisk together eggs, half/half and melted butter.  Set aside.  In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.  Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly blended.  Pour batter into pre-heated waffle iron.  Bake waffles following appliance directions.

Raspberries

Set aside 2-3 whole raspberries per serving for garnish.  Place remaining berries and their juice in a blender or food processor and pureé until smooth.

Assembly

Place a waffle on each plate.  Top with a scoop of ice cream or frozen yogurt.  Top ice cream or yogurt with raspberry sauce.  Garnish with whole berries.

Sen. Bob’s Sour Cream “Waffling” Waffle Recipe

(It’s been tested three times, but still not sure it’s quite right.)

• Sift 1 cup of ALL WHITE flour;
• 1 1/3 teaspoons non-acting baking powder;
• 1/4 tsp unratified SALT
• 1 tsp subsidized sugar.
• Segregate the yolks and whites of three deregulated eggs.
• Beat the egg whites until they resemble the consistency of Jesse Helm’s brain.
• Mix 2 cups sour cream with the yolks. (If the cream isn’t sour enough, have Sen. Dole glare at it for a few minutes.)

Mix the cream and yolks with the flour mix in a feeble attempt to prove that the Republicans can support integration. Then appeal to the Christian Coalition by carefully folding the whites into the rest of the mix using a non-unionized steel spatula.

Fill a waffle maker about 1/2 full with the batter (proof that the Republican party is half-baked), set the temperature to 350 degrees (the earth’s average temperature if Republican anti-environmental laws take effect) and wait no more than 4 minutes (Senator Packwood’s maximum lovemaking session).  Butter heavily lobbyist style. Serve with Log Cabin maple syrup and corporate pork.

Serves 4-6 people (or Rush Limbaugh and a guest).

Charge$100,000 a plate, but only report $50,000 to the IRS.

If there are any problems with this recipe, blame Clinton and the Democrats.

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