I got the inspiration for tonight’s dinner at Heather site: GirliChef! Since I knew I would have half of a beef brisket leftover from our homemade burger lunch, this really worked well. So I spent $17 on the brisket, but that was lunch for 4 and dinner for 3, and leftovers for the dog!
I had a great grocery shop too – $86 this week! 😀 I ended up getting 14 tomatoes for $1 and then I got these peppers for $1. I thought they were banana peppers, but they aren’t spicy – any clue what I have and what I can do with them?
So I followed Heather’s recipe, and maybe I should have cooked it longer, so while it wasn’t pull apart – it was very tender – I ended up making long slices:
I loaded up all our fixins in the tray –
I had taken almost everything to the other room, so my tostada pictured is missing the black beans – see that can of pickled jalapenos?? I ATE HALF OF IT AT DINNER! Yes, I am crazy! 😀
Right now I have a sauce going from my $1 tomatoes – not sure what I’ll do with it yet – you’ll have to come back and find out!
Don’t forget Food Network Star is tonight! 😀 See you tomorrow, which hopefully will be a more relaxing work week for me!
We call those Italian peppers and I just made some the other day and must blog about the recipe. I stuff them with Italian bread crumbs, Italian cheese blend, lots of fresh garlic, fresh parsley, and enough olive oil to wet the mix and stuff into the peppers which the tops are cut off and I slit down the middle. Bake at 400 for about 30 minutes or until nice and golden brown, very delicious and even great between two slices of Italian bread. Hope that helps. I don’t know the real name of that kind of pepper but they are very sweet and good. If you want to add heat to the stuffing you can add some red pepper flakes. Have a great night Biz!
Ps I just read the above comments and I think South Beach Steve is right but I grew up Italian so we claimed them as ours!!
What a fantastic dinner! I love it!
Oh how yummy….love your $1 finds.
Sorry the banana peppers aren’t that spicy! I’m sure you’ll find something to do with them though 🙂 Your grocery haul sounds like a great deal!!
Jealous of the cheap tomatoes and peppers! Going grocery shopping today and I will be on the lookout for similar sales 🙂
oh wow! Don’t you just LOVE bargains! I get ridiculously happy when I get such steals on groceries.
And that tostada looks bursting with flavor!
I love the Next Food Network star, although I definitely haven’t gotten into it as much as I have in past seasons. Who do you hope wins?
Melissa, the home cook! 😀
I believe you have yourself some Cubanelle Peppers, which are a sweet pepper. I kind of think of them as a cross between the thin skinned banana pepper and the thick skinned green bell pepper, but with a taste more like the bell pepper. According to Wikipedia, they are a replacement for the Pablano. I enjoy just eating them as they are, not even taking the time to slice them, but they are also good sautéed, grilled, or they would be really good stuffed with a brown rice, ground beef, and cheese. Mmmm!
Thanks Steve!