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Mother of two young boys, stay home mom and founder/owner/slave to SaucyPlate.com a website dedicated to meal planning. Not just recipes, complete meals planned out and ready to be added to your personalized shopping list. I grew up in a family with a mother who always had a home cooked hot meal on the table. We always had dinner together and I thought my friends who didn't were weird. Once I had a family of my own I decided to follow my dreams and go to culinary school. I knew I would find a way to combine my love of being home with my kids, love of cooking, and a entrepreneurial drive. SaucyPlate.com is the combination of all my loves. Together with my husband we have developed a website designed to bring good food back to the family table. It is quickly becoming a lost tradition!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I have a recipe, now what can I do ahead of time?

If you hate coming home and scrambling to get dinner together when you are tired and just want something easy to make, here are some ideas for do-ahead prep-work on our Tamale Pie recipe.
1) Chop up the bell pepper and onion the day you go the store. Keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 1-4 days
2) Brown pork and chorizo, remove from the pan and keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 1-2 days
3) Cook the bottom layer (broth and corn meal) pour into the dish and refrigerate overnight
4) Buy pre-shredded cheese.

Tamale Pie
http://www.saucyplate.com/Recipes/352.aspx


Ingredients
1 1/2 cup yellow corn meal
3 cup chicken broth
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 lb ground beef or ground turkey
1/2 lb chorizo sausage
1 cup green bell pepper , diced
1 cup onion , diced
1 can tomato sauce (8 oz)
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp cumin

salt and pepper (to taste)
2 can whole green chilies 7 oz can (about 10 chilies)
1 cup Monterrey jack cheese (shredded)
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Grease a 9x13 inch glass baking dish.
Bring broth, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper to a boil in a large sauce pan. Using a whisk, slowly stir in corn meal. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture begins to thicken. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
Cut whole green chilies in half (so they lay flat) and layer over corn meal mixture.
Heat a large saute pan over medium high heat. Brown pork and chorizo.
In a separate pan, saute bell pepper and onion in a little oil until onions are translucent and peppers are soft. Add to meat mixture. Add tomato sauce, diced green chilies, chili powder, cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine.
Layer meat filling over whole green chilies. Top with shredded cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melted and lightly golden browned.

Check out our Tamale Pie Meal idea http://saucyplate.com/Meals/193.aspx

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