LAST EDITED ON 03-20-10 AT 09:32 PM (EST)I made this for myself last night. It was very good. I only made the stuffed chilis because I forgot to buy cream cheese for one sauce and tomatoes for the other. I did have some store-bought mole in the fridge, so I used that. I was a bit apprehensive about the apple-raisin-cinnamon combo, since that sounded more like pie than stuffing for peppers, but the flavours worked quite nicely together and I really liked it.
I'm going to try the calabacitas for lunch on Monday when everyone else is at work or school so I don't have to listen to "Ew! What's that? It looks gross." To be fair, DH actually said it would be good if I hadn't put the raisins in, but he wouldn't even touch a piece of cooked ground chicken since it had been tainted by the raisins.
Part of what I have been enjoying about OTCC is that I have added a number of new flavours to my kitchen. I have the Thai red pepper paste, which had fish sauce and tamarind in it (couldn't find the tamarind alone) and capers... And now I have the option of using cinnamon in savoury dishes. Kewl!
And not to put to fine a point on it, but I am still the only one in my house who has tried any of these things, except that DD tried Mole's Mud Cake.
Thanks arkie!
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