Arkie, I'm so sorry this has taken me so long.
Oooookay. I made these, and they were a huge hit. I was really nervous about how Mr. Fro would react to the fruit in the meat mixture, and really, how he'd react to the whole thing, so I didn't really tell him much about it. I just set the plate in front of him and let him eat.
He loved it. (I loved it too!) He took the leftovers for lunch the next day because I think he was afraid I would eat them.
So here's the bad thing. After waiting week looking for my camera cable, I ended up ordering a replacement cable. When I plugged it in, the camera did nothing at all. Then when I unplugged it, about 40 of my photos were blown away. That includes my poblano photos. 
I ended up finding the real cable early this morning. I'm going to try to recover the missing photo files on the memory card, but they appear to be toasted. They're there, but throw a ton of errors when I try to import them.
BIG FROWN.
Anyway, I used a pound of ground turkey for the meat. I only used four poblanos, one apple, and one pear. I hesitated a long minute before putting the raisins in but decided to go for it.
I had leftover tomato sauce which I decided to just pour over the poblanos before baking them. Whenever I save leftover tomato sauce it gets lost in my fridge and then it gets scary.
I ADORED the calabacitas. LOVE. I will make it again. I might even toss it with some rice for a big veggie main dish. It was fresh and light and wonderful and so easy. Instead of a fresh jalapeno, I just threw in the rest of the can of green chile sauce that was used in the mole.
I didn't make the walnut sauce *hangs head.* I was making this on a weeknight and just pooped out by the end, and didn't want to haul out the blender. Next time!!
If I had seen this recipe in a magazine I wouldn't have even looked at it twice, it's so far outside my normal zone. I'm so glad for the OTCC and glad that I've promised myself that I'm going to try every recipe. This one is going in the recipe box and will be made again.
Oh, and Mr. Fro never noticed the fruit in the meat stuffing. He thought the chunks were zucchini. HA!
