Every now and then I like to stuff a pepper and wrap them with a potato string crust. Never did a hot dog before so that is what I did today.
I got Anaheim peppers today and removed the core inside and stuffed each one with one hot dog and very thinly sliced onions. A few of the hot dogs didn’t fit in perfect so I had to cut them some to make them fit…and managed to get a whole hot dog in each one. I was one Anaheim short so I used a half hot dog each in smaller yellow chili peppers.
I got out my Paderno spiral cutter and did a potato.
Then I wrapped some potato around each pepper. I sprayed my baking sheet with non stick spray and sprayed the potatoes with the non stick spray. They went in a 450 degree F oven for 30 minutes.
My peppers got done at all different times. I turned the heat down to 350 and just left peppers in till done. some needed 10 minutes and two needed 20 more minutes.
I’m always thinking up something different to do with cauliflower. I made this batch of cauliflower taste just like tacos. You can dress them up better than I did with some cheese, sour cream and avocado they’d be a little more special if you like. Or you can put the cauliflower in tortillas or taco shells with some pickled onions and avocado cream and make vegetarian tacos out of them. This taco flavored cauliflower is easy to prepare. I just threw everything (except the fresh cilantro and scallions) into a bag and shook it up and then spread the cauliflower out on sprayed baking sheets. In my oven (yours may differ) they were done in 45 minutes. For a healthy option that taste great serve with a fresh made salsa and or low fat yogurt. For a more indulgent option you can also serve with a fresh made jalapeño cheese sauce.
Ingredients for about 6 servings
1 large cauliflower – break down to florets
4 Tablespoons canola oil
3 Tablespoons Mexican hot sauce (I used Cholula Brand hot sauce)
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon coriander
4 garlic cloves – ground to paste or microplane
8 extra large pimento stuffed olives – cut each olive in half
1/2 cup masa flour (NO substitutions as this is part of the secret to the taco flavor)
non stick spray
1/4 cup fresh cilantro – leaves – you can use tender parts of stems chopped
1/4 cup scallions – sliced thin
Directions
Set oven to 375 degrees F.
Lightly spray baking sheet(s) with non stick spray.
You can use either a large mixing bowl or a large bag and add the cauliflower, oil, hot sauce, cumin, oregano, coriander, garlic, olives and masa flour and mix well.
Spread the cauliflower out well in a single layer with a little room around each floret. Depending on the size of florets and oven the timing will differ. After 30 minutes check the cauliflower…..They should be close to done if not done. If not done turn each floret over and cook until they look slightly browned. Mine needed another 15 minutes after the 30 minutes….but yours may differ slightly.
Game Day Taco Flavored Baked Cauliflower
The cauliflower really do taste like tacos…..Serve with salsa, low fat yogurt or sour cream, avocado or cheese sauce.
