Tomatoes

2 firm/ripe mangos, peeled and chopped

2 tomatoes, firm/ripe, chopped

1 firm/ripe avocado, peeled and chopped

1/2 vidalia (sweet) onion, chopped

1 plum firm/ripe, diced

1/2 red bell pepper, diced

1 stalk cerely, diced

1 bunch cilantro, washed, dried, chopped

fresh ground pepper – to taste

fresh ground salt – to taste

1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash original seasoning

2 limes, juiced

1 splash seasoned rice vinegar

Directions:

Prepare the fruit & vegetables.  Place in a bowl.  Sprinkle the salt, pepper & Mrs. Dash over the mixure.  Pour the lime juice & spash of seasonsed rice vinegar over all.  Mix everything together gently with a soft spatula to avoid bruising the fruit.

This has a lot of flavor but is not picante.  You could spice this up a bit by adding a diced jalapeno or adding a dash or so of hot sauce.

We ate this as a side dish with roasted pork tenderloin.

This is such a comfort food dinner for my family.  I serve it with fresh pasta, and the casti iron skillet looks great coming from the oven straight to the table.  If you don’t have a cast iron skillet you can use another oven-safe skillet.

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs chicken breasts
• 2 cups flower
• 1 egg
• Bread crumbs
• Fresh basil
• Fresh Mozzarella
• Ground Parmigiana
• 28oz Can Crushed Tomato
• spoonful of tomato paste
• 1 small onion diced
• 3-4 garlic cloves minced
• 1 bay leaf
• Dried Basil and Oregano
• Salt and Pepper
• Olive Oil

Directions

Sauce first

• Sautee garlic and onion in small saucepan until translucent with some olive oil.
• Add crushed tomatoes and spoonful of tomato paste.
• Add some basil, oregano, salt and pepper.
• Stir and let simmer with a lid.

Prepping the Chicken

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Take the Chicken and flatten it a little with a mallet.  You don’t want to make it super thin.
• Prepare the assembly train for the chicken.  Flour, egg then bread crumbs.  Add some of the ground parmigiana to the bread crumbs.
• Brown the breaded chicken on each side in the cast iron skillet with a little olive oil.  About 2 minutes per side.  Once browned set the chicken aside.
• Once the skillet has cooled, clean it a little with a paper towel and add the sauce into the skillet.
• Place the chicken cutlets into the sauce.  Make sure they are submerged.
• Place basil leaves on top, then place some sliced fresh mozzarella on top of the basil.  Then add some parmigiana above that.
• Place in oven for 30 minutes.
• Take out and serve over pasta!

What makes this Bruschetta combo so tasty? Goat cheese and jalapenos! Not only is the goat cheese oh-so-delicious in this recipe, it also provides the perfect base for the other ingredients to sit on to ensure safe passage into your mouth. The jalapenos add a subtle kick which combines with the other ingredients to enhance their Mmmm factor.

Ingredients

• Italian Bread, Sliced Thinly
• Goat Cheese (5.5 oz package)
• 3-4 Plum Tomatoes
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Fresh Black Pepper
• 3 Pieces Sliced Jalapeno (Get smallest can and you’ll have have plenty leftover)
• ~1/4 Large Red Onion or ~1/2 Small One

Method

1. Cut slices of bread into pieces which can be piled with deliciousness and easily bitten into. I like pieces no bigger then… say 6 bites.
2. Set oven to Low Broil. Lay bread pieces on a sheet of AL foil and place under broiler. Keep a close eye on the crispiness of your bread. I think a real light-light brown provides a nice texture. Beware of over crisping your bread: one crunchy bite and all your tasty tomatoes galore will fly off! Party foul!
3. Halve tomatoes, remove seeds, dice, and place in a medium bowl.
4. Depending on how slow you use a knife you might wanna take your bread out of the oven. If your a regular Mister Delicious then you can probably wait a while longer.
5. Chop onion and jalapeno fine and combine in bowl with tomatoes.
6. Add liberal amount of balsamic vinegar to mixture so that liquid covers about 1/3 the chopped ingredients and mix.
7. Add fresh cracked pepper to taste.
8. Spread nice base layer of goat cheese to your Italian bread toast.
9. Spoon on your yummy mixture and enjoy! MMMmmm! So good!