TEA TIME & TWO OF THE BEST RECIPES NO ONE WATCHED

There's a proverb that says, "We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps," and that's exactly what we've experienced. We had planned that for the first two weeks of the new year we'd take a break from shooting our cooking videos in order to take on some projects and get caught up on things. But, instead, we wound up sick. Not only did we not get caught up on things, we fell further behind. I explain that in this video and decided to repackage a couple of the Best Recipes No One Watched. (We shot them when we first started this YouTube channel, and didn't have a lot of viewers back then. But these recipes are among my favorites and deserve to be seen.) I'll include the written recipes below, as well as one for the Ginger Cinnamon Tea that's helped us during the last few weeks.

Ginger Cinnamon Tea

4 to 6 cups of water
2 sticks of cinnamon
few slices of ginger root
lemon peel
*honey for sweetening

Place all ingredients in pot and bring to boil. Reduce to very low, cover and let steep for 15 minutes. Pour into cup, sweeten with honey, & enjoy!

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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

3 sweet potatoes
1 can of black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can of whole kernel corn, drained and patted dry
2 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 yellow or white onion, finely chopped
1 Tbsp. butter
2 or 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, finely minced
shredded cheddar cheese, enough to top each sweet potato
1 tsp. salt
your choice Mexican seasonings (I use cumin and chile powder)

Preheat oven to 350º and bake sweet potatoes 45 mins. to an hour, depending on size.
While sweet potatoes are baking, heat a cast iron skillet on the stove, but do not grease. Drain any liquid from corn kernels and pat dry with paper towels placing them in skillet to roast. Add Mexican seasonings, but do not stir for several minutes to allow corn to roast. After a few minutes, quickly stir and then let roast again without stirring so that other side of kernels can roast. When corn kernels look browned, remove from stove and set aside.
In separate skillet, sauté finely chopped onion in butter until onion is translucent, then set aside.
When sweet potatoes are tender, remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before cutting them in half. Spoon out flesh and place in large mixing bowl, being careful to leave potato skins in tact.
Mix flesh of sweet potatoes with cream cheese, sour cream, minced chipotle, and salt until creamy. Gently stir in roasted corn, black beans, and sautéed onion until well mixed.
Spoon sweet potato mixture into potato skins and top with grated cheese.
Bake an additional 5 minutes, until cheese is melted, and enjoy!
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Pico de Pollo Sandwiches

6 half chicken breasts, semi pounded and grilled
6 Mexican bolillo rolls
12oz or 1 ½ cups of pico de gallo
6 thick slices of munster cheese
½ cup of lime juice
½ cup of white Tequila
6 whole green chiles, roasted and split open (optional)

Slightly pound/tenderize the chicken breasts down, place the chicken in a large bowl or glass pan. Mix in 8oz of the pico de gallo, ½ cup lime juice and the tequila. Cover and place in the fridge for 2 -4 hours to marinade.
Split the bolillo rolls on half and spritz with olive oil or butter. Place the chicken breasts on the preheated grill with some of the pico de gallo marinade on them then pour some of the remaining marinade on the breasts and quickly shut the grill, its gonna smoke up. Grill each chicken breasts till juices run clear and is done. Right before you remove the chicken place bolillo rolls cut side down on the grill till slightly grilled and marked. Next place the munster cheese slices on each piece of chicken and let slightly melt.
Time to assemble. Place each chicken breast on its bolillo roll and either top with remaining pico de gallo or a green chile slice and top with roll top. Serve immediately!

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