My Paleo Diet

When I went to the store I saw Pasilla peppers that looked to me just like Poblano peppers like you would see in a Chile Relleno.  When I looked it up on Google, I found out that they were one and the same (Doh!).  So I made chorizo stuffed poblano peppers from this website recipe: http://www.health-bent.com/pork/paleo-rellenos-stuffed-peppers and it was pretty easy to follow.  The peppers turned out nicely and the family seemed to enjoy them.  But a couple of caveats here.

First, the chorizo was extremely spicy.  My 7-year-old wouldn’t touch it.  My 17-year-old went running for the milk, but did finish it.  Everyone seemed to like it ok, but it won’t top their top-10 list of favorite foods of all time.  Chorizo is a very sweet sausage, and almost tastes like a sloppy joe filled with hot pepper juice.  Again, it wasn’t bad, but I think as a choice of meat, it probably won’t be on my list again.  That being said, this would have made a great burger filling (back to the sloppy joe thing again).

The  poblano peppers were very mild, as expected.  So those didn’t present a big problem with the kids.  The recipe called for goat cheese and raw cheddar cheese.  I put both on the family’s (well, I used mild cheddar from a bag).  I only put the goat cheese on mine and passed on the cheddar.  Lastly, these were so spicy, I did sneak about 1 1/2 inches of milk in a toddler cup, which did the trick to cool things down.  So overall, a good meal!