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Beef Tacos with Pineapple Salsa and Crema

It's taco time! Here we are to add a little bit of the tropics to your tacos this week. A little pineapple goes a long way in this recipe. It adds a nice sweet kick to dinner that's not too sweet but adds a nice flavor. Beef Tacos with Pineapple Salsa and Crema Generously Serves a Family of Four (4) Total Time: 40 Minutes Ingredients 1 Red Onion 2 Poblano Peppers 4 Roma Tomatoes 3 Tbsp Cilantro 2 Limes 2 Snack Cups of Chopped Pineapple 1/4 cup of Sour Cream 2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning 1.5 lbs of Ground Beef 12 Flour Tortillas Olive Oil Salt and Pepper Directions Halve, peel, and dice the onion. Core and seed poblano peppers, then cut into small squares. Core and seed the tomatoes and cut into cubes. Roughly chop the cilantro. Halve one lime and cut the other lime into wedges. Drain the pineapple and roughly chop, save the juice. Combine 2 Tbsp of onion, 1/2 cup of poblano peppers, tomatoes, half of the cilantro, pineapple, and the juice of half ...

Sweet and Savory Pork Chops with Sugar Snap Peas and Jasmine Rice

Welcome back! Here is another delicious dinner recipe. We were thinking of doing something with a 'Thai' flare to it and we came up with this. It doesn't have any heavy sauces or tricky spices to it. It actually doesn't even really taste like traditional Thai cuisine. Instead, it's a simple pork chop with sugar snap peas and jasmine rice. If you're not a fan of the snappy peas go for just regular sweet peas. I do insist that you use jasmine rice over any other rice though. It has such a great flavor and texture. It's my all-time favorite rice! Let's get started! Generously serves a family of 4 Ingredients 2 Pineapple Cups   (it was so much easier to use these instead of cutting up a fresh pineapple and I usually have them on hand because the kids really like them as an after-school snack) 12oz Sugar Snap Peas (fresh or frozen) 1 cup Jasmine Rice 1/4c Cilantro 4 Boneless Pork Chops 1 Shallot 2 Limes 4 Tsp Honey Olive Oil Salt and Peppe...