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October 20, 2009

Pumpkin Nachos

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Pumpkin Nachos

It’s that time of year again. Time for pumpkin-everything. Tom gave me the idea for these when we were watching football, treat drinking pumpkin ale and munching on nachos. Pumpkin nachos? Why not? Nachos are really just a vehicle for cheese and toppings.

So, more about I roasted some pumpkin. That went over tortilla chips with some hot Spanish chorizo (smoked paprika + winter squash = awesome), diabetes and pregnancy green onions and shredded Colby and Jack cheeses. Into the oven until the cheese was seductively melty, then a squeeze of lime and sprinkling of fresh cilantro.

roasting pumpkin
Behold my terrible knife skills!

Salty chips, sweet pumpkin, spicy chorizo all under a blanket of cheese. It’s delicious. The perfect Fall football food. Actually, the perfect Fall food, no matter what you’re doing.

February 4, 2008

Healthier Chorizo Nachos

mel entree, recipe black beans, chives, chorizo, nachos

chorizo nachos

Superbowl Sunday means nachos. At least it does to my husband. He also thinks anything is better with chorizo on it, treatment and I tend to agree. In the interest of my health, there I wanted to make a healthier version of nachos. No fried chips, no full-fat cheese, no greasy ground beef. Instead, I used these amazing Three Grain Tortillas chips I found at The Fresh Market that are made with corn, cracked wheat and brown rice. These chips were really unique and tasty and I want to go back and get some more (like, tonight). Some chopped chorizo, green onions, spicy black bean dip, light jalepeno cheddar and a bunch of chives finish them off. These took me about 15 minutes to make and they were totally awesome.

Unfortunately, the Pats were a bit less awesome.