Our "We don't do Valentine's Day Valentine's Day dinner". Redux.

It's our second annual crocked "We don't do Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Dinner"!

I listed the potential meals for tonight and my other half picked "whatever is the healthiest since you're making dessert". So...

"Black Bean-Stuffed Peppers" (6 quart pot)

~1 onion, chopped
~1/4 t cayenne pepper
~1/4 t dried oregano
~1/4 t ground cumin
~1/4 t chili powder
~15 oz black beans
~4 green peppers (If they're steroidal like the ones I bought. 6 if they're not.)
~1 c shredded cheddar
~salsa (I used Mrs. Renfro's Chipotle Raspberry.)
~sour cream
~green onions

Cook onion over medium high heat until lightly browned.
Add spices.
Dump 1/2 of the beans into a small bowl and mash the heck out of them.
Add second half of beans and onion mixture to bowl.
Add peppers to crock pot.
Spoon bean mixture into peppers.
Sprinkle cheese on top of peppers.
Spoon salsa into peppers.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Carefully remove peppers.
Top with sour cream and green onions.

4-6 servings.

The have been our favorite version of stuffed peppers so far. Yum.

I used Valentine's Day as an excuse to make something chocolatey. This recipe was in the stack of dessert cards. I decided I had to make it today because it has Mexican AND chocolate in the name.

"Mexican Chocolate Bread Pudding" (6 quart pot)

~half pint light cream
~4 oz unsweetened chocolate
~2 eggs
~1/2 c sugar
~3/4 t cinnamon
~1/2 t allspice
~1 t vanilla
~1/8 t salt
~1/2 c currants
~3 c Hawaiian sweet bread
~whipped cream
~macadamia nuts

Heat cream in saucepan.
Add chocolate and stir until melted.
Combine eggs, sugar, cinnamon, allspice, vanilla, and salt in medium bowl.
Stir in currants.
Add chocolate mixture and stir well.
Pour into crock pot.
Fold in bread cubes using spatula.
Cover and cook on high 3 hours or until a knife comes out cleanly.
Serve warm or chilled.
Top with whipped cream and nuts.

6 servings.

This was awesome. My other half said it wasn't as sweet as he thought it was going to be. I say it was Mexican Chocolate Bread Pudding and chocolate on Valentine's Day makes me happy. Then again, chocolate any day makes me happy.

Happy fourteenth of February!