Fresh Hot Salsa

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped 4 jalapeno chiles, seeded and chopped
6 hot roasted hatch chiles, seeded and chopped,
1 cup chopped fresh cilantro (more or less to taste)

1 garlic clove, minced
2 (14 oz) cans tomatoes
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 to 2 teaspoons salt
Juice of 1 lime (more or less to taste)


Directions

- Add all ingredients in a blender or food processor and mix until desired consistency.

Hints
- You should be able to find hatch chilies in the produce section by the jalapenos, they are red.
- If you can't find hatch chilis you can substitute 1 - 8 to 10 oz can hot green chilies

Submitted by Michelle

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients
12 oz cream cheese
1 cup ranch dressing
1/2 cup Buffalo (hot wing) sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar
1 large chicken breast cooked and shredded 
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (optional)

Directions
-  Mix cream cheese, ranch dressing and wing sauce, chicken and 1 cup of the cheddar cheese.
-  Spread mixture in small baking dish (stoneware works perfectly)
-  Top with blue cheese.
-  Bake at 375 until bubbly - 20-25 minutes
-  Serve with tortilla chips and celery sticks

Hints
-  You can always add more wing sauce if you like your dip extra spicy.
-  If you don't like blue cheese you can sprinkle an additional 1 cup of shredded cheddar on top of the dip before baking.
-  This also tastes good on bagel chips and toasted bread rounds

Submitted by Amy

Skillet Chicken with Chile and Lime

Ingredients
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 1/2) pounds (I made half the chicken for the two of us but the same amount of sauce)
Salt and pepper
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 jalapeno chile, seeded and chopped fine
4 garlic cloves minced
1 (10-oz) can Ro-Tel tomatoes
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 tablespoon grated zest and 2 teaspoons juice from 2 limes.
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro.

Directions
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Melt 1 Tblspoons butter in large nonstick skillet over med-high heat. Cook chicken until golden, about 3 min per side, transfer to plate (chicken won't be cooked through yet).

- Add jalapeno and garlic to skillet and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Careful not to burn the garlic. Stir in tomatoes and broth and bring to boil. Return chicken and any accumulated juices to skillet and simmer, covered, over medium heat until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.

- Transfer chicken to serving platter and tent with foil. Simmer sauce, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Off heat, stir in remaining butter, lime zest and juice, and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken. Serve. (I put the chicken on top of a little bit of low-carb linguine and put the sauce on top of that).

Submitted by Kelly

Spicy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients
4 cups shredded, cooked chicken (can use chicken from 1 -2 rotisserie chickens)
1 32 ounce jar salsa (can use salsa verde if you can find it)
3 cups Monterey Jack Cheese shredded and divided
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
salt and black pepper
16 6-inch flour tortillas
1/2 medium white onion, halved and sliced thin
Optional: sour cream and guacamole to serve

Directions
- Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix chicken with 3/4 cup of the salsa 1 1/2 cups of the cheese, 1/4 cup of cilantro, and salt and pepper, to taste.
- Spread 1 cup of the salsa over the bottom of a 9 X 13 baking dish.
- Microwave tortillas on high power in a microwave safe plastic bag until warm, approximately 45 seconds.
- Then, working one at a time, spoon about 1/4 cup of the chicken filling into a tortilla.
- Roll into a cylinder and place, seam side down, in the baking dish. You may have to turn some sideways to fit.
- Drizzle enchiladas evenly with 1 1/2 cups of the salsa, and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Lightly spray a sheet of foil with cooking spray. cover dish and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
- Remove foil, sprinkle with onion and remaining cilantro, let stand for a few minutes, and serve with remaining salsa and sour cream and guacamole if desired.

Submitted by Erin