Chile Relleño
Casserole:
8 slices of white bread
2 small cans chopped Mild chiles
½ Cup Monterrey Jack Cheese
2 Cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2 Cups Milk
6 eggs
¼ tsp. Garlic powder
2 tsp salt
2 tsp oregano leaves or ground oregano
½ tsp paprika
Optional: 1 C each frozen corn and/or zucchini sliced thin
Trim crusts off of the 8 slices of firm white bread.
Butter one side and place buttered side down in rectangular
casserole dish
Sprinkle 2 cups shredded cheese evenly over bread.
In blender, add 6
eggs, 2 cups milk, salt, paprika, oregano, garlic powder and whiz. Pour over cheese.
Top with more paprika or chili powder or green scallions for
color.
Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
Bake uncovered @ 325 for one hour or until top is brown and
middle is firm.
Can be served warm or cold.
A Dangerous Harbor – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts
‘Katy
leaned over and deftly nudged the weedy raft around so that its
reluctant passenger was facing her, and then ever so gently, pushed back
the wet strands of black hair. Dark wings of brow stood out in stark
relief on pale olive skin. It was a girl, maybe all of sixteen, she
guessed. “Where’d you come from?” She wondered to no one in
particular. As if to answer at least part of her question, the ocean
swelled, lifting up the maiden’s bier until Kate was looking into
slightly open eyes. There were o petechiae, the telltale red dots
freckling the cornea and typical of strangulation. “Not strangled, but
still…” A frothy red bubble clinging to the nostril and a
few more at her mouth said drowned, but not in the water very long as
the limbs were still pliant and the skin wasn’t bloated or damaged by
fish or sea birds.’
Detective
Katrina Taylor Hunter, of the San Francisco Police Department, was
forced to take a sabbatical after shooting her sister’s stalker. While
the investigation was going on, she decided to take sail down to
Ensenada, Mexico to clear her head and hopefully return to her position
on the force. After discovering a floater Katy has doubts about the
head clearing part of her trip. Her doubts are confirmed when after
spending hours at the Ensenada Police Station she bumps into Gabriel
Alexander, a former ‘love of her life’ who is being investigated
as a possible connection to the dead girl found by Katy. And to make
matters worse, she meets Chief Inspector Raul Vignaroli. Her reaction
to
him is immediate attraction. One problem…he wears a wedding
ring and Katy has no desire to become involved with a married man. So
will she be able to handle being around him after he cons her into
helping with the investigation? Also, how will she handle her feelings
for Gabe, the man she loved so deeply in her younger days?
Following Katy as she
uncovers what appears to be a sex slave market being run by not only one
of the boat captains but also the drug cartel, will keep you on your
sitting on the edge of your seat, biting your nails and guessing. I had
several ideas for who the killer(s) would turn out to be but found
myself wrong most of the time. I have to say that the real killer, whom
is not exposed until the end, surprised me. A Dangerous Harbor has turned out to be just as good as the Lalla Bains books A Dead Red
Cadillac and A Dead Red Heart, both written by RP Dahlke. All three will keep you on the edge.
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