Balsamic Reduction:
1 cup balsamic vinaigrette
1/4 cup light brown sugar

Stuffed Plums:
20 dried plums (commonly known as prunes)
2 oz chevre (soft goat cheese)
1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
salt
pepper
1/8 pound prosciutto, sliced thin
toothpicks

This is such a great recipe. So easy and so flavorful! This is a great appetizer to make if you’re having people over or going over to someone’s house. It’s a real show stopper! The first thing you want to do is make your balsamic reduction. In a small saucepan over medium heat cook your balsamic vinegar for 20 minutes. The balsamic will reduce by about half. After 20 minutes add the brown sugar and mix together. Let cook another 5 minutes and then turn off the heat. It will thicken as it cools. While that is cooling make your plums! Preheat your oven to 375*F. In a small bowl mix together your goat cheese, fresh thyme, salt, and pepper. Plums when they are dried naturally form a dent in the middle. Stuff the indent with the goats cheese mixture. Taking a slice of prosciutto, cut it in half, and wrap the stuff plum up like a little present. A delicious little present. Secure the prosciutto with a toothpick. Wrap them all up and put on a baking sheet. Pop them into the oven. Let them cook about 5 minutes or until the prosciutto is starting to crisp and the plum is getting warm inside. Once they are cooked put on a serving platter and with a spoon drizzle the delicious balsamic reduction over the delicious plum packages. That’s it!! Serve them while they’re warm. You might want to double or triple this recipe…. they’ll go fast. Hope you like it!

6 peaches
2 scallions
1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 jalapeno,
1/4 cup minced cilantro
juice of 1/2 lime
1 teaspoon brown sugar
salt

My favorite time of the year is summer and one of my favorite foods of summer is peach! One of my favorite things to make is salsa… so why not put them together?! I love making this and putting it on blacked fish or grilled pork. SO good. First thing you want to do is start a pot of boiling water. With a knife cut an “x” on the bottom of the peach and put in the boiling water. Keep in the water for about 1 minute. You don’t want to cook the peach, you just want to loosen up the skin so it will make it easier to peel. After about 1 minute quickly put the peaches in a bowl filled with ice and water (called an ice bath) to stop the cooking. Once the peaches are cool to touch you can peel them. Cut the peach around the pit, getting as much peach as possible… you don’t want to waste any of that deliciousness. Cut the peaches chunky and add to the mixing bowl. Cut scallions thin and add that to the bowl. Grate on a microplane fresh ginger and 1 clove of garlic. Dice up a half of a jalapeno and put in the bowl along with minced garlic, juice of half a lime, brown sugar, and a little salt. Mix together and voila! Delicious fresh summer peach salsa that is delicious on chips or meats. You’re welcome.

1 pound tomatillos, husk removed and cleaned
1 jalapeno
3/4 cup chopped cilantro
4 cloves garlic
1/2 Vidalia onion
juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Ok this is such an amazing dip and its so easy to make… don’t be scared I promise you can do it! Ok the first thing you want to do is preheat your oven to 375*F. Cut the cleaned tomatillos and cut them in half. Place them on a baking pan skin side up. Cut the jalapeno in half and take the seeds out of half the side. Put the jalapeno skin side up on the baking pan too and sprinkle the top with salt. Put them in the oven and let cook for 15 minutes until you see them start to bubble. After 15 minutes turn the oven to broil and let cook for 1-2 minutes until you see the skin start to char. Take them out of the oven and put into a blender. To the blender add the cilantro, garlic, half onion, juice of 1 lime, sugar, and salt. Blend together until there are no chunks and put in a cute bowl and serve with chips! Your friends will be so impressed!! Que delicioso!

2 -16 oz can refried beans

2- 1 oz packages Taco seasoning of choice

1 bottle chunky salsa of choice

1 container sour cream

1/2 sweet onion, chopped

1/2 head romaine lettuce, chopped

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 small tomato, chopped

chips for dipping

Ok, this is a perfect dip to bring over to people’s houses or if you’re just being lazy around the house! This does make a lot of dip because whenever we have people over for football games, there just never seems to be enough food. If you don’t need that much dip, just cut this recipe in half! First thing you’re gonna want to do is put the cans of refried beans and the two packages of taco seasoning in a bowl and mix it together. Put the refried beans into the bottom of the platter that you’re going to serve it on and spread it evenly around the bottom. After the beans are on the bottom, put a bottle of salsa on the top of that and spread that around evenly. After the salsa, do the same with the sour cream. Once you have that add the chopped onion, then the lettuce, then the cheese, and finally the chopped onion. There you go! A perfect dip for any day. Hope you like it