Southwest Sandwiches

My husband claims that "This is the best sandwich EVER." These sandwiches definately have a KICK, but you can mellow them out for the kiddos. This recipe is great for leftover Roast. Don't worry if you cook your Roast with Lipton Onion soup, it will still work, in fact it's heavenly with the seasoning. So, buy a huge roast enjoy it while it's hot, stick it in the fridge and enjoy the leftovers the next day. Note: you actually want a leftover roast, or a roast that has been cooled in the fridge and is easy to slice.

Sourdough bread
Roast Beef
Whole Green Chillies (these are the large, long green chillies) about 1 chilli per sandwich.
Montery Jack Cheese

First take whole chillies and put them under a broiler. Check them every 2-3 minutes. Once they start getting dark and blistering, you will want to turn them and let all the sides of the chillies blister. (Note: Chris's family always grows chillies and jalepenos in a garden, and they always grow in a huge ABUNDANCE. You can put these in a ziplock bag and freeze them and use them all winter...they are great!!!)

Once your chillies are blistered, put them in a ziplock bag and let them sweat and cool down. Then (and you may want to use gloves), peel the skin off and then slice down the center of the chilli and open it up.


To assemble: butter 2 pieces of sourdough bread, then layer on thin slices of roast beef, then the chillies, then salt them pretty well, then add the cheese. (Note: We use I can't believe it's not butter spray, it's a pretty healthy sandwich!)

Here's what it will look like assembled (and yes we leave the seeds in, they are yummy, but if your a wuss, you can remove the seeds!!!)



Toast the sandwich on a skillet until both sides are brown and cheese is starting to melt.

**For the kids version, omit the chilli. Montery Jack isn't too hot, Isabella loves this sandwich!!! Enjoy!

Pretzel Salad

This is one of my favorite salads. Let's be honest, it really should be catogorized as a dessert. It's to die for, it hits the spot when you are having a salty/sweet craving. Enjoy!

crust:

2 cups crushed pretzels

2 Tbsp. sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

-mix together and press into 9x13 pan. Bake in 400 degree oven for 5 minutes. Completely cool.

Mix together:

1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

1 15oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

Fold in 8 oz. container of Cool Whip and put on top of crust.

Pour over crust

Dissolve 2 small pkg. raspberry jello into 2 cups boiling water. Add 2 10 oz. pkgs. frozen raspberries and let set until syrupy. Pour GENTLY (and I mean gently, so it doesn't mix with cream cheese mixture) over cream cheese mixture. Set in refrigerator.

NOTE: pretzel sticks are easier to crush