Green Chili and Carne Guisada

I kept seeing these wonderful tomatillos at the Farmer's Market and I finally decided to get a bag full to make something with them. I had never used them in my cooking, so I had to do some searching for a recipe. Over a year ago, I had come across the website Homesick Texan and I have been wanting to make things from her website. It all looks so good, but I just haven't gotten around to it.


The first recipe that I tried out of hers was the green chili which I got to use different chili peppers from the Farmer's Market in the dish. I started out with the lowest amount of chili peppers (4 each), but added the seeds and this dish was pretty spicy (Chris and I both like spicy too). Usually the Farmer's Market chili peppers are much more potent than the ones in the store because they haven't been sitting there for a long time, so keep that in mind if you usually store bought ones. The mix of peppers made for an amazing blend of flavors and we both really loved this dish. It made for great leftovers and the house smelled wonderful.


Homesick Texan's Green Chili

The next day, I tried out this recipe (I forgot to take a pic) because I had a piece of chuck from my CSA and didn't want to just make a pot roast with it. It's not as spicy as the above recipe, but still has good flavor. We didn't love it as much as the green chili, but it's probably because we liked the spiciness of the first dish. Still definitely worth a try :)

Homesick Texan's Carne Guisada