Mediterranean Quesadillers!

This play on quesadillas starts off with cooked chicken, a great use for planned leftovers. All quesadillas fit on the griddle at the same timefor quick cooking.

Antipasto Relish

1/2 cup jarred roasted red peppers, drained
1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives
1/4 cup pepperoncini
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
1 tbsp Basil oil or olive oil
1 garlic clove, pressed

Quesadillas

1 cup shredded cooked chicken (6 oz)
1 cup shredded Provolone cheese
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
4 6 inch flour tortillas

Preperation:

1. For antipasto relish, chop red peppers and olives. Thinly slice pepperoncini and chop all basil and set aside 1 tbsp for quesadillas. Combine red peppers,olives and pepperoncini in a small bowl. Add basil, oil, and pressed garlic; mix well and set aside.

2. For quesadilla, shred chicken. Combine chicken, cheese and remaining basil in a bowl. Divide chickenmisture amoung tortillas; fold tortillas in half.

3. To finish quesadillas, lightly brush griddle or grill pan (you can also makes these on the grill outside too) Heat to medium-high for 1 to 3 minutes or until hot. Cook quesadillas 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until tortillas are golder brown and cheese is melted.

4. To serve, spoon 1 tbsp of the antipasto relish into each quesadillas. Serve with additional relish if desired.

Dinner and a show.

So how did you spend your Sunday evening? Well Nicole and I decided to do dinner and a show. No it wasn't your standard dinner at Applebees and a sticky floor movie down on the levee. We decided to cross the river, that right let me say that again, we crossed the river. For those who know me at all, you know that took some courage. I must say I am glad I did.

We started out with dinner at Andy's Mediterranean Grille and I must say the food was spot on and what I expected. Funny story though, before we got there I commented to Nicole that ever since I have grown the beard I look Middle Eastern/Mediterranean and she rolled her eyes at me. Although when we walked into the restaurant the owner "Andy" thought I was a close church buddy of his. Nicole and I laughed, then I said, "you see the beard is very exotic." I love my summer beard.

From dinner it was only a short drive to the theatre, that's right theatre with like real actors and playbills and stuff. I know kind of surprising from me huh. Nicole ordered the tickets online and she did a great job because they where perfect, right in the front row to the left of the stage. The show is called, "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" and when I saw the stage there was no mistaken it was going to be funny. With Christmas lights strung everywhere to beer bottle vases reminded me of home... ok well not really but living in Kentucky we do have Wal-Marts enough said. This hilarious and tuneful domestic melodrama is set in Armadillo Acres, a North Florida trailer park, where having your baby kidnapped isn’t half as tragic as getting a bad perm. The story revolves around Norbert, a toll-booth attendant, and his despondent wife Jeannie whose 20-year marriage is threatened by newcomer, the hot young stripper Pippi. A comedy about agoraphobia, adultery, ‘80s nostalgia, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, kleptomania, strippers, flan, and disco.

On the way home Nicole said, "I need something sweet." Which means a trip to the dairy queen where we got blizzards. Well the diet can wait because it was the perfect ending to a perfect date with my wife.