Tessemae's 'Za

I have now won two pizza cook offs with this recipe. And now, I give it to you. You will need the following:

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
Hot sauce
Pepperoni
Feta Cheese
Organic pizza sauce
Pesto
Green Peppers
Mushrooms
Red onion
Black Olives
Basil

-Pre-heat the oven to 400, get the dough to a thin even shape on a large cookie sheet that has been rubbed with olive oil.
-Pre cook the dough for about 10 minutes.
-While that is cooking, start simmering the chopped red onion and mushrooms in a frying pan with Tessemaes all natural until they are nice and soft. When they get to the tenderness that you like, take the contents out of the skillet and place on a plate. --Leave the remaining Tessemaes in the frying pan and place the sliced pepperonis in the pan. Cook those suckers until they are crispy. Take the Pepperonis out of the skillet and let them cool on a cutting board.
-Take the dough out of the oven. Make a spiral on the pre cooked dough with the pesto and then follow that same spiral with the pizza sauce so the entire dough is covered. Sprinkle a good hot sauce over top of the spirals.
-Sprinkle chopped green peppers, fresh basil and black olives evenly over top of the dough.
-Take the red onions and mushrooms and spread evenly over top of the dough.
-Take the chopped cooled pepperonis and sprinkle over top of the dough.
-Sprinkle the feta over top of everything
-Place the pizza back in the oven until the dough gets crispy
-When the dough is crispy enough, take the pizza out and drizzle Tessemaes over top of the entire thing

Serve with a Tessemaes Salad and get ready to win every pizza contest you enter!

Tessemaes Chicken...soooo good

Tessemaes Chicken in action...it was a huge success for a post workout dinner party!

Burger and a salad

I made the most delicious burger ever! You will need:

2 pounds organic 85/15 beef
1 organic egg
2 T Crab Spice
2 T Tessemaes
1 T Lemon Pepper
Lettuce of your choice--I went with an organic Butter Lettuce
Tomato
Red Onion
Salsa Jack Cheese
Fresh Burger Buns

Mix the egg, Crab Spice, Tessemaes, Lemon Pepper, and ground beef in a bowl. Make patties to desired size and put them on a plate and begin getting the condiments ready.
Pour some Tessemaes in a frying pan and cook the red onion to desired tenderness. Have the onion and tomatoes ready to top on the burger. Put the lettuce in a bowl and top with Tessemaes to taste.
Heat a frying pan with a little olive oil in it to prevent the meat from sticking. Place the burgers in the frying pan and cook for approximately 5-6 minutes each side. Place Salsa Jack cheese on the burgers for the last 2 minutes so it semi-melts. While the burgers are cooking begin toasting the buns in either the oven or the toaster oven.
After the burger is cooked, place the burger on the toasted bun, put the sauteed onion, tomato, and tessemaes lettuce on top. In addition I put some dijon mustard, a little organic ketchup, and some sriracha hot sauce on top.
Get ready to have your mind blown!

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Tessemae's Mac and Cheese!

I whipped this up from things I had in my house and it took about 30 minutes! You will need:

20 uncooked medium-large shrimp
1 1/2 cups of Tessemaes All Natural
1/2 cups of organic bronze cut orzo
1 cup of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup of pine nuts
Fresh Rosemary
Ground Pepper
Crab Spice

In a skillet, brown pine nuts on high and then place in a separate bowl. Take cup of Tessemaes and put in the already hot skillet with mushrooms and then reduce heat to low. Let the mushrooms simmer for a couple minutes and then add the pine nuts, rosemary, and thawed raw shrimp. Grate 1/2 cup of fresh parmesan, grind pepper to taste and Crab Spice to taste in the mixture. Mix and let simmer. Cook 1 1/2 cups of orzo and put the cooked orzo in the mixture. Make sure there is enough Tessemaes in the skillet to cover the entire mixture including the orzo, if there is not enough...ADD MORE TESSEMAES! Let the entire mixture simmer for 10 minutes so that the orzo absorbs all the flavors.

Serve with a Tessemaes salad and you are good to go!

Awesome new recipe

I made this last night out of no where and it turned out great. You need:

1 red onion

1 clove garlic

1 Shallot

Handful of grape tomatoes sliced in half

2 tablespoons of crab spice (you can put more in if you want)

1/2 cup Tessemaes

8 chicken thighs

Pre heat oven to 400. While the oven is preheating start the process of preparing the dish...I put everything (minus the chicken) in a skillet and let it simmer. While doing that, brown the chicken thighs on each side. When the good stuff is done fusing together, put the chicken in a baking dish and pour the concoction over top making sure that all the chicken pieces get some love. Bake until the chicken is done.

While the chicken is cooking in the oven cook up a cup of whole wheat cous cous. After the chicken is done put a hearty spoon full of cous cous on your plate, scoop up the chicken and place on top. Make sure you pour the sauce from the pan and the simmered mix on top of the chicken and the grate a little bit of fresh parmesan on top. Couple that with some organic lettuce with Tessemaes on top and watch out...this dish is awesome! Its called "The Thigh Master".