Poorboy Calzones

Please make welcome the first video blog recipe in the Poor Boy's Cookbook. Click play to watch the video of the Lazy Man making Poorboy Calzones; a very delicious original recipe from the Lazy Man. You'll find a recipe card below as well.

Skinny Man's Tacos (Low-Carb)

Well the Lazy Man has decided to go on a low-carb diet to shed some pounds so that has forced me, the School Teacher, to do some extra thinking in the kitchen. So I wanted taco's a couple nights ago and of course old-fashioned taco's aren't in the Lazy Man's new diet so we came up with the Skinny Man's Tacos. In simple terms it comes out to be a Taco Salad without any shell but dang if it ain't tasty.

Tips for this meal:

• Drain the grease after you brown the meat. Don't think you can't forget because I did one time. Otherwise your tacos will end up tasting like hotdog chili.
• Onion, Bell Pepper, Sweet Red Pepper Seasoning, and a dash of fajitas seasoning really add a lot to some already good Old El Paso Taco seasoned meat. But all of these are optional. We use bottle form fajitas seasoning and McCormick Red Pepper seasoning.
• Cheese and Sour Cream definitely tops this meal off pretty good and make your salad a lot better.
• Try substituting chicken instead of beef if you don't like all the fatty hamburger. Use can chicken if you really want an easy way out.

Wesson's Pork Spinach Alfredo

The first dish that was created in the Poor Boy's home was soon to be called Wesson's Pork Spinach Alfredo. It sounds like a fancy dish you might find at the Olive Garden, but it is simple enough for anyone to cook in their home and only costs around $10 to feed four healthy people. Of course you may want to have something to serve along with this meal, but again this is the Poor Boy's cookbook, so we are trying to save you some money. However Wesson's Cheese Bread(coming later) and a nice salad would go along terrific with this dish. If you wanna impress the lady with a home cooked Italian meal...this one's for you! (Prep Time: 40 minutes)

Tips for this dish:

1. Cheese, Cheese, Cheese. Gotta have the Moz. and Parm. cheeses.
2. Alfredo Sauce- to save money and time just pick up 2 jars of your favorite Alfredo sauce from the store.
3. Drain, Drain, Drain. You have to drain the Spinach very well. Otherwise it will overpower you sauce and it will taste like the green goo it looks like.
4. Don't over cook Pork. You can begin step 2 when pork is 3/4 done.
5. Don't overcook Mushrooms. Add mushrooms when onions are 1/2 done.
   

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