Cajun Tuna w/ Lime Basil Aoili

This is a great variation on tuna. I served this dish with a garden salad and roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Ingredients
1 tuna steak about 1 1/4 in. thick 1 1/2-2 lb.
Cajun spice
1 lime
Fresh basil
2 small cloves of garlic for aoili and 1 head for mashed potatoes
Olive oil
6 new red potatoes
Cream
Butter
S+P

For aoili you can go about this two different ways and either will work fine. You can make your own mayonnaise by taking one egg yolk in a blender and slowly add olive oil, finely chopped cloves of garlic, 2-3 bunches of basil, the juice of half a lime, and S+P. Add oil until you get your desired consistency. If your not confident in your mayonnaise making skills skip the eggs and oil and use mayonnaise, very similar other than the fact that you've made your own mayonnaise.
Coat tuna in cajun spice, heat olive oil in skillet. Sear on both sides for 2-3 minutes. Place in 350 degree oven for 2-3 minutes, this will give you a mid rare steak; leave in oven longer for more doneness. Allow to let stand for 5 minutes to complete cooking.
For roasted garlic mashed potatoes you can easily wrap a whole head of garlic in tin foil and roast it in the oven but I find it a lot less messy to peel individual cloves of garlic, 10-12, and loosely wrap them in foil. Place in 400 degree oven for 50 minutes. Boil potatoes for 20 minutes mix with hot cream, cold butter, roasted garlic and S+P.

My best chili

This is my best chili to date, very simple, just the right amount of heat.

Ingredients:
Olive oil
2-3 lb. pot roast cut into stew size chunks
1 yellow onion diced
1 red pepper diced
4 lg. cloves of garlic chopped
2 jalapeno peppers chopped
1 habanero pepper chopped
1 1/2 T chili powder
1 lg. can diced tomatoes
1 can stewed tomatoes
10 white mushrooms quartered
Small can tomato paste
2 cans black beans rinsed
Shredded cheddar cheese
Sour cream

In large skillet on med. high, heat olive oil, brown meat, add garlic, onions, peppers, chilies, mushrooms, chili powder, and S+P. Cook on med. heat for 10-15 mins.
Add tomato paste, cook 5 mins. more.
Add diced, and stewed tomatoes, black beans, and let simmer on low for 2 hours.
Top with cheese and sour cream.

Chicken w/Mango BBQ Sauce

Ingredients.
4chicken breast boneless, skinless
olive oil
1 mango diced
1 yellow onion diced
1 red pepper diced
3 -4 cloves garlic chopped
1t salt
pepper
1/2t allspice
1/3c red wine vinegar
3T molasses
2T worcestershire sauce
2T lime juice
1/4c tomatoe juice
2-3 jalapenos minced
Heat oil over med-high add onions cook 3 min..add peppers,garlic,allspice and s+p cook 3 min.more.Stir in vinegar,molasses,worcestershire sauce,lime juice and tomatoe juice.Cook 2 min. more.
Place mixture in blender add mango and jalapeno blend until smooth marinade chicken in 1c of bbq sauce for 1 hour.
Roast for 20 min. or broil on high 12 min. turning once let rest 10 min. slice and spoon more sauce on.
ENJOY!