Betty's Happy Jalapeno Poppers - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Betty demonstrates how to make a wonderful, appealing appetizer, Happy Jalapeno Poppers. These are hollowed-out jalapeno halves filled with a mixture of cheeses, onion, mushrooms, and bacon, and baked in the oven until delicious! Happy Jalapeno Poppers (Makes about 2 dozen poppers.) 4 slices bacon, chopped in 1-inch squares 1/2 to 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil ½ cup onion, finely chopped ½ cup mushrooms, finely chopped 8-oz. cream cheese, softened to room temperature ½ cup finely-shredded Monterey jack cheese ½ cup finely-shredded mozzarella cheese jalapeno peppers, washed and cut into two halves lengthwise, with seeds and fibers removed Fry 4 slices of bacon (chopped) in a skillet over medium heat. Drain on paper toweling, and set aside. Discard bacon grease and add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon olive oil to the skillet where the bacon was fried. Add ½ cup finely-chopped onion and ½ cup finely chopped mushrooms to the olive oil in the skillet and saute until softened. In a medium mixing bowl, combine sauteed onion and mushroom, the crisp, fried bacon bits , 8-oz. softened cream cheese, ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, and ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese. Mix well. Stuff each jalapeno pepper half with a generous amount of the cheese mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Place on a serving plate, and serve immediately! These are great for sports event party, or as an appetizer to a Mexican-themed meal! Enjoy!!! --Betty Please subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/bettyskitchen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW Cookbook:  "Betty's Kitchen Cookbook:  2013 Recipes" (c) 2014 Also available:  "The Betty's Kitchen Collection:  Second Edition" (c) 2013 *Both can be ordered from http://www.amazon.com or http://www.createspace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's Website:  http://www.bettyskitchen.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other places to watch Betty's Kitchen: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/bettyskitchen/166973502092 Pinterest:  http://www.pinterest.com/bettyskitchen/bettyskitchen/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Myshine Google :  https://plus.google.com/108882445101872897307/posts ifood.tv:  http://www.ifood.tv/bettyskitchen Roku:  http://www.rokuguide.com/channels/betty's-kitchen​