guacamole & chips

This is a good game-day treat.

Here are the ingredients:

That's:

Sprouted corn tortillas, about 4

an avocado (only the pit is remaining in the picture)

Then just a little bit of these:

scallion

cilantro

lime juice

tomato (from a can or fresh)

pinto or black beans (optional)

Here they are before mixing. You can see the amounts I used are pretty small:

Here's another version without beans or tomatoes, before smashing:

Mash it up with a fork. Cut up the tortillas, toast in the oven at 350 F for about 5-10 minutes. Watch carefully at the end.

Yum!

This week's salsa

My salsa recipe varies depending on what I have in the fridge or garden, which was not much today. But it turned out quite quite tasty.

Ingredients:

16 oz can tomatoes, drained (or 2-3 medium fresh tomatoes)

1 carrot, peeled, cut into 2-3" chunks

juice of 1/2 orange

juice of 1/2 lime

some cilantro and dill (and/or other herb)

I used the carrot for thickening. I used a high-powered blender instead of food processor in order to pulverize the carrot. So in the blender, put in the carrot, tomatoes, and juice, and blend until smooth. then add the cilantro and dill and blend just a bit until they are chopped but not pulverized. Tastes yummy.

salsa

This is simple and yummy. It makes a great soup too!

Ingredients:

1 16-oz can tomatoes (or 1-2 tomatoes from the garden when available)

Small handful fresh cilantro, or to taste

chunk of zucchini, peeled, and cucumber, peeled. about 3" long each, or a few oz total

1-2 Tbsp red onion or scallions or any kind of onion (i.e., not much)

1/2 red or yellow or orange (or green) bell pepper

juice of 1/2 lemon (less or more to taste)

sweet corn (optional)

peas (optional)

Blend the tomatoes and zucchini/cucumber in a blender. Add in the lemon juice onion, bell pepper and cilantro and pulse to chop but not puree. If you want, add some sweet corn and/or peas.

You can make a double batch, eat a bowl for yourself as soup and serve up the rest to your guests with killer tostada chips (yes, I'm willing to poison my guests with their favorite foods), or you can make healthy chips by slicing and baking corn tortillas (unsalted); 5-10 minutes at 350 F works for me. Or eat with fresh veggies--peppers, celery, carrots.