One herb I failed to grow this year was cilantro. Bummer! I substituted fresh parsley and ground cumin in place of the cilantro that makes Pico de Gallo so scrumptious! Ingredients 6 small tomatoes (fresh from the garden) 1/2 red onion ($.35) 1 garlic cloves, minced ($.05) 1 hot pepper, optional if you wanna a "kickin' pico de gallo" (fresh from the garden) Few … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Pork Chops with Peach Salsa
Monique shared this recipe with me. Hello, scrumptious! I couldn't bring myself to buy the $2.49 jar of peach salsa. So I compromised and used the peaches I bought last week and the red onion from this week to make my own peach salsa. And ended up grilling it alongside the pork chops! I also grilled up some zucchini and tomatoes in the grilling basket! Pork … [Read more...]
How to Use Up Zucchini
If you're looking to learn how to use up zucchini, you're in the right place! I stopped at the farmer's market this afternoon. Hadn't been in a while! The loot...it's not much, just gigantic! No, I did not buy the spoon at the farmer's market! That's a cereal spoon. These 2 zucchini...the gigantic one. And the regular size one. $2. What on earth am … [Read more...]
Grilled Mojito Chicken
An easy marinade for the chicken...using the overflow of mint from the garden...I intended to grill this chicken, but ended up baking it because of a DOWNPOUR during dinner prep time. It was still delicious, but think it would have been better if grilled! Grilled Mojito Chicken An easy marinade for the chicken...using the overflow of mint from the … [Read more...]
How to Make Homemade Rice Milk
I have suspected a dairy allergy in both of my kids for a long time. Since nursing them, really. Without going into all the gory details, I knew something was just not right with their tummies and how they reacted to milk. I tried soy milk, and that seemed to help. But their the symptoms remained. We did several rounds of allergy and metabolic testing, only to come up short, … [Read more...]
Garden Marinara Sauce
Ingredients 1 onion 1 green pepper 5-6 medium ripe tomatoes 2 garlic cloves 10 basil leaves 4 parsley sprigs 1-2 Tbsp EVOO Salt/Pepper Directions 1. Blend all ingredients in blender until chunky or pureed. I found that running the blender for about 15 seconds and then a few pulses did the trick. 2. Pour sauce from the blender into a saucepan or large skillet. Turn … [Read more...]