The Recipes: July 2016

breakfast burrito

breakfast burrito!!!

paired most excellently with a jalapeno pineapple cider!!!

best breakfast

homemade flour tortilla

fresh garden salsa

meat mix:

1/2 white onion

1 green pepper

1 can black beans

4 pieces maple bacon

1 garlic scape

1/4 cup thyme

5 farm fresh eggs scrambled with salt and pepper

1 avacado

fresh parsley

and any other fresh veggies of choice.. (cilantro, peppers)

cabot seriosly sharp cheddar cheese

vermont creamery herbed goat cheese!

start with making the salsa and tortillas.. good to get salsa in fridge and tortillas resting / moisting in the dutch oven!! (makes them easier to wrap up like borritos

then start onions and peppers.. cook till soft, add thyme, add black beans.. cook 5 minutes on med... add bacon and garlic scape, and cook until desired bacon texture.. (pop in oven, and just keep warm in cast iron til ready to serve!)

then scramble up the eggs

keep everything warm and ready.. and put out to serve "make-your-own-burrito-style!!"

eat.. devour.. enjoy.. leftovers.. most certainly not!!

fresh garden salsa

Fresh garden salsa

about 2 cups roma tomatoes

2 hot peppers of choice and to hotness

1 cup cilantro

1/2 large white onion

salt and pepper to taste

deseed tomatoes but not hot peppers (depending on the texture and spicy quality you are going for in salsa) then chop / combine everything until desired texture. I used our hand powered chopper!! woo woo!!

homemade flour tortilla

Homemade flour tortilla

(and healthy?? but not important!)

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 t salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/3 cup olive oil

1 cup warmish water

(variations: try adding spices!!! we added taco seasoning to these cumin, chili powder ect.. also made a curry powder version ..mwah.. excellent.. if too dry add 1T of water at a time!!)

combine all until combined but not developed

then form into 12 individual balls

(start heating up pan on med-high heat!)

then start rolling out as big as the pan you can cook them in.. and as thin as 2 pieces of paper..

then place in pan.. about 5-10 seconds on each side... you'll see some color and bubbling.. then their done.. pile them up in a dutch oven with a lid to keep moist and shapable until eating time!!!

yum yum!

borritos here we come!!

carrot green pesto

Carrot green pesto

(when you cant stand to throw away beautiful greens of most veggies.. make them into delicious variations of pesto.. play with not only the type of green, but also the types of nuts and oils!! so much fun)

1/2 cup roasted pine nuts
2 cloves garlic (2 T)
1 cup chopped greens (carrot greens in this case)
handful cilantro (or basil)
lemon juice (2 T)
sea salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup oil (olive in this case)
red pepper flakes
1/4 cup parmasiano romano (2 oz)

convert to chimichiri by removing the parmesean and replacing 1/4 cup vinegar

Summer Spring Rolls with spicy peanut sauce

"Summer" Sring roll

with spicy peanut sauce

Summer Sring roll

with spicy peanut sauce

the veggies:

1/2 cucumber

1/2 red pper

3 carrots

bunch of cilantro

scallions

1 avacado

(shrimp optional) : )

kettle cooked peanuts

RICE PAPER

spicy peanut sauce:
1/3 c smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon hot sauce of choice
1 tablespoon horseradish
2 tablespoons garlic
peanut garnish

soak rice paper in warmish water for seconds...
assemble veggies inside..
dip in sauce..
put in mouth..
yum!
lol! new favorite way to eat veggies!!
also experiment with adding fresh shrimp and tuna.. nom nom..