Quinoa Salsa

Quinoa Salsa

serves 6-8 

1 Cup quinoa, uncooked

1 3/4 Cup water

2-3 Cups black beans, cooked

2 Avocados, diced

1 Pint cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered

1/2 Red onion, diced

4 Cloves garlic, minced

1 Red bell pepper, diced

1 Bunch cilantro, finely chopped

Lime juice to taste

1/2-1 tsp cumin, or to taste

1/2-1 Tbs olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Toast dry quinoa in pot on medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes.  Then add water, bring to a boil, cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until water is absorbed.  Meanwhile, combine all other ingredients in a large bowl.  When quinoa is cooked, add to bowl, stir and serve!  This can be eaten as a salad or as a salsa with corn chips.

 

Garlic Fries

 

Garlic Fries

 

8 Potatoes, scrubbed and sliced or pressed into fries

1/2-1 Tbs olive oil

10-12 Garlic cloves, minced

1/2 Tbs dried parsley

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

 

Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss to coat.  Place on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 30-45 minutes.

 

Notes:  We used our new fry press to cut these.  While we had the oven on today, we baked 12 potatoes for 20 minutes.  We are going to use the press to make fries out of these potatoes later this week.  I'm hoping this will decrease the baking time some.  I will update later.

Garlic

picture from www.teatreewonders.com

Garlic was my other weapon of choice to combat my sore throat.  I usually eat garlic in my meals every day, but today I upped my dose.  I minced 3 cloves of raw garlic and put it in 2 cups of warm vegetable broth.  And for supper I minced at least 6 cloves of raw garlic and sprinkled it on top of my chilli (which was on top of my potato).  I love, love, love garlic and, thankfully, so do my daughters and my husband, because I add it to almost everything!  After drinking my garlic vegetable broth, my sore throat was completely gone! 

Here are two websites that discuss the benefits of garlic:

http://www.miracleofgarlic.com/the-power-of-garlic/

http://www.garlichealthbenefits.com/

There are many other resources on the web regarding the benefits and uses garlic.

So add some raw garlic to your daily meals!  It not only adds flavor but has many health benefits as well.