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Piquant Pea Dip

This pea dip needs a snazzier name. Suggestions?
The recipe for the dip is
2 cups of frozen peas thawed
1/4 onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 squares of cilantro (frozen Toppits)
1/4 of a 250g box of Velveeta
1/4 cup Hellman’s mayonnaise
2 roasted red peppers
8-10 dashes of Tabasco sauce
1/4 cup of Gloria vegetable spread*
1 tbs lemon juice
Gloria vegetable spread may […]

Black Bean Sauce

I don’t mean black bean sauce as in the salty fermented concoction but something between a stew and a sauce.
The beans were a mix of
1/2 an onion (this one was pretty weak in taste, a 1/4 onion if piquant would be the equivalent)
1 can of black beans
1/2 can of sloppy joe pre-spiced tomato sauce
1 grated […]

Cucumber Sandwiches

John was craving delicate cucumber sandwiches. The freshness of fresh bread, soft butter and English cucumbers got to me. I made some with some white flour tortillas. Quite addictive little things.
btw Delicious:Days gives a how-to for food blogging, very comprehensive and useful. There’s even Food carnival blogging events. Who knew? (I mean, besides the participants […]

Black Bean Variation on Bruschetta

Rye bread topped with black beans flattened into cumin, salsa and a mix of allegra cheese and parmesan broiled. Fast and flavorful.

Orange Theme

Mac and cheese, coins of carrots and cous cous topped with mint.

Quinoa Keener

1/2 cup quinoa
2 Tbs slivered almonds
smudge curry
100 g white mushrooms
1 Tbs butter
Beside that organic broccoli and organic cauliflower (so pesticides are only incidental, blow in from surrounding farms?) with a cheese sauce with savory, virgin olive oil and Belgian bread.

Taco Taco, Take Two

Tacos made with So Soya, sloppy joe tomato mix and cumin, as well as the usual suspects of red onion, red tomato, romaine lettuce and some 6% cheese.