Monday, July 9, 2012
Refreshing Recipes for Hot, Hot Days
Beating
the summer heat means not cooking over a hot stove. People usually prefer to
eat simple,
light, refreshing foods to compensate for the hot weather. Here are a couple ideas we thought you might
enjoy.
Have you tried quinoa (pronounces keen wa)?
It’s a powerhouse of protein. If it’s not pre-washed, rinse it thoroughly 3 or
4 times. Otherwise, it can be bitter. Since there’s no mayonnaise in this
recipe it can be the perfect salad to take
on a picnic. The inspiration for this recipe came from the cookbook, Quinoa
365: The Everyday Superfood, by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming.
Quinoa Salad
Cook 1-cup quinoa in 2 cups boiling water. It takes about10 minutes until it’s translucent and plump.
Whisk together the salad dressing:
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup fresh lime juice (about 3 limes)
4 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
2 ½ teaspoons of ground cumin
1 teaspoon minced fresh jalapeno (you can
substitute canned mild green chilies)
Dash of salt and pepper
After fluffing the cooked, and slightly
cooled, quinoa, stir in the dressing.
Toss with:
1¼ cups thawed kernel corn
1 cup diced red bell pepper
1 – 14 oz. Can of black beans, rinsed
1/3 cup freshly chopped cilantro
This can be refrigerated up to 3 days. And
you can creatively add other ingredients like jicama, water chestnuts and black
olives.
Lemonade Slushy
Wash lemons with vegetable soap, dry, roll
back and forth on the counter under your palm four complete times. Lay wax paper
on the counter. Peel the zest – just yellow rind, not the white pith – from all
the lemons. Reserve ½ teaspoon for this recipe. (The excess lemon zest can be
frozen for future recipes. Form 1-teaspoon mounds on a baking sheet to freeze
individual portions so you’re not dealing with a huge lemon zest cube. When
frozen, transfer to a freezer container or bag.)
Put these ingredients in a blender:
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup lemon juice from 3 or 4 lemons
½
teaspoon fresh lemon zest
Enough ice to fill a blender
Blend on high until consistency of a slushy.
Enjoy!
We,
at Simplify
Home Solutions, hope you’re enjoying our summer cooking ideas. And if
you’re longing for someone to prepare a simple meal for you, give us a
call and we’ll discuss the menu.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment