Two of these presents were coffee makers. One is a little Keurig contraption, which I have dubbed R2-D2 and whom makes me delicious and fanciful drinks. The other is a Mr. Coffee, who shall forever be known as C-3PO. Threepio is programmable and makes me large quantities of coffee before I am even out of bed. They are delightful, and perfectly compliment each other in every way.
The third gadget, however, fills a serious deficit in my life as a kitchen user. His name is HK-47 and he is my food processor.
The boy and I were invited over to a friend's place last Friday for board games and whatnot, and I knew that it was the perfect excuse to play with the new toy. My ambitious goal for the future is to follow Sunday Dinners' example and make a fanciful hummus. However, I had time to either look up recipes and do my research, or go to the store and just buy things that looked good. I figure the latter works better when you have any idea what actually goes into something. So I made salsa instead!
Salsa con Carly:
Salsa con Carly:
1 large can whole, peeled tomatoes
2 cans original Rotel
1 can large ripe olives, drained
1 can black beans, drained
1 pepper (I used an Anaheim pepper, and made sure to take all of the seeds out.)
1/2 large sweet onion
3-5 cloves of garlic
a generous squeeze of lime juice
1 Tbsp salt
20 turns on a peppercorn grinder (or pepper to taste)
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ginger
Blend until awesome.
This recipe does make a huge batch, so it may work for you to dump half of the ingredients in a bowl and only have half in the food processor at a time. I had to go back and forth between two pitchers, but that's okay because HK-47 has three separate containers each with their own blades. He's awesome like that.
Be prepared for another recipe next week. You won't even need fancy tools for it!
Be prepared for another recipe next week. You won't even need fancy tools for it!
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