Garlic & Cheese Quinoa Patties

Photo:  Poor Girl Eats Well

Garlic and Cheese Quinoa Patties at Poor Girl Eats Well (adapted from Heidi Swanson’s Baked Quinoa Patties on 101 Cookbooks) described these as a quick, inexpensive and healthy snack food that she is taking on a trip with her and want to try to see if my son will like as an after school snack.

For the recipe click Poor Girl Eats Well

Asian Slaw with Ginger-Peanut Dressing

Photo:  Once Upon A Chef
 
This Asian Slaw with Ginger Peanut Dressing recipe by Once Upon A Chef, which includes making the fresh dressing sound like it would be refreshing change from a regular salad, which is why I am putting it on my list.

The salad itself is made out of cabbage, carrots, edamame, scallions, peanuts, a red pepper and cilantro and the dressing out of honey, oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and peanut butter.

DRUNKEN SALSA WITH "HOUSEMADE" GARLIC BLACK PEPPER CHIPS

I have not used alcohol much in my cooking but this sounds like it would be interesting to try out some time.

The salsa is made from pasilla chiles, garlic, orange juice, dark beer and a tablespoon of tequilla. 











 The "homemade" chips are purchased tortilla chips coated with vegetable oil, garlic and fresh ground pepper.


This was spotted over at Food Buzz by Kitchen Confidence aka

Brandon Matzek that he adapted from the book "Fiesta at Rick's"
by Rick Bayless.


Photos:  Brandon Matzek

MAKING TACO SHELLS AND CUPS W/RECIPE OF SALSA & GUACAMOLE

http://rootsandwingsco.blogspot.com/2009/04/cinqo-de-mayo-dinner.html

The above site has how to make taco bowls. They use flour tortillas and trace the size they need and but the tortillas to fit. After cutting, they put them in a muffin tin for the smaller bowls or a bowl for the larger one. They then prehead the oven to 450 degrees and fill the bottom of the tortilla with dried beans to keep it from puffing up, then bake for 6 mins. Afterwards, they turn they empty out the beans and turn the bowles upside down on a baking sheet, then put a ball of aluminum foil underneath to keep their shape and put them back in oven for 3 mins.

Salsa recipe

• 1 Cup Fresh Diced up Tomatoes
• 1/4 C Onions
• 2 Teaspoons minced Fresh Cilantro
• 1 Large Garlic Clove, minced
• 2 tsp Lime Juice
• A dash of salt and pepper
• Small can of diced green peppers (optional)t

Guacamole:

• 1 Cup Salsa recipe
• 2 ripe Avocados

Mash avocados, add salsa, and stir. Make this very last minute to keep it from changing color.

Chips

Coat a sheet pan in vegetable oil and salt rub both sides of tortilla in the mixture. Cut the tortilla into quarters and lay on baking sheet and bake at 400 for 2 minutes. Then, turn them all over and bake for another minute.