Thursday, June 24, 2010

Chips and Dips

Summer is my favorite time for home-made Mexican comfort foods... And it doesn't hurt that my mom, it turns out, is apparently an avid collector of small earthenware pots.  



The salsa is pretty standard: roughly chopped tomato and onion mixed with minced jalapeno and fresh cilantro, tossed with the juice of one lime, a dash of olive oil, and plenty of salt and pepper to taste.


The bean dip is incredibly simple and flavorful: throw a can of black beans into the mixer with one garlic clove, the juice of the other lime, and a couple teaspoons each of cumin, chili powder, and cayenne.  Salt and pepper until it zings on your tongue.

2 comments:

  1. I'm coming to live with you and your awesome mom. Seriously this food looks to amazing not to move in and help you eat it.

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  2. OMG I hope you're not joking. If at any point this summer Gwen tells you she'd like to see the Great Plains, please head this way. We'd LOOOVE to have you!!!

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