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June 10, 2014

Tomatillo Salsa

Filed under: Salsa — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Tomatillo Salsa

Florence
Course Salsa
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 18 tomatillos - husked and chopped
  • 1 small sweet onion - diced
  • 1/2 cup cilantro leaves - minced
  • 2 Tablespoons
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • pinch sugar
  • 2 jalapeno peppers - cleaned out seeds and minced

Instructions
 

  • Mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir well.
  • Cover and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Store in covered container for a few days in refrigerator.

 

June 9, 2014

Pineapple Jicama Slushie

Filed under: Non-Alcoholic Drinks — Tags: , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Pineapple Jicama Slushie

Florence
Course Drinks
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 1 can pineapple chunks in natural juices - undrained
  • 1/2 cup jicama peeled and diced
  • 2 cups fresh orange juice
  • 4 ice cubes

Instructions
 

  • Put pineapple with juice, jicama, orange juice, and ice in a food processor and puree until smooth.
  • Pour into glasses and serve.

 

Skillet Cilantro Shrimp Verde

Filed under: Seafood — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Skillet Cilantro Shrimp Verde

Florence
Course Main
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 to 2 lbs fresh cleaned shrimp
  • 2 cups salsa verde
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped fine
  • fresh lemon juice
  • brown rice optional

Instructions
 

  • In large skillet over medium heat, add butter and olive oil - when hot, add the shrimp.
  • Cook just 1 minute, stirring.
  • Add the salsa verde and stir to combine.
  • Reduce heat to low and cook until shrimp is firm and turns pink.
  • Remove from heat. Add cilantro.
  • Server over brown rice.

 

June 8, 2014

Taco Seasoning

Taco Seasoning Photo

Taco Seasoning

Florence
Course Spices
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes or 1/8 cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients.
  • Store in airtight container.

 

Fish And Cole Slaw Tacos

Filed under: Seafood — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Fish And Cole Slaw Tacos

Florence
Course Main
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs fresh firm white fish tilapia, cod, haddock, etc
  • 2 Tbsp lite soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup good olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp real orange juice
  • 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 bag 14 oz cole slaw mix
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 8 whole wheat sun-dried tomato, spinach, or corn tortillas (warmed or fried if you like)

Instructions
 

  • Cut the fish up into 8 equal pieces and put in a large glass bowl.
  • Toss fish with soy sauce to coat well.
  • Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigeratorate for 1 hour.
  • Prepare cole slaw for taco topping: put olive oil, lime juice, orange juice, and rice wine vinegar in a large bowl and whisk until frothy.
  • Add the cole slaw mix to the bowl and stir to coat the cabbage well with the dressing.
  • Taste and add salt and black pepper as needed. Set aside.
  • **FISH**
  • Remove the fish from the refrigerator and take out of bowl, allowing any excess moisture to drip off.
  • Drizzle cooking oil into a large skillet over medium-high heat. When skillet is hot, add the fish, browning on one side before flipping and browning on the other side. Make sure the fish is cooked all the way through before removing from the skillet.
  • Lay the tortillas out on a work surface and set a piece of fish on each tortilla, then spoon some of the cole slaw mixture over the top.
  • Add your favorite taco toppings.
  • Serve.

 

June 7, 2014

Black Bean And Corn Quinoa Toss

Filed under: Salad,Vegetarian — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Black Bean And Corn Quinoa Toss

Florence
Course Salad
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 2 -15 oz cans black beans rinsed and drained well
  • 4 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels
  • 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 2 cups cooked quinoa
  • 1 small red onion finely diced
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 ripe avocado pitted, peeled, and diced
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 lemons juiced
  • sea salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • In glass bowl mix together black beans, corn, tomatoes, quinoa, onion cilantro and avocado.
  • Whisk together olive oil and lemon juice.
  • Add to the salad bowl and toss to coat well.
  • Sprinkle with salt.

 

Cinnamon Churros

Filed under: Desserts — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Cinnamon Churros

Florence
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 large fresh eggs
  • 1 tsp real vanilla extract
  • sugar mixed with cinnamon for sprinkling

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F
  • In sauce pan combine butter, salt, water and bring to boil.
  • Remove from heat and add flour and stir until mixture thickens an is dough like.
  • With an electric hand-mixer on low beat dough and add eggs 1 at a time mixing completely,
  • Add the vanilla and mix well in to dough.
  • Dough should look like mashed potatoes but feed sticky.
  • Put dough into pastry bag or plastic bag with corner cut off.
  • Squeeze slender lines of dough into rows leaving at least an inch in between each row. Each line of dough should be about 4 inches long.
  • Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until they are deep golden brown.
  • Remove the cookie sheet and sprinkle cinnamon-sugar over the warm churros.

 

June 6, 2014

Bacon, Egg, And Cheese Bagel

Filed under: Breakfast,Sandwiches,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Bacon, Egg, And Cheese Bagel

Florence
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Amerian
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bagel
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 slices of bacon
  • 2 slices of cheese

Instructions
 

  • Cook bacon until crisp.
  • Toast bagel.
  • Fry eggs in bacon grease. When 1/2 way cooked pop yolk and turn over.
  • When is eggs are almost cooked place a piece of cheese on each egg to melt.
  • Take toasted bagel and add 1 egg/cheese on bottom.
  • Place 4 slices of bacon in the middle (2 slices of bacon in 1/2).
  • Then add other egg on the top.
  • Enjoy !

 

Traditional Table-Side Guacamole

Filed under: Salsa — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Traditional Table-Side Guacamole

Florence
Course Dip
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ripe avocados pit and peel removed, then diced
  • 1 small sweet onion minced
  • 1 garlic clove grated
  • 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers seeded and grated or finely chopped
  • 1 lime juiced
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • In bowl smash avocado with fork
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir well.

 

June 5, 2014

Corn Jicama Relish

Filed under: Relish — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Corn Jicama Relish

Florence
Course Relish
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup corn kernels frozen kind, thawed and drained
  • 1 cup finely diced jicama
  • 1 cup finely diced Roma tomato
  • 1/4 cup finely diced sweet bell pepper
  • 2 Tbsp chopped ripe olives
  • 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp picante salsa roja, or salsa verde
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • In a glass bowl, mix all the ingredients together.
  • Cover bowl and let sit on kitchen counter for 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

 

Chunky Chimichurri

Filed under: Spices — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:00 am

Chunky Chimichurri

Florence
Course Sauce
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 4 garlic cloves grated
  • 1/2 tsp kosher or sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 Tbsp dried oregano flakes
  • 2 green onions chopped
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 3/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Place all ingredients in processor and pulse until chunky, not pureed.
  • Storage in glass container in refrigerate, covered.
  • Serve as a sauce on grilled meats, poultry, fish and veggies.

 

June 4, 2014

Strawberry Shortcake

Filed under: Desserts,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm
Strawberry Shortcake Photo

Strawberry Shortcake

Florence
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pint Strawberries
  • 1 package dessert cups
  • 1 can Reddiwip Whipped Cream

Instructions
 

  • Clean and cut up strawberries in to bowl.
  • Sprinkle strawberries with sugar and refrigerate for about an hour.
  • Cover each dessert cup with strawberries.
  • Top with Reddiwip Whipped Cream.

 

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