when you are living pay check to pay check or on daily tips it's hard to invest in your cupboards. if you can put away five dollars a month, you can build up your condiment repertoire and have a solid base to make wonderful dishes even when your cupboards are threadbare. in my opinion, it is the sauce or seasoning that makes a dish delicious. here's another 99 cent bin recipe for you: baba ghanoush in this recipe, you'll need condiments: olive oil tahini chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (feeling adventurous? make your own chipotle sauce) ingredients: one package of 99 cent eggplants three lemons three cloves of garlic sprigs of parsley, thyme, tarragon dash of spices: cumin, chili, salt, pepper baking the eggplant (aubergine): set your oven to 325 degrees halve the eggplants and place them in a roasting pan skin side down. coat each half with 1T of olive oil (eggplant is very absorbent) throw some garlic, thyme, cumin, chili and salt n pepper on top. bake with out cover until really mushy soft all the way through. (45 minutes?) let it cool. seriously! go do something for a bit. let it cool. then separate skin from flesh by scooping the innards into a bowl/ blender/food processor. making the baba: 1 clove of garlic, minced 1/3 cup of tahini 3T olive oil 1 (if you like hot, 2) chipotle peppers, minced 1 juice, squeezed lemon lemon zest chopped herbs add to eggplant (aubergine) mash together. if you have the fortune of owning a food processor, you won't need to prep- except for the zest, just throw in your ingredients; suit to taste and serve. BUT if you have a blender, finely chop and always blend with a ratio of liquid (to protect the blender's motor and blade). if you have NEITHER (when you mince your garlic crush it first with the back of your knife) a whisk is ideal, but forks and fingers work too! According to the NEA
99 cent bin stuffed peppers:
easily feeds two for less than $5.00 you'll need: one package of 99 cent bin peppers (bell, anaheim chile or pasilla) one package of 99 cent bin tomatoes (cherry, grape, pear or plum tomatoes are best) one clove of garlic one chunk of onion one 99 cent bin mango one stalk of celery one jalapeno a sprig of cilantro or parsley (or both) a dash of cumin and chili powder a little lime zest a baking pan with a little oil in it or you can create a tinfoil baking sheet- just make sure you make four corners to catch any juice during the baking process. preheat oven at 350 degrees pepper prep: cut off the tops of the peppers and take out the seeds stuffing: all the ingredients get mixed together in a bowl finely chop the onion, garlic, and herbs finely dice celery, jalapeno, mango (and if you are using a larger variety of tomato) quarter or halve tomatoes add your spices and zest and anything else you are inspired to add... baking: stuff the peppers and place them in your baking pan and put in the oven for about 30 minutes. if you like your veggies crispy- cook less, if you like your veggies a little more mushy with browned pepper skins- cook longer. |
Authorcorey tazmania |