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 |
Authorcorey tazmania |