Cooking with Heat!
Welcome back! Today Susan is going to share her recipes for the yummy dips she mentioned in her Super Bowl menu. These are the yummy dips she suggested: Hummus, Feta Dip, Guacamole/Salsa/Chips, Taco Dip
Hummus
This is a good low-fat hummus recipe I got from a Spa Cuisine cooking class I took years ago – makes a big batch!!!
Yield – 1 quart
4 cups garbonzo beans (chick peas) drained and rinsed
2T to 1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste)
1/3 cup warm water or vegetable stock
2 T extra virgin olive oil
Juice of 2 lemons
2 garlic cloves
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cumin seed
Pinch cayene
2 T fresh cilantro or 2 tsp dried cilantro
Combine chick-peas, tahini, warm water, olive oil and juice of 1 lemon in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process until smooth and creamy, pausing once or twice to scrape down sides of bowl with a spatula.
Add garlic, salt, cumin, cayenne and cilantro and process to blend. Scrape into a storage container, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Feta Dip
Mix together:
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. feta cheese
2/3 cup mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. dill weed
1/4 tsp. thyme
1 clove crushed garlic
Dip with carrots or any other vegetables.
Hot Taco Dip
This is great to bring to parties, but if you do, also bring the recipe – I always get asked for it!
8 oz sour cream
1 can Beanless Chili (or your favorite kind)
1 small can chopped green chilies or jalapenos, drained
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack Cheese (pepper jack works great if you like it hot!)
In a 9" microwavable pie plate, layer the ingredients in the following order (sour cream, then chili, then peppers, and top with cheese). Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips.
How about some more fun quotes using football lingo. Today's word is Score!
From Scoring (free read!):
"Fine," she said before she could think better of it. "One date and then you'll see I'm right. Touchdowns and tempos don't mix." But dear God, she sure as hell wished they did.
Tony smiled widely and for a moment she was struck by how amazingly handsome he was. He shrugged lightly as if unconcerned by her joke. "I may not know much about music, but sweetheart, I know all about scoring and I should warn you, I'm in this game to win."
From Everything Nice:
"Jesus, can you guys say 'double standard'? Have you both been choirboys your whole lives? Living chaste, pure lives and never touching women?"
Alex shrugged guiltily and Allie knew she'd scored a point.
Charlie continued to scowl. "I don't want to know about your past love affairs," he barked. "Makes me want to kill every man who's ever looked at you."
From Western Ties:
"You haven't scored yet, cowboy."
"No, but I'm about to."
