Thanks, Roses!
That cake was so pretty, Marie! I think we were all afraid to "ruin" it by helping ourselves... but it sure was tasty. :-)
Food thread for the RU at Jan23's on May 18
This is the recipe for the Cucumber Salsa:
Crisp Cucumber Salsa:
Note: 1/4 cup is only 16 calories!
2 cups finely chopped seeded peeled cucumber
1/2 cup finely chopped seeded tomato
... 1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
1 jalepeno pepper, seeded and chopped
4-1/2 tsp minced fresh cilantro
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
1/4 c reduced-fat sour cream
1-1/2 tsp lemon juice
1-1/2 tsp lime juice
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp seasoned salt
Tortilla chips
In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine the sour cream, lemon juice, lime juice, cumin and seasoned salt. Pour over cucumber mixture and toss gently to coat. Serve immediately.
Thanks!!! It was sooo good, I'll definitely be making that again
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Q U I N O A
hi, you don't really need to follow a "recipe" for Quinoa. We usually always make it with curry because we love that spice; you can use whatever you and your family prefers. Quinoa makes a great dish because you can enjoy it hot or cold and pretty much add whatever you want to it. We make it at least once a week as a side at dinner with just the first 6 ingredients listed below, with at least one kind of dried fruit and sometimes some sliced toasted almonds stirred in at the end. We don't add vinaigrette when we're making quinoa as a dinner side. For a lunch side, I just added more fruit to it with a little vinaigrette. I didn't put in any nuts because some people are allergic to nuts. We almost brought a 4# bag of quinoa for the gift table, but decided on hosta June instead lol
Glad so many enjoyed this wholegrain side! here are the basic ingredients I used:
Quinoa
sauteed onion
minced dried hot pepper
sweet curry powder
ginger
thyme
Craisins
dried cherries
sliced grapes
chopped pineapple
w/ a light dressing of raspberry vinaigrette
Thanks for all those recipes! YUM!
I'll finally be using my Quinoa, Wind. Didn't know it could be so delicious.
Teri my co-worker eats it like oatmeal or grits .. puts fruit in it.. lots of different ways to eat it
Sound good and very versatile.
it is.. it will take on any flavor you cook it in
I guess I can use the same ingredients that I would use in rice or a pilaf.
Thank you!
I got my front yard Island expanded today and all the sun loving plants in. But I tell you, I learned a lesson today. That is that soysa grass does not till up well. It is very tuff. Next time it is a shovel and shake off the dirt, like I did before.
marie---
The problem with zoysa grass is that you can never find where the root and stem is....
So--how could you even dig it up?
G.
Can you put newspaper and mulch on top of it and let it die naturally?
I have it too, and it is pretty tough stuff! You pratically have to pull it out by hand and the roots go deep!
Probably black plastic sheets or bags would do the trick. The black plastic (with mulch on top) works for me weeded pathways. I don't know about that grass, though.
Zoyzsia has runners like mad. I would not attempt tp block them with paper or even ordinary plastic. Thing i hate about any weedblcok situation is when runners get through or come in from the edge both likely with zoysia.
The zoysia runners are weaker when they are covered with inches and inches of mulch and "fairly" easy to pull out. But I have to do it by hand.