Easy Addictive Salsa

• 1- 14 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 1- 10 oz can Rotel
• 1/2 small onion (I prefer red for this)
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and smashed
• 1/2-1 jalapeno, seeded or not (depends on how spicy you like it)
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• small to medium size handful of cilantro, washed
• juice of 1 lime

Chop the onion and jalapeno, smash the garlic.  Throw everything in your food processor and pulse for 20 seconds.  Try not the eat the whole bag of chips.  This is a good basic recipe you could dress up with roasted peppers, or corn and black beans. You could get crazy with strawberries or watermelon.  To make my favorite dip throw a package of cream cheese in when you are pulsing...addictive. BTW, the best chips I can find are called Xochitl Totopos.

Coconut Whipped Cream

The cheap, somewhat healthier, easy way to make dairy free whipped cream.  Put a can of full fat coconut milk in the fridge overnight.  The water will have settled in the bottom, the cream on top.  Scoop the cream out and whisk with 1T of vanilla sugar.  Serve with strawberries.  You can save the water for a smoothie or use it to add flavor to your rice dishes. A note of warning, you have to buy the nicer Asian brands of coconut milk. Iv'e tried others and they are a strange grey color, also a bit grainy. Ick.

Cinnamon Roll Waffles

Amazingly delicious and easy.  Don't forget the nonstick spray.  My favorite brand is Immaculate Baking Company.  You can also use your waffle iron to make paninis; I know it blew my mind too.
Update: Iv'e been making hashbrowns with my waffler, definitely the superior method.

Breakfast of Champions

I have been meaning to post this for a while, but I hesitated because it doesn't photograph well.  I tend to only try recipes that look amazing.  This does not, but if you want a healthy and yummy go-to breakfast you will love me for this.
1/3c raw oats
1/3c yogurt (plain, vanilla, soy, or greek)
1/3c milk (almond, soy, coconut, or plain)
1/2 banana
1t chia seeds
Honey, cinnamon, almonds, coconut, berries, nutella, PB2, maple syrup....

I use freezer canning jars for convenience, but any pint bowl with a lid will do.  Since you only need half of a banana make two at a time.  The combination of flavor choices is endless, but I am stuck on cinnamon toast.
Measure into each jar oats, yogurt, milk, banana, and chia seeds.  This is the base for every combo.  I then add a good shake of cinnamon and a squeeze of local honey.  Stir or shake it up and put it in the fridge overnight, it will stay good for two to three days.  The oats are fiber, yogurt and milk protein, the cinnamon is good for metabolism and inflammation, local honey suppresses allergies, the chia seeds are full of omegas, fiber, and protein.  Chia seeds soften in the liquid, soak it all up, are flavorless, and keep me full until far past noon.  The texture of the oats is similar to granola only without all the fat.  PB2 is powdered peanut butter, low in fat and extra nutty it is really good with bananas.  This is perfect for summer as it is cold, and easy to grab and go. I would love to hear all of the flavor combinations everyone creates.

Corn on the Cobb

I've been doing it wrong all these years.  Spring means fresh cheap corn on the cobb, one of my all time favories.  Any food meant to be dipped in butter and sprinkled with salt goes to the top of my list.  Get out the pan, boil the water, husk the corn, strip away all of those silks, clean up the mess hopefully before your corn isn't overcooked... Never again!  Microwave it.  Two ears of corn, husks silks and all, pop it in the microwave for three minutes.  Don your oven mitts and chop off the stalk end. A perfectly steamed ear of corn will slide out of the husk all silks detached.  Don't forget the butter.  You're welcome.