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Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Smokey Watermelon Gazpacho

Smokey Watermelon Gazpacho
Serves 4
Ingredients:
6 cups watermelon, black seeds removed
5 big tomatoes, quartered
1 heaping tablespoon smoked paprika
1 clove garlic, peeled
1/2 cup whole almonds, toasted
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon minced chipotle in adobo sauce
Kosher salt to taste
Garnish:
1/4 sweet onion or red onion, finely diced
1 small cucumber, finely diced
Stuff your blender with ingredients up to about 2/3 full and blend until fairly smooth. Do this again with the rest of the ingredients. Taste and adjust. Garnish each bowl of gazpacho with some onion and cucumber.

Cold Summer Quinoa/Couscous Salad

Cook Quinoa or couscous. Let cool. (can put in the refridgerator for a while, or just use yesterday's.)
Thinly slice or dice cucumber.
Cut some avocado.
Grill some salmon-- better if it's shredded (haven't tried frying shredded salmon yet-- will let you know how that goes)

Dressing: light mayo, lemon, vinegar dressing