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Black eyed peas – 1 Can White Beans – 1 can Onion – 1/2 chopped Garlic – 1 clove Lemon 1/4 juiced Parsley top – 1 bunch finely chopped. (avoid using the stems). Sea Salt, black pepper and cayenne to taste Drain the peas, beans and add all ingredients.  Served chilled.  You can make the … More Bean Salad

4 cooked baked potatoes.  (I try and stay away from potatoes, but heck, they are so so good.  I usually will keep 6 or so cooked in the fridge for potato salad or good old fashioned America Fries or Hash Browns.  Normally, whenever I have the oven going for something, I will wrap a potato … More Potato Salad

Pasta noodles – there are hundreds to choose from.  Get the one that you like, and if available, use organic and non wheat. 1/4 box per person. The following ingredients are all optional, usually available in your kitchen and therefore, you can whip up a salad with virtually zero notice. Mayonnaise, whole egg 1/2 cup … More Cold Pasta Salad

ripe plantains – 4 (yellow with some black lines/spots, should be somewhat soft to the touch) Cilantro – 1/2 tsp chopped Chunky Peanut Butter – 4 tbsp white cheese (instead of peanut butter) – 1/2 pound grated. The plantains can either be fried or baked.  Either method will work.  If  the cooking method used is … More Bolon de Maduros (Ripe Plantains (maduros) with Peanut Butter or White cheese)

Plantains (Platano) – 2. Butter Sliced cheese – yellow or white. Asado means baked.  You simply take the yellow or ripe plantains, peel, and bake in a glass  casserole.  Bake on one side for 30 minutes at 375°, turn over and bake an additional 15 minutes.  Take out of the oven, cut length wise without … More Platano Maduro Asado

Plantains (Platano) – 2.  Maduro means ready or ripe.  They have a very pleasant sweetness in this stage.  If they have black on the skins, this won’t affect the taste.  You may find them in your grocery as plantains or as Indian Banana’s. Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Coconut oil. Peel Plantains, saving the peel … More Platano Maduro Fritos

Shrimp – 2 pounds cooked, peeled and deveined. Onion – 1 large – chopped. Bell pepper – 1.  Cored and deseed, chopped. Tomato – 1 large, diced. Fresh Key Lime juice – 4 (or 4 small lemons). Orange juice – 1 orange fresh squeezed. Cilantro – 2 tbsp, chopped.  (More is desirable, if you prefer) … More Ceviche de Camarones

Avocado – 1 large ripe.  Skin and cut into small bite size pieces.  Avoid smashing.  If the avocado is too ripe to properly cut, then mash into a chunky paste. Pico de Gallo – 1 batch from Pico recipe. Combine in a Mexican clay dish.  Serve over romaine lettuce, garnished with sprigs of cilantro and … More Guacamole de pico

Tomatoes – 3 fresh diced.  Roma’s are great for this, but whatever you have.  If you can acquire vine ripened, they are so much better in taste…. Onion – 1 chopped small Bell pepper – 1 large, cored, seeded and diced. Cilantro – 1 bunch, washed, stemmed and chopped. Fresh hot pepper – 1 jalapeño … More Pico de Gallo

From my niece, Laura, who supplied the recipe posted earlier. “Thanks, uncle! Just so you know, hem seeds will not yield a dirty urine sample.  Here is some information on the topic:  http://nutiva.com/faq/hemp-faq/ Also, a change on the measurements.  For the tahini dressing, all ingredients except the Baggs should be 1/3 cup instead of 1/4.” … More Hemp seed and Tahini dressing correction