Migas

Posted By Feliz on Aug 20, 2011

If I stumble across an article titled Cooking for Noobs: The Easiest Dinner You’ll Ever Cook during my daily research for this blog, I have to go there and read it. I didn’t realize it was Migas the author was talking about. What confused me was the fact that the author said dinner. I have two stepsons living in Texas, and that’s what they have for breakfast and so did I when I visted them. In any case, the recipe has made it onto my To Do list, as soon as I have tortillas, or even soft tortilla chips in the house.

Salsa Verde

Posted By Feliz on Jul 27, 2011

I got a small box containing about one pound of tomatillos from my CSA The Produce Box. Guess what, I’ve never seen tomatillos in my life before. I might have walked right past them at the produce stand without realizing what they were, nor did I really care. And if life hands you lemons, or tomatillos, you make salsa verde.

The tomatillos are green, about 1″ in diameter and have a husk. Removing the husk can get pretty sticky and I had to use a veggie brush to remove some of the sticky film.

I picked a large banana pepper for this recipe to keep it mild, and because I didn’t have any hot peppers. But that’s where you can add them. For the blending, you can use either a small food processor or like I did, a hand blender. I am using Cuisinart Smart Stick. The advantage of a hand blender is the fact that it is so much easier to clean them afterwards. Usually a rinse will do fine. However, you better make sure the pot or dish you are blending in has high walls and that you keep the blender upright. Otherwise, you have a lot of green flying through your kitchen and on your white t-shirt.