This Food Is Good!

It looks basic, and it is, but the flavor is very satisfying. First though, I have to give credit to my friend Melvin, who told me how he makes his salsa... and I based my recipe on his. Having said that... it's cheap, easy and healthy. You can prepare it in just a few minutes, and it's easy to make it in large quantities.

SALSA

3-4 Tomatoes
1/2 c. Red Onion
1/2 c. Sweet Corn
1/4 c. Cilantro
2 T. Lime Juice
Adobo Seasoning with Pepper

Dice the tomatoes and onion and toss them in a bowl. Add corn. Chop up the cilantro and add it. Add the lime juice and then shake on the Adobo to taste. Mix it all up and you are done. If you would like, you can mince a clove or two of garlic and add that.

TIP: I use about 1/2 of a can of sweet corn to make this. Take the rest of the corn from the can, put it in a small freezer bag, and freeze it until the next time you are making salsa, soup or a stew. Don't fall into the habit of throwing out extra food that can just as easily be frozen and used in the future.

This is my favorite hummus recipe. If you have the time, you can soak dried chickpeas for it, but I like to use a can of ready-to-go ones. They're $1.59, which I am okay with.

2 c. Chickpeas (drain them first)
1/4 c. Tahini
1/4 c. Lemon Juice
3 cloves of garlic
1 T. Oil (I use vegetable oil)
Small can of Chipotle Peppers
A quick dash of salt

Throw everything but the peppers in a blender and tap the pulse button until it is a consistent blend. In between pulses, add another pepper or two and keep tasting until it's as hot as you want it. Don't over-blend it though, it should be slightly chunky but still not creamy.

You can substitute the chipotle peppers with roasted red peppers, or skip the peppers all together and add in a few extra garlic cloves. I've made this recipe many different ways and it is very adaptable to different flavors.

This usually costs around $2.50 to make, assuming I don't use dried chickpeas which would make it even cheaper! Considering it makes three times the amount of something twice as expensive at the grocery, this is not a bad deal.