Tips, Tricks & Recipes

11oz. can chickpeas or 1 cup cooked chickpeas 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste) ¼ cup lemon juice 1 clove garlic ¼ cup oil Drain chickpeas. Place chickpeas, tahini and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Crush and peel garlic. Add to chick peas. Process until chickpeas are chopped. Gradually [...]

4 tomatoes 1 red onion ¼ teaspoon Mexican chili powder ¼ cup chopped fresh coriander or parsley 1 tablespoon lemon juice Salt Freshly ground black pepper Cut tomatoes in half and remove seeds. Use these in another dish. Cut flesh into small cubes, about ¼”. Peel and finely chop onion. Mix tomatoes, onion, chili powder, [...]

1 clove garlic 1 avocado 2 tablespoons lemon juice ¼ teaspoon Mexican chili powder Crush and peel garlic. Rub garlic around a small mixing bowl and your serving bowl. Cut avocado in half. Remove stone and scoop flesh into mixing bowl. Mix in lemon juice and chili powder. Serve in the garlic rubbed serving bowl. [...]

30oz. can black doris plums 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch 1 onion 1 clove garlic 1 tablespoon oil 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce ¼ cup ketchup ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon malt vinegar 1 teaspoon sugar Drain plums, reserving the liquid. Remove the stones from plums and roughly chop flesh. Combine cornstarch with a quarter cup [...]

1 small onion 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon sambal oelak (chili paste) ½ cup water ¼ cup smooth peanut butter 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice Peel and finely chop onion. Crush, peel and finely chop garlic. Melt butter in a saucepan and cook onion and garlic until onion becomes [...]

2 kg ripe tomatoes 2 tart cooking apples 3 onions ¼ cup brown sugar 1 or 2 tablespoons prepared chili (pre chopped and de seeded) 2 teaspoons dry mustard 1 cup wine vinegar ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Chop and core the tomatoes. Chop and core the apples. Peel and chop [...]