My mom is taking over this post to give you three fantastic recipes. She did her own pictures and wrote the recipes! I think it’s pretty damn cool and if she keeps this up I might just give her her own blog, it will definitely be a lot more fun than this one! Her presentations are much better than mine and I can always count on a pretty flower to be included in the pictures. She cooks everything to taste so you won’t be seeing quantities. She taught me how to make food taste great and how now to get worked up over exact quantities for things…….if it tastes better the next time you make it then thank her! Good stuff. Ladies and Gentlemen………….IxaRiveraCooks:

Avocado Gazpacho

Equipment:

• Large mixing bowl or food processor

Ingredients:

• Two ripe avocadoes cut in squares
• 7 tomatoes on the fine cut is half
• 1 white onion cut into thin slices
• Half yellow pepper, sliced
• Half red pepper, sliced
• apple cider vinegar to taste
• olive oil
• lemon juice
• balsamic wine vinegar
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• fresh anise leaves
• fresh basil leaves, minced

Procedure:

1. Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, balsamic, and apple cider vinegar
2. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and make sure you add the basil leaves last

Enjoy,

Ixa

Hummus

Equipment:

• Food processor

Ingredients:

• 1 can of Goya chick peas
• olive oil
• two garlic cloves
• lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• cilantro
• yellow and red pepper

Procedure:

• Blend the chick peas with a small amount of olive oil until you get a paste.
• Slowly add the garlic, more olive oil, lemon juice, cilantro, yellow and red peppers, salt and pepper to taste.

Guacamole

Equipment:

• Food processor

Ingredients:

• 1 medium ripe avocado
• 1 clove of garlic
• cilantro
• salt and pepper to taste
• olive oil
• red and yellow peppers

Procedure:

1. Mix everything in the food processor and that’s it!

Flower from the Flamboyan tree.