We had a good friend over for dinner last night and I panicked a little bit at first. What am I going to serve them????!!! But then I realized the kids would eat pasta with butter and parmesan and the adults would eat it with tomato sauce, too. I already had whole wheat in the fridge from the night before so I just needed to make some fresh for the guests and the kids. Plus, I rounded that out with a salad with champagne dressing. I added parmesan cheese to their plates and kept ours vegan. It was a good meal!!! (I felt comfortable serving this to my friend because we are really good friends and she doesn't care what I serve!)
For appetizers, I served cut up veggies with homemade healthy hummus. My guests loved it. I also made fresh salsa and served that with Baked Lay's tostitos. First I thought I would purchase the stuff, but it turns out I had all the ingredients already and it's easy to make those two things.
Healthy Home-made Hummus (from Engine 2 book):
1 can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 large garlic clove, chopped
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon tamari
Place all in blender and pulse until smooth. You might need to add a little more water (by the tablespoon) to make sure you achieve a smooth consistency. Serve with whole wheat pita or fresh veggies.
Home-made Salsa:
4 roma tomatoes
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 serrano or jalapeno pepper, seeded
1/4 of a small onion
10 cilanto sprigs
juice of two lemons
Place in food processor and pulse two or three times until it looks chunky. This is salsa fresca.
You can also first boil tomato, garlic, and pepper in 1/2 cup water. Then put in blender (not food processor) with every thing else and blend until smooth. This is regular salsa.
If you want divine salsa (as I call it): Add 1 avocado to either one, but use blender not food processor. Wow!
Serve with baked chips.
Enjoy!
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