Black-Eyed Pea Dip

I’d love to call this hummus but really it's not. Whatever it is, it is truly very yummy and not so bad for you either. It would be great on a sandwich too.

Ingredients:

• Fresh Black-eyed Peas
• Garlic
• Green Onion
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper
• Dash of Cumin
• Sprinkle of Paprika
• 1 tsp Red Pepper flakes
• 6 ozs of plain homemade Yogurt (can substitute with store bought if you must)

Directions:

• Boil Peas until they are tender.
• Combine all ingredients, except the yogurt, in a food process and blend until creamy.
• Add more oil if you think it is still too thick.
• When it's the consistency you like, add the yogurt and blend until fully combined.

Chimichurri Salsa and Witches Kiss

Happy October!

This month I’m going to follow each of my regular posts with a Halloween treat. They are all very easy and fun to share. Please take a minute and tell me if you would like me to continue sharing our holiday treats as we head into November and December.

Chimichurri Salsa

I use this salsa on everything! It’s great on pizza, sandwiches, pasta, rice, chicken, steak, in meatballs, stuffed shells, chips or even right off the spoon. I’ve taken to making it weekly and if you can’t guess, I love it! It only takes about 5 minutes to make.

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of parsley, stems and all
• White Wine Vinegar
• Garlic, about 5 or 6 cloves per parsley bunch
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper

Directions:

• Wash parsley and drop into the food processor.
• Peel the garlic and drop into with the parsley. The garlic peeling is the hardest part of this process.
• Add vinegar oil salt and pepper and process until the parsley is fully chopped.
• I’ve tried to measure the oil and vinegar but it’s one of those taste and add kind of recipes. If I’m not wowed I add more vinegar salt and pepper and try again until I get it where I like it.

Witches Kiss

This is a recipe that was left for me by the witch. She left it on really fun crumpled up paper that was burned on the edges. She asked that I keep her recipe a secret BUT I don’t think you’ll tell her I shared it with you.

Ingredients:

• Coke
• Heavy Whipping Cream

Direction:

• Pour the coke into a glass and top with the heavy cream.
• Don’t stir!
• Allow it to sit a few minutes and the cream with separate from the soda creating a spooky effect.

Eggplant Dip

Here is a recipe for a fast, easy and basically healthy dip. Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I love to have this dip on my sandwiches, pizza, veggies and of course with chips.

Ingredients:

Eggplant

Onion

Garlic

Olive Oil

Paprika

Salt

Pepper

Directions:

Slice eggplant into rounds salt one side and let it rest for 10 minute.

Flip the rounds onto a paper towel and repeat the salting process on this side.

Flip and pat the eggplant dry.

Sauté the eggplant until just barely tender.

Sauté the onion until caramelized.

Add the garlic and cook it with the onion for the last few minutes.

Put everything into your food processor and pulse until it reaches a smooth, even, almost creamy consistency.

Add salt pepper and paprika to taste and pulse to combine.