Living Rawesome

Day #164 Filling for Empanada and Tomato Relish pg. 178 entertaining in the raw

January 5, 2010

My boys are getting ready to go back to school tomorrow. I can’t believe the vacation is over. We will be waking very early and I am sure they will want to stay in bed because it will be freezing. They are used to staying up late and waking up around 9am. So they are going to be in for a big surprise tomorrow morning and so am I. Jason also starts school early in the morning. So I will be on my own tomorrow working on projects that I wanted to finish before I head back to school. Only one day.

Tonight I made tomato relish and the filling for empanadas. I didn’t have corn so I couldn’t make this part of the recipe, but I will try to do that tomorrow. The relish has an italian flair with parsley and oregano in it. I think I will eat some with zucchini spaghetti. I love fresh sauce.

Filling Ingredients
pine nuts, soaked
lemon juice
salt
nutritional yeast
scallions

All made in the Vita-mix.

Relish Ingredients
diced tomatoes
onions
olive oil
parsley
oregano
lime juice
lime zest

I used the food processor to save on time and I think it came out beautiful! I love the flavor, it is very fresh and the lime is nice with the parsley and oregano. I always feel like lime should be used with cilantro and cayenne, so this was a change from the norm.

Dinner will be served tomorrow! I need to pick up corn, cilantro and mint. I tried to purchase mint the other day and all stores were sold out. I did see a plant the other day, but the aroma didn’t smell like spearmint. I have had mint before and it died. I need to take some gardening classes. I look at my dead lavender and I feel so sad. I loved that plant. If I would ever try to live off the grid I would really need to learn how to grow the plants or else I would really be in trouble. I am putting it out there into the Universe…I want to be a better gardener!

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– Liz Smith