Guacamole

Ingredients

½ small onion, very finely chopped

1 fresh chile, stemmed, seeded and very finely chopped

1 ripe tomato, cored and finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

fresh coriander chopped

3 ripe avocados

½ teaspoon salt

½ lime juiced

1)   put chopped onion, garlic and lime juice in a bowl or mortar if you have one and leave for a minimum of 15 minutes – this makes the onions less aggressive

2)   Add everything else to the bowl and mash with a fork

3)   If you are not ready to eat immediately, add the pits from the avocado to the bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

Zucchini, Pine Nut and Raisin Salad

This is a wonderful zucchini dish that can be served hot, warm or cold. It is super easy to make, inexpensive and healthy but it tastes indulgent.  Jeff loves it.

Ingredients

3 zucchini

olive oil

large handful of raisins

large handful of pine nuts

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped

lemon juice

pepper

1) Slice the zucchini into pieces that look like silver dollars and throw them into a skillet with pre-heated olive oil.

2) Cook for about 7 minutes, stirring frequently.

3) Add the raisins, pine nuts, garlic and pepper.

4) Let the pine nuts brown slightly, then add the lemon juice to taste – at least one whole lemon

5) Cook everything together briefly to mix the flavors

6) You’re done