Thursday, May 8, 2008

BLACK BEAN & CORN SALSA

Ingredients:
1 can yellow and white corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can diced tomatoes, drained (or can of Rotel)
Red onion, chopped (amount to taste)
Cilantro, chopped (amount to taste)
JalapeƱo Peppers, chopped (amount to taste; can omit if using Rotel)
Salt & Pepper (amount to taste)
1 tsp. Cumin
2 T lime juice

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients. Serve with Tortilla Scoops or Frito Scoops.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

FRUIT ICED TEA

In saucepan, boil 6 cups of water with 6 tea bags (I used 4 Lipton tea bags and 2 Bigelow Orange Spice tea bags). Bring to a boil, remove from heat and let cool.

At the same time in another saucepan, boil together 6 cups of water, 2 cups sugar (may want to use less sugar if using combo juice mentioned below), 1 cinnamon stick and 1 teaspoon whole cloves. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and let cool.

While the two mixtures above are cooling, mix together 18 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice (I used sweetened, couldn't find unsweet), 1 large can frozen orange juice (I used orange/pineapple/apple juice), and 3 OJ cans of water.

Combine all three mixtures together. Serve over ice. Makes slightly more than one gallon.

The original recipe came from my mother-in-law and I tweaked it to make it my own. So yummy!