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Quick Spanish Rice
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin seeds
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/3 cup tomato sauce
- 1 medium red pepper, chopped
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- Salt
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ cup cilantro, chopped
- Juice of half a lime
Add the olive oil and cumin seeds into a medium saucepan. Add the green onions and garlic. Saute for a minute and add the tomato sauce and red peppers. Saute on medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the jasmine rice and sauté for a minute and add the broth, salt and chili powder. Bring to a boil and simmer till rice is done. Fluff with fork and add cilantro and lime juice.
Zucchini and Squash Saute
This is a great summer side dish. Perfect with the burgers or any other grilled protein. I come up with these concoctions after I have gone crazy at the farmers market.
In this case, I purchased a lot of gorgeous looking zucchini and yellow squash. After thinking about it for a while, I came up with this quick and delicious dish.
I wanted to use very few ingredients and not lose the fresh squash taste. I sliced an onion and grated some ginger- somehow I wasn’t in the mood for garlic. I wanted the taste to be clean and simple and so that is all I did. I sauteed everything lightly and finished the dish off with some lemon juice- it tends to wake up all the flavors in a dish.
This concoction will be perfect with pasta as well. Add some al dente penne and you have a complete meal. You could add some fresh herbs to make it even yummier- either way, you can’t go wrong with this simple dish…
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