So Hott

Jalapeños and lavender. Oh baby, you so cray cray. Sometimes accidents happen and the results are beautiful.

Let me start from the beginning. I came across some promising jalapeños at the farm today, so I do what I always do when I have killer jalapeños.

I make hot sauce, duh. Fortunately, I also had a bit of cilantro in the fridge that was nearing the end.

Green on green action = brilliant.

Hott Sauce

Combine 3 large spicy jalapeños (de-seeded) with 1 clove of garlic and as much cilantro as you can handle. Add 1 Tbsp (maybe 1.5 Tbsp) of apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp sea salt, and a squeeze of lime if you're feeling extra verde. Blend until smooth. Store in the refrigerator.

So hott.

Ready for immersion.

Simultaneously I was making 3 other things, as I so often do, one of which was a veggie barley salad from my fav vegan cookbook.

Barley Corn Salad
(modifications below)

• 8 large brussel sprouts, steamed & quartered
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup pearl barley
• 1 cup corn
• 1/4 cup (or more) red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup green onion, diced
• 2 Tbsp flax oil or olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Italian parsley, minced*
• 1 1/2 tsp tarragon, fresh minced*
• Pinch cayenne pepper
• Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• Sea salt, to taste
• Black pepper, ground to taste

*left out

"Place water and barley in a medium pot and bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook until barley is tender and liquid is absorbed, approximately 45 minutes."

"Fluff grains with a fork, add to large mixing bowl with remaining ingredients and mix well."

Based on ingredients I already had, like some dang lavender sea salt, I made the following modifications.

• Replace plain Jane sea salt with a pink sea salt, lavender blend (you can do this, ask me how)
• Replace Italian parsely with lacinato kale
• Add 1/4 cup finely sliced carrot
• Add 1/4 - 1/3 freshly grated Parmesan
• Add 1-2 Tbsp jalapeño hot sauce (from above recipe)

lavender sea salt

jalapeño, lavender, barley ménage à trois

your body wants this

 Like I said, sometimes accidents happen and sometimes it's so dang beautiful. I must also admit, barley is one of my favorite grains, right up there with whole oat groats. I could go into more detail, but as I read out loud anything I try to write about barley, it sounds wildly inappropriate. Let that be your official barley advertisement.