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.
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| 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.
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| So hott. |
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| 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)
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| lavender sea salt |
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| jalapeño, lavender, barley ménage à trois |
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| 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.
