Fresh guacamole with chips made from corn tortillas.

 

 

All you need is a handful of fresh cilantro,

 

 

some ripe avocados,

 

 

peeled

 

 

and mashed,

 

 

You need that cilantro chopped

 

 

and mixed into the mashed avocado.

 

 

If you’re a wimp and afraid of spending the whole afternoon crying just cut a few onion slices.

 

 

Mince them up and add to the avocado and cilantro.

 

 

Add lemon juice in the neighborhood of a 1/4 cup plus or minus.

 

 

season with salt and cumin to your liking.

 

 

Garnish with cherry tomatoes.

 

 

For the chips, cut 6” corn tortillas

 

 

into pieces.

 

 

heat some oil in a pan and fry them until lightly golden. I found I liked the strips better, they were easier to turn.

Oh, and don’t touch the hot spatula that was just in the hot oil! You can burn your finger that way. Just thought I’d mention that.

 

 

Serve warm, they’re very munchable.

 

Guacamole

Ingredients

a handful of cilantro chopped

2-3 ripe avocados

a few slices of red onion

lemon juice, salt, and cumin to taste

Cherry tomatoes for garnish

 

Peel and mash avocados. Add chopped cilantro, lemon juice, salt an cumin. Mix together and see if you like the taste. If not add more of something and taste again.

 

Tortilla chips

ingredients

6” corn tortillas

oil for frying

 

Cut tortillas in pieces. Heat oil until is just starts to have a tiny bit of smoke coming off the top. drop in tortilla pieces. stir to separate pieces. until starting to brown. Remove and drain on paper towels. Eat warm with fresh guacamole.

These 5 ingredient chips are tasty and munch-able!  Made with wonton wrappers.

 

These 4 ingredients

 

and wonton wrappers are all you need. Just cut the wonton wrappers into pieces.

 

In a small bowl add sesame oil,

 

soy sauce,

 

garlic powder and salt.

 

combine.

 

Brush on wonton wrapper pieces.

 

Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

 

I found that a lot of the seeds fell off later but I really liked the roasted sesame seeds so I put a lot on each batch anyway.

 

Bake for 5-6 minutes or so. Watch them, they can go from golden to burnt real fast. I wouldn’t know but I have a friend who burned a batch of her sesame chips one time.

 

Serve warm or cold.

 

Sesame chips

 

• 12 Wonton wrappers
• 1 Tb soy sauce
• 1 Tb sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 garlic powder

cut the wonton wrappers into pieces. In a small bowl add sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic powder and salt.

Brush mixture on wonton wrapper pieces. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake at 350 for 5-6 minutes or until lightly golden.

 

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Delicious sweet potato chips easy to make and even easier to eat. 

 

All you need are a few sweet potatoes 

 

Pealed

 

and sliced thinly.

 

Spread out on baking sheets and sprayed with olive oil. Tossed a little to get both sides.

 

Seasoned with salt and pepper if you like. I “liked” on my second batch.

 

Baked for 10 or 12 minutes until starting to brown on the bottom. Then turned over and bake another 10 minutes or until just starting to brown.

 

They’re perfect warm.

But not too bad cold either.

They travel well in ziploc bags too.

And because I’m always interested in how people use the light and arrange their shots, here’s the view from a few  steps back.

 

 

Sweet Potato Chips

• sweet potatoes sliced thinly
• olive oil spray
• salt and pepper to taste

 

spray both sides with olive oil.

Bake for 10 or 12 minutes until starting to brown on the bottom. Then turn over and bake another 10 minutes or until just starting to brown. Serve immediately.

 

Who would make their own corn chips? I know, I know, but sometimes when you buy them they’re made with genetically modified corn and genetically modified soy or canola oil.

Last week I made the mistake of thinking I could get on I-40 at 5pm, not the best idea.

Yes, that was me sitting in traffic eating that big bag of Fritos. There was nothing else to eat in the car and we were going nowhere for a long time. 

Uh-huh, I’m sure those Fritos were made with all that bad stuff

so to make myself feel better about the whole thing I made my own corn chips.

 

I don’t have side less baking sheets so I turn it upside down. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Never mind about cat skinning today though.

 

Oil it liberally

 

Dust with cornmeal and set aside.

 

Add flour, corn flour and cornmeal

 

A teaspoon of salt.

 

Baking powder

 

Add oil and water

 

and Worcestershire sauce and mix well.

 

 

make a well in the flour mixture

 

and pour it in.

Mix.

It’ll come together

 

then take it out and knead it on a lightly floured surface.

 

shape it into a ball

and pinch it in half.

 

Now we break the rules and use the bottom of the baking sheet.

 

Roll it out real thin.

 

Cut it into shapes with a pizza cutter or a sharp knife.

 

Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.

 

 

Cool on a wire rack.

 

serve with fresh salsa. That salsa was so good! I’ll tell ya about it soon.

 

Homemade Corn Chips

ingredients
•    Vegetable shortening
•    2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal

• 1/2cup organic yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 cup organic corn flour
• 2/3 cup organic all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup safflower oil or organic corn oil if you can find it
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

 
 
Optional Seasonings: Garlic salt , Onion salt , Seasoning salt
1.    Generously grease 2 large baking sheets  and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of cornmeal onto each pan,  set aside
2.    Combine the cornmeal, corn flour, flour, salt, baking powder and nonfat dry milk in a mixing bowl.
3.    In a  measuring cup, combine the water, oil and Worcestershire sauce, mixing well.
4.    Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour the liquid mixture into the well; stir mixture with a fork to mix well.
5.    Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until dough is smooth, about 1 minute.
6.    Divide the dough in half and place each dough half on the prepared cookie sheets.
7.    Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough directly onto the cookie sheets to spread very thinly, about 1/16-inch thickness.
8.    Sprinkle lightly with the desired seasonings and roll-over lightly with the rolling pin to press seasonings in.
9.    Using a pizza cutter (or very sharp knife), cut dough into squares, triangles or other desired shapes.
10.    Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Allow to cool completely on cookies sheets.