Salsa Mark 2

So... I got a little experimental with my next batch of salsa.

In addition to the original ingredients, I have added:

About two tablespoons of red kidney beans (to counter the vinegariness)
2 tblspn of flax seed oil (to make it thicker/creamier)
2tsp of tomato paste

and the diced Jalapeno is replaced with one whole sliced Jalapeno, will from the jar.

It seems thicker, slightly paler and a little sweeter then before. I'll have to see how it goes with the Pork Carnitas.

Boxed Lunch

When I'm being particularly organised, I buy the foil boxes with lids and pack leftovers or extras into them for meals on the go. Most of these can be heated up in the microwave, or cooked from frozen in about an hour in the oven.

My latest version of this was an attempt at Mexi-Rice, using grated cauliflower as a rice substitute, topped with spiced mince, salsa and cheese. The cauli-rice was very wet however, leaving a large amount of liquid in the bottom of the box after cooking. I didn't bother pre-steaming it as I thought this would happen when it was reheated. I might give that a go next time, but to be frank, the excess moisture was not as annoying as pre-cooking would have been. I might also end up with cauli-mash instead of cauli-rice from overcooking.

Other combos are often just a shake of frozen veges with some protein and sauce. I'm trying to come up with more combo ideas as a way of easy pre-planning my meals.

Coffee Jelly.

I add a number of supplements to my coffee in the morning. It ends up like a health tonic. One of these is gelatine. I'm also working on pre-making batches of iced coffee to cope with the summer heat and to speed up my morning routine.

The result?  I had coffee jelly for breakfast this morning.

It was suprisingly tasty.

I've added some more water to see if I can revert it to a drink. I don't know why I didn't think this would happen.