RecipeS

GUACAMOLE

This popular Mexican specialty is delicious with chips and vegetable crudités, or as a topping for grilled chicken or fish.

Makes about 2 cups

2garlic cloves, peeled

3green onions, trimmed and cut into 12 millimetre pieces

1½ jalapeño peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 12 millimetre pieces

3ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced

3tablespoons fresh lime juice (juice of 1½ medium limes)

¾teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground coriander

¾teaspoon kosher salt

¾cup finely chopped tomatoes

Place the garlic, green onions and jalapeño peppers in the work bowl. Pulse on Chop 10 times; scrape the bottomandsidesoftheworkbowl.Addtheavocados, lime juice, cumin, coriander and salt. Pulse on Chop 10 times, then process on Chop continuously for 15 seconds; scrape the work bowl. Process on Chop for another 15 to 20 seconds until smooth and creamy.

Transfer to a serving bowl. Stir in chopped tomatoes before serving.

Nutritional information per serving (3 tablespoons): Calories 90 (71% from fat) • carb. 6g • pro. 1g • fat 8g

•sat. fat 1g • chol. 0mg • sod. 180mg

•calc. 14mg • fibre 4g

Tapenade

A favourite from the Provençal region of France.

Makes about 1½ cups

2garlic cloves, peeled 1½ anchovy fillets

1½ cupspittedniçoiseorotherimportedblack olives

¼ cup drained and rinsed capers

2tablespoons Dijon mustard 1½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice

(from ½ medium lemon)

1tablespoon herbes de Provence or thyme ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons extra virgin

olive oil

Chop the garlic for 5 seconds; scrape the work bowl. Add the anchovies, olives and capers; pulse 10 times on Chop. Scrape the work bowl. Add the mustard, lemon juice, herbes and pepper. Process for 15 sec- onds on Chop; scrape the work bowl. Process for an additional 15 seconds; scrape the work bowl again then add the olive oil. Process until a thick paste forms, about 20 to 30 seconds.

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Nutritional information per serving (2 tablespoons): Calories 80 (88% from fat) • carb. 2g • pro. 1g • fat 9g

•sat. fat 1g • chol. 0mg • sod. 280mg

•calc. 27mg • fibre 1g

Hummus

Add a roasted red pepper and 1 teaspoon of

herbes de Provence for a variation.

Makes about 2 cups

¹⁄³

cup loosely packed Italian parsley

 

leaves

1

garlic clove, peeled

1can (570 grams) chickpeas, rinsed and drained

2tablespoons tahini*

2tablespoons fresh lemon juice ¼ cup water

½ teaspoon ground cumin ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

koshersaltandfreshlygroundblackpepper to taste

Chop the parsley for 5 seconds; remove and reserve. With machine running, drop garlic through feed tube. Process until finely chopped, about 5 seconds. Add chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, water, cumin and reserved parsley to work bowl; process until smooth, 1½ to 2 minutes, stopping to scrape work bowl as needed one or two times. With the machine running, add the olive oil in a steady stream and process until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

Taste and season with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.

*Tahini is a sesame seed paste available in most gro- cery stores.

Nutritional information per serving (2 tablespoons): Calories 80 (56% from fat) • carb. 6g • pro. 2g • fat 5g

•sat. fat 1g • chol. 0mg • sod. 60mg

•calc. 21mg • fibre 2g

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Cuisinart CH-4A manual Tapenade, Hummus
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