Cowboy caviar salad

This is very tasty and easy to make salad also very filling so try now .

 cowboy caviar salad
One can black-eyed beans

One can corn kernels

2/3 cup thinly chopped green onions

2/3cup chopped cilantro

½ lb Roma tomatoes coarsely chopped

1 firm ripe avocado

1/2cup olive (green)

Dressing

Salt to taste

2tablespoon vinegar

11/2 teaspoon Olive oil

 One clove garlic crushed

½ teaspoon freshly crushed cumin

One tablespoon lemon juice

One teaspoon black pepper

Method:

In bowl mix vinegar, oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, crushed cumin, salt, pepper then peel, pit and cut avocado into 1/2inch cubes. Add vinegar mixture and mix gently to coat. Drain and rinse beans and corn. Add beans, corn, onion, cilantro and tomatoes to avocado, mix gently so all coat well. Add salt to taste. Serve salad with chips as an appetizer.

Sugar craft

Sugar paste  Friuts and Petit Four Pastries from Kossy kitchen.

Decoration with fruits & edible flowers

Make a cake then decorate with fruits or edible flowers

Here is my method of Sugaring Fruit

Holding fruit by stem, lightly dip fruit into beaten egg whites. Sprinkle fruit with superfine sugar and place on wire rack to dry 4 hours then decorate on your homemade Christmas cake.

Chicken Patties

Hummus basic receipe

Hummus

Ingredients:

1 cup raw chickpeas or one tine chickpeas
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds
3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Soak the chickpeas overnight and boil them or just add chickpeas from the tin into a food processor, grind the chickpeas, garlic, sesame seeds, lemon juice salt and pepper adding water as needed to get a smooth paste. Then add one tablespoon of oil at a time and blend, it  becomes a nice creamy dip. Taste for spices and salt. To serve put  the dip in a bowl. Make an indentation in the hummus with back of spoon and drizzle some olive oil. Sprinkle some pepper on top.

Baked Mashed Potatoes

BAKED MASHED POTATOES

10 large potatoes (peeled, washed and cut in half)

8 oz package cream cheese

1 cup sour cream

Garlic paste 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

1 Tbsp. butter (chopped into small pieces)

 For GARNISHING:

Chopped chives and pepper

 Boil potatoes until tender then drain and mash them well now add all other ingredients. Place in large buttered casserole dish. Top with dots of butter, chopped chives and pepper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake potatoes for 15 minutes, or until they begin to brown on top.

Tips:

Make this dish ahead of time and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to heat. Let sit at room temperature for at least an hour before baking. Remove plastic wrap, and bake.

Lassi

Fruit  lassi

Ingredients

Yoghurt 1cup

1cup mango, chiku or banana finely chopped.

1lemon juice

1litre water

2teaspoon honey

Method:

Blend the yoghurt and mix in all ingredients. Serve chill. you can also use apple or lychees