Salsa With Nachos, My Name Day and DMBLGIT Award

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187939946987190646.post-404843217999453962007-08-12T12:54:00.001+02:002008-12-09T14:31:54.041+02:00Salsa With Nachos, My Name Day and DMBLGIT AwardYesterday was my name day. Let me explain. In Slovakian calendars, we have names assigned to particular dates. This means, once a year, you get to be celebrated again ... (yes, we have birthdays, as well). So, yesterday (August 11th), the calendar called for my real name, Zuzana. Having that in mind, I had a pretty good day. And then, it got even better... I updated my blog event list and checked back on those I participated.... And there it was.... Sarah of <a href="http://foodandpaper.blogspot.com/">Food And Paper</a> published the <a href="http://foodandpaper.blogspot.com/2007/08/dmblgit-results.html">Winners of July´s DMBLGIT</a>... And there was I... and my <a href="http://www.burntmouth.com/2007/06/tadka-baghar-or-popu.html">tadka</a>... proudly occupying the 3rd place :) Out of 88 pictures !!! So congratulations, Zlamushka, this one goes to you : <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/RsFahEHHhFI/AAAAAAAAAPg/2mhSEqIotH4/s1600-h/orangebadge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/RsFahEHHhFI/AAAAAAAAAPg/2mhSEqIotH4/s320/orangebadge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098455777245889618" border="0" /></a>So that much for my first name day present. The rest of the day day went by in a very easy mode. We were partying on Friday, so the whole morning was 'recovery' time.... (slept through the most of it)... After some home-made sandwiches, Tompa and I we went to a coffee house nearby and read books. I am nuts about science fiction, so if you guys can recommend a good one, that would be a wonderful name day present for me :) Currently I am half way through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loop/dp/000717909X/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-3502351-4597450?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186897797&sr=8-4">Koji Suzuki´s LOOP</a>. Gosh, what a captivating book. Metastatic cancer viruses, artificial lives, algebra, mysterious places and a motorcycle ;-) (For real, Mr. Suzuki integrated a few motorcycle rides to his story)... I luv it, luv it, luv it... Anyway, towards the evening, it was time to get back to reality, I thought, but NO! Tompa decided to treat me like a princess (again). On the way home we picked up some chili nacho chips, chili nuts, wasabi-coated peas (do you guys have a recipe for any of these?), bears and veggies... Soon, there it was. A feast a la Mexicana : MEXICAN AVOCADO SALSA WITH CORIANDER: spice ladder: *** <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/Rt5MoMQ7D8I/AAAAAAAAAWE/PzSHPcm1Tfs/s1600-h/salsa_spices.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/Rt5MoMQ7D8I/AAAAAAAAAWE/PzSHPcm1Tfs/s200/salsa_spices.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106603280855404482" border="0" /></a> prep time: 10 minutes serves: 1 hungry couple <ul><li>2 tomatoes</li><li>1 avocado</li><li>3 cloves garlic</li><li>1 small red onion</li><li>1 tbsp pickled jalapeno</li><li>1 green chili</li><li>1 bunch fresh cilantro/coriander leaves</li><li>1/2 tsp coriander powder</li><li>1/2 tsp salt</li><li>1/2 tsp black pepper</li><li>1 tbsp tomato puree</li></ul>Chop coarsely all the ingredients and put into a blender. How easy... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/RsAQ0EHHhEI/AAAAAAAAAPY/nzXIHrq2sUQ/s1600-h/salsa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/RsAQ0EHHhEI/AAAAAAAAAPY/nzXIHrq2sUQ/s320/salsa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098093264826238018" border="0" /></a> Salsa was so great that we ate it all in no time. The original plan was to cuttle up in bed with a giant bowl of salad, nachos, beers and a movie. By the time we made it to bed (to eat !!!), half of salsa was gone. By the we started the movie, everything was gone... ...But before it was gone, I managed to sneak in a quick picture. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/Rr6dskHHhAI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Zz7U-MNu08U/s1600-h/nachos_salsa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/Rr6dskHHhAI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Zz7U-MNu08U/s400/nachos_salsa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097685217163314178" border="0" /></a> If it wasn't so hot ad we weren't so lazy, I´d probably make some <a href="http://www.burntmouth.com/2007/08/baked-zucchini-kofta.html">baked koftas</a> with this dip. But that never happened and we never regretted.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/187939946987190646-40484321799945396?l=www.burntmouth.com'/></div>zlamushkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359856305294505035zlamushka@hotmail.com18