Farmers Market Pico De Gao

With the return of summer, farmers markets come back in full swing! I love fresh and local produce. I love eating season veggies and fruits. Here is one of my favorite summer recipes that is easy and yummy! Enjoy this while the season lasts! Lately I've been paring this dip with blue corn chips!

Ingredients: 

10 cherry tomatoes (or any kind of tomatoes you want, you just might use less)

3 or 4 green onions

3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro

1 lime

1/3 cup of cream cheese

Directions: 

Finely chop all the onions and tomatoes up. It works best if you make the tomatoes into mushy bite sized pieces. Dice the cilantro into very fine pieces. Mix the onions, tomatoes and cilantro together, taking care to add the juices in. Add some lime zest on top.

Line the bottom of a 5" diameter serving bowl with cream cheese. Pour the above mix on top of the cheese and flatten it out. Squeeze the lime juice on top of the dip.

Served best with corn chips and let your guests enjoy!

Fact of the Week: August 26, 2013

This week, on August 28th, is the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and Dr. Martin Luther Kings "I Have a Dream" speech. It is considered the largest human rights demonstration in U.S. history with 250,000 demonstrator present.
Cite: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=96#

Fact of the Week: August 19, 2013

There are four types of volcanoes: Cinder Cone, Lava Dome, Composite, and Shield.  All four are present in Lassen National Park.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html

Fact of the Week: Aug 5, 2013

Polar bears do not have white hair, but instead have hollow, transparent hair. The thinner undercoat hairs are not hollow, but are colorless.
Learn more here

Fact of the Week: July 31, 2013

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 8.3 million copies in the first 24 hours making it the fastest selling book in history!!
Cite

Happy Birthday J.K. Rowling!
and of course:

Butterbeer!

If you didn't know I'm huge Harry Potter NERD!  And I mean huge;  I was in the Harry Potter club in college,  played Quidditch, stood in line at midnight for the books and movies, and every year I celebrate J.K. Rowling and Harry's birthday!  So this week in honor of the chosen one's birthday I am sharing this Butterbeer recipe!  I won't claim that it tastes like the ones at the wizarding world of Harry Potter,  but I like this one a lot;  it tastes more like butterscotch. 

Ingredients:
6 12 oz bottles of cream soda
3 tablespoons of imitation butter
1/2 pint heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup butterscotch chips

Directions:
Whip the cream till the peaks can stand. Melt the butterscotch chips in a sauce pan over medium heat while constantly stirring.  Once this is a liquid mix pour it into the bowl with cream,  mix till well combined.

Mix a half tablespoon of the imitation butter into each soda bottle poured into a cup,  or pour all the soda into a bowl and gently mix all the butter in.

Put the whipped topping on top of the soda and serve immediately. 

You can then mix the whole thing up.

This drink is best enjoyed while eating Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and watching HP, as illustrated below!

Fact of the Week: August 12, 2013

The  Hubble Telescope recently discovered the 14th moon of Neptune. 

Cite http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23318301