Gazpacho souup

soak some bread in liquid. either water or stock.
If I use stock I reduce it by 1/2 to make it stronger.
10 or more tomatoes. Use what you have. But ALWAYS in season and fresh.
I'm using Roma's, heirloom reds and some super sweet yellow cherries.
1 cucumber peeled and deseeded.
1/2 red pepper or any pepper just use a sweet one(take out seeds and pith).
2 green onions
2 celery stalks with leaves
2 garlic cloves
1 shallot(optional)
1 red Serrano deseeded(optional)

Blend in blender. pour through a fine strainer if you have one.
this removes skins seeds etc but really isn't a big deal.
after straining(or not)
Whisk or stir in
1 Tablespoon sherry vinegar(my favorite)
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
you could do a balsamic too.
If you don't have these around you could use any vinegar
or lime or lemon juice
Add 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
if you wanna give it some more healthy oils add
grape seed or avocado oil?
LOTS of Salt and ground pepper.
you can also add some chopped herbs like parsley,cilantro,chervil or tarragon.
just taste as you add so it doesn't get too herbaceous

I top mine with roasted salted pumpkin seeds and walnut truffle oil!
Serve cold or even add a few ice cubes to the bowl.

Hibiscus mint tea lowers blood pressure

3 cups a day of Hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure! How nice!

handful of Hibiscus flowers fresh or dried(you can get these from Mexican groceries)
couple of tea bags either green,black or red(roois boois is African red tea)
boiling water
fresh or dried mint(relaxing and stimulating isnt that cool)
sugar agave or honey(no fake sugars!)
slices of lemon or lime

boil water.pour over sugar, herbs and tea and steep for 20 mins.
add extra cold water to dilute.
add ice to glass pour over and float lemon slice.
relax as blood pressure goes down!

duck prosciutto

duck prosciutto
4 breast
1 box kosher salt
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons coriander
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon black pepper


toast herbs in dry skillet
grind in blender and sprinkle on breasts
salt bottom of container, lay in breasts not touching
cover with salt.
rest 24 hours
remove from salt and rinse.
wrap individually in paper towel and let dry.
if you want it spicy grind a bit of pepper on the breasts now
weigh your breasts individually
wrap in a double layer of cheesecloth
write the weight with a sharpie on the cheesecloth in grams
use a safety pin to attach to your fridge shelf. place a dish underneath
hang without touching until 30% of weight is gone.1-3 weeks.
slice very very thin and eat with one of my recipes to come.

Sammys agarita margarita

cook a cup full of agarita berries gathered in the summer. Or use frozen one! Cook in 2 cups of water with about 1/2 to 1 cup of sugar. Cook them for about 20 or 30 mins. Put them through a potato ricer or food mill or just squish them through a strainer. Put agarita juice in the blender with 10-20 mexican limes or a blend of limes and lemons with a lot of ice!!! salt the rim of the cup with the inside of one of your leftover limes run around the rim. I love to use that lemon lime tangy salt packet thing and put it on the rim. Blend it up and add a shot of tequila or titos vodka. SOOO refreshing! Since the agaritas are good for your liver they kind of negate the hooch! Drink up.