This week In Cooking from My Box…

Okay, I have to come clean. I didn’t really cook from my box this week, since we’ve been traveling and that means all of our awesome food deliveries are on hold. But after a week of conference food followed by a week of being spoiled by my mom, I found myself seriously craving some healthy eats. So tonight it was teriyaki chicken skewers accompanied by this awesome Tomato and Tomatillo Gazpacho, the recipe for which I found on Epicurious.com.

  • 1/2 pound fresh tomatillos, husked, rinsed, and quartered
  • 1 1/2 pounds tomatoes, chopped, divided
  • 1/2 cup chopped white onion, divided
  • 1 fresh serrano chile, coarsely chopped, including seeds
  • 1 garlic clove, quartered
  • 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  • Puree tomatillos, half of tomatoes, and half of onion with chile, garlic, vinegar, and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt in a blender until smooth.

    Force through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids.

    Stir in remaining tomatoes and onion, water, oil, and cilantro. Chill until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours

    Note – you can add chopped avocado and/or shrimp or crab meat to make it a little more filling.

    • July 11, 2011

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