Garden Salsa

This is a pretty basic recipe, but we've been enjoying it quite a bit this week. If I didn't kill my cilantro, as usual, I would have put some in, but it was tasty without it.


Garden Salsa
6-9 ripe plum tomatoes, diced
1 small cucumber, cut in small dice
1 small bell pepper, cut in small dice
2 jalapenos, seeded, minced
1 tblsp lemon juice (I would have preferred a little more lime juice, but didn't have any limes)
ground cumin to taste
salt
Place cut tomatoes and cucumbers in a small colander over a bowl. Toss with salt. Let sit for 15 minutes. Drain and mix with remaining ingredients. Let sit for at least an hour to let flavors combine.  

Granola!

This smells like cookies while it's cooking. Dangerous. I didn't add in dried fruit since I wanted to be able to change it up depending on what I was doing with the granola. Future batches will involve experiments with other nuts, peanut butter, maple syrup, etc. If you have any good granola ideas, let me know. It's based on a recipe I found in a Disney magazine.


Granola
4 cups rolled oats
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup chopped almonds
3/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup brown sugar
cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup peanut oil
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup water
1 cup dried fruit
Combine dry ingredients. Make a well in the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Combine until well coated. Spread evenly on a cookie sheet and bake at 300 for 40-50 minutes until lightly browned. Stir occasionally while cooking. Once the granola is cooled, add dried fruit if using and store.