Sun Dried Tomato Spread

"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first.  By the second day you're off of it."  Jackie Gleason

Sun Dried Tomato Spread

Here is a little recipe to serve with crackers, thinly sliced grainy breads, and veggies.  It's fast, easy, and it makes a bunch.  It's also the secret ingredient in other recipes after you make a bunch and have to use it up.  More about that next month, which is tomorrow.

Ingredients:
  1 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained
  1/2 cup sunflower seeds
  2 T olive oil, plus or minus one or two
  3 cloves garlic
  Juice of 1 lime
  Pickled jalapenos, 3 to 6 slices
  Fresh basil, large leaves, 6 to 8
  Salt to taste

Place all in the blender and whip it until it's a chunky paste.  Adjust the amount of olive oil to get the consistency you want.  You don't want to add so much olive oil that you blend the mixture into a paste, unless you do want to blend the mixture into a paste.  Personally, I like foods with a bit of texture.

What to do with the oil that was drained from the sun dried tomatoes??  I whipped it up with a splash of apple cider vinegar, added a dash of agave nectar, and used it as a salad dressing on some red cabbage.  I'm sure you could have thought of that too.  You're very clever.  

Loveya
The Mom