Weekend Cooking: Salsa/Dip

Weekend Cooking is hosted by Beth Fish Reads each week and offers a unique way to merge booking with cooking!

I am sitting here having my first lazy Saturday morning in ages and I must say it is glorious to not have a gazillion events to attend, or plan, or to have a to-do list a mile long! All of our graduation events are over and while it has been a great ride and such a milestone in our son's life, it is nice to have life settle down.

Today, I have no "cooking" type book to spotlight--the reality being that my reading time has been a bit limited for the past 2 months. But, I do have a really yummy recipe to share. I take this recipe to lots of gatherings--and it is always a hit and I always have people asking me for the recipe. Great for taking to a 4th of July gathering next week!

Even though it is just a dip, we have been known to have it for dinner on a hot summer night. There are many versions of this floating around out there, but this is the best one I have tasted, and the fancy, smancey name is.... Corn Dip! You can make it as hot or mild as you like by adjusting the amount of Tiger Sauce you use. I am a "no heat" kind of gal, so I use the amount listed in the recipe and it is just perfect.

CORN DIP

1 chopped green pepper

1 chopped onion

1 can shoe peg corn

1 can black beans (or garbanzo beans, black eyed peas,etc) I use black beans.

1 small jar pimentos

1 avocado

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl except the avocado

MIX FOR MARINADE:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup vinegar

2 tablespoons Tiger Sauce (located in grocery store by marinades & hot sauces)

Pour marinade over ingredients and refrigerate overnight. Drain off excess liquid before serving. Peel, cut up and add avocado just before serving. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

I hope you try it and if you do, let me know how you like it!
As a side note, we are still waiting for summer like weather to arrive here in Seattle. We finally had a 75 degree day last week, but today? Back in the 60's this morning with cloudy skies, but the promise of sun by the afternoon. We shall have to see about that!

How about you? Are you all roasting in the rest of the country?