Tortillas and Oranges » equipment http://tortillasandoranges.com Yummy food... Not too hard Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:47:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Equipment: Grill Basket http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=710 http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=710#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:03:29 +0000 admin http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=710 Our summer guests are about to roll in and we are busting out the grill basket. Make sure you have one for your veggies.

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]]> http://tortillasandoranges.com/?feed=rss2&p=710 0 Equipment: Rubber Gloves http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=243 http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=243#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:02:54 +0000 admin http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=243 Do you use rubber gloves? I ask because this summer I had a house full of mommies who were disgusted by my lack of rubber gloves. One mommy couldn’t breathe until she got back from Target with a darling pair of dish cleaning gloves, just for me. I don’t know why I don’t use them, [...]]]>

How necessary are these things? Really?

Do you use rubber gloves? I ask because this summer I had a house full of mommies who were disgusted by my lack of rubber gloves. One mommy couldn’t breathe until she got back from Target with a darling pair of dish cleaning gloves, just for me. I don’t know why I don’t use them, it never really occurred to me. Have I missed something?

]]> http://tortillasandoranges.com/?feed=rss2&p=243 3 Equipment: A Love Note to my Vita Mix http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=140 http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=140#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:25:57 +0000 admin http://tortillasandoranges.com/?p=140 Dear Vita Mix,

It has been too long. I must publicly express my feelings for you. I love you more than anything else in my kitchen. I love you more than my Bosch mixer. I love you more than…dare I say it…some of my best knives. You are always there for me and you never [...]]]>

My dearest beauty before she makes the Pioneer Woman's salsa.

Dear Vita Mix,

It has been too long. I must publicly express my feelings for you. I love you more than anything else in my kitchen. I love you more than my Bosch mixer. I love you more than…dare I say it…some of my best knives. You are always there for me and you never let me down.

Do you remember when Thomas Keller wrote that you puree things to an “unmeasured fineness”? Truer words have never been written.  I know that you are bored to death of the same old soups, smoothies and salsas. But I cannot stop. You make my boring old roasted butternut squash and onions taste like a cozy corner of paradise. You make my strawberry, orange, and oatmeal smoothie taste like heaven in a cup. You took my warm but tangy bean and salsa dip and turned it into an award winning dish (ok, I gave the award to myself, but still).

Thank you Vita Mix. You changed everything about my kitchen, and I’ll be forever in your debt.

With Gratitude and undying love.

My Favorite Morning Smoothie

1/2 cup Greek yogurt (Costco now sells large containers of Fage. We are lucky)
½ cup old fashioned oats-raw
1 ½ cups baby spinach leaves
1 peeled orange
7-10 frozen strawberries

2 Tblsp. Agave Nectar(Also available at Coscto now. Man, how do they keep up with what we really want?)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup milk

If you have a vita mix or blend tec, throw everything in and blend away. If you have a food processor or blender, blend carefully. The frozen strawberries will give your machine a bit of a workout. Blend to desired consistency. Enjoy.
Side note: I keep a large supply of straws around because smoothies are simply easier to drink with straws.

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