Yay, finally Steemit Ironchef has started! After a week tagging recipes I posted here with steemit-ironchef to help promote the contest, it is finally here ๐๐๐
The theme for the 1st contest is TOMATOES, friends. So if you are interested to join to win some SBD, click the steemit-ironchef tag to check out the submissions, news, and how to take part in the contest and have fun with us!
When I read the theme, I already knew what I wanted to make! Stuffed tomato and tomato drink. Bought the tomatoes the other day but only today I could finally get to it, as I had to chat with my oldest sister first last night ๐๐๐ And yes, you guessed it right! She had to teach me first ๐๐๐
You see when I was much younger, like more than 35 years ago, growing up, my oldest sister loved to make us tomato drink. I used to hate tomatoes, but I loved her tomato drink. But for the life of me, as I am old now (lol), I do not remember how she made it, so I had to ask her over the chat last night.
Turns out it’s super simple!
And since the other day I made chorizo (crumbled sausage), I thought of making the stuffed tomato with it.
So here is my entry for the 1st contest, Quickie Tomato Crownz with Tomato Ice Drink.
For the Crownz, serving at least 6 (2 Crownz per person) -quickie because am a lazy mother, I prepared it with microwave ๐
1/4 c each white quinoa and couscous
2 tbsp burghul
3-4 c water
2 tbsp vegan margarine
1 tbsp nooch (nutritional yeast)
1 tsp Vegeta powder (or vegan bouillon powder, or just salt)
1 c chorizo, either storebought or homemade
Place couscous, quinoa, burghul in a bowl, rinse
Add in water
Cover bowl with cling wrap, poke holes, and microwave for 8-10 minutes, stirring once half way
Let stand for 5 minutes
Stir in margarine, nooch and season with Vegeta
Mix in chorizo
Wash tomatoes and slice into 8 slices, slicing from top to halfway down, without cutting through.
Open these slices carefully and fill the center with chorizo mixture
Tomato Ice Drink (serving one)
1/2 tbsp basil seeds (may look like poppy seeds or black sesame seeds or even chia seeds, but they are definitely not the same – available at Asian stores or online)
3-4 tbsp water
2 tbsp sugar dissolved in 1 c cold water
1 medium size tomato, washed
Crushed ice/ice cubes
Bloom basil seeds in water. This will only take a minute (unlike chia seeds, overnight)
Slice tomato into two, crush one slice and cube/dice the other half
Spoon crushed tomato into serving glass, stir in enough bloomed basil seeds, then pour in sugar water . Add in cubed tomatoes.
Drop in crushed ice and serve
Enjoy ๐
Tomato Crownz and Tomato Ice Drink
Ingredients
Crowns
- 1/4 c each white quinoa and couscous
- 2 tbsp burghul
- 3-4 c water
- 2 tbsp vegan margarine
- 1 tbsp nooch nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp Vegeta powder or vegan bouillon powder, or just salt
- 1 c chorizo either storebought or homemade
Drink
- 1/2 tbsp basil seeds may look like poppy seeds or black sesame seeds or even chia seeds, but they are definitely not the same – available at Asian stores or online
- 3-4 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp sugar dissolved in 1 c cold water
- 1 medium size tomato washed
- Crushed ice/ice cubes
Instructions
- Place couscous, quinoa, burghul in a bowl, rinse
- Add in water
- Cover bowl with cling wrap, poke holes, and microwave for 8-10 minutes, stirring once half way
- Let stand for 5 minutes
- Stir in margarine, nooch and season with Vegeta
- Mix in chorizo
- Wash tomatoes and slice into 8 slices, slicing from top to halfway down, without cutting through.
- Open these slices carefully and fill the center with chorizo mixture
Drink
- Bloom basil seeds in water. This will only take a minute (unlike chia seeds, overnight)
- Slice tomato into two, crush one slice and cube/dice the other half
- Spoon crushed tomato into serving glass, stir in enough bloomed basil seeds, then pour in sugar water . Add in cubed tomatoes.
- Drop in crushed ice and serve
