Every day with Reese: A day spent with Sam!

Salt is born of the purest of parents,

the sun and the sea........

-Pythagoras

I had the pleasure of interviewing my very dear friend Sam for this blog.

She graciously invited me into her lovely home to teach me the recipe for her delicious Sam's fiesta no time for a siesta salsa! She learned how to make it while she was living in Querna vaca, Mexico. She was staying there one summer and said that there was a thunder and lightning storm every evening! How enchanting!

One of Sam's hobbies is reading and she highly recommended "The happiness project" written by Gretchen Rubin. She keeps a reading basket near her chair and in the morning she sips her coffee and reads in front of her sunshiney window.....How cozy does that sound?!

She also enjoys riding her bike around town and working on new sewing projects!

She also loves getting dressed up and going to her favorite happy hour at Ocho (in Ballard) where she enjoys a refreshing glass of white sangria and her favorite tapas!

When I got to Sam's house she was just about to make a healthy shake. She gets weekly seasonal vegetables and fruits from New Roots Organics. They deliver a basket of local organic goodies to her doorstep every week for $30! Wow! How healthy and inexpensive!

She blendered up something mighty yummy and we sipped it while she started the salsa....

The ingredients for the salsa are:

1. bulb of garlic (1)

2. white onion (1)

3. cilantro (1 bunch)

4. avocado (1)

5. lime (3)

6. jalapeno (1)

7. tomatillos (12-16)

Start with peeling the tomatillios......

Then put them into a pot of water and boil until they very slightly start to change colors (almost light brown means they're done)....

Here is Sam sprinkling some salt into the pot! Is that a martini shaker filled with salt you ask? Why yes it is! Tres Chic!

While the tomatillos are cooking you can cut all of the ingredients up and throw them into the blender!

She loves her lime squeezer (it works for lemons too)

She also loves her garlic press!

Once the tomatillos are done, put them into a bowl of ice for a few minutes.

Once they have cooled down, you want to take the tops off....

Squeeze only the meat of the tomatillo into the blender. Take the left over skins and put them into your compost bin.

Blend all of the ingredients together, adding salt and pepper as you go along. It depends on how smooth or chunky you prefer it to be, so blend it to your liking.

When you are done pour it into a glass jar and put into the fridge to cool. Give it about an hour and then fill a bowl with your favorite tortilla chips and enjoy!

We listened to an Elton John record while Sam made a delicious veggie stir fry lunch! Boy was it amazing! Then we ate some blueberry muffins that I brought over for dessert! We all know why I didn't bake them! :-)