...And for cooling peppermint lemon infused water! So that's what I made today: a black bean, roasted green chile, minced onion, cilantro and lime salsa as well as a peppermint lemon water to have on-hand chillin' in the fridge. Seriously, this is the only way to escape the unbearable, oppressive, over 100 degree heat wave that has swept over Albuquerque these past two days. I highly recommend stocking your fridge with fresh homemade salsas and cooling waters. So easy and so good.
Peppermint Lemon Infused Water
1/2 Lemon, sliced fine
Handful of peppermint spears
A gallon of filtered water
You get it right...put it all together and chill for a couple of hours...soon you'll be drinking plenty of water to beat the summer into fall.
Black Bean & Roasted Green Chile Salsa
1/2 cup black beans
4 large roasted chiles, retaining some of the seeds
1/4 large onion minced
small handful cilantro, chopped fine
juice of 1 lime
Roast the chiles, peel the chiles, remove the tops, sliver long ways, then chop the other way. (You could also roast jalapenos if green chile is not available in your locale...but be careful, they are a bit hotter.) Chop onions & cilantro. Stir in with the beans, chiles, onions, cilantro and lime juice. Add salt to taste. Salsa is also for chips. The happy medium (pun) is a blue corn tortilla chip. Perfect for this salsa and pretty too...though I am sure it would be equally tasty atop a quesadilla with a little fresh avocado..
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