Island Girl Caviar

You may have heard of Cowboy Caviar but now it’s time to give it some Aloha. Healthy, clean, versatile and delicious, you will be using this recipe for dips, sides, and as a topping on your favorite protein. Let’s get chopping.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup olive oil

• 2-3 Tbsp maple syrup

• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup cherry tomatoes diced or 6 Roma’s diced

• 1 (15 oz ) can black beans, rinsed and drained

• 1 ( 15 oz) can of cannellini beans

• 2 cups fresh pineapple diced ( may sub mango)

• 1 (11 oz) can sweet corn, drained

• 1 avocado diced

• 1 large cucumber, seeded and diced

• 1 medium red onion, diced

• 1 diced orange or yellow bell pepper

• 1 diced red bell pepper

• 1 cup chopped cilantro (1 lg bunch)

• 3-4 tbsp fresh lime juice

• salt to taste

• 1-2 jalapeno pepper, finely diced (optional/ you can de-seed these for less heat and good flavor)

Instructions:

In a lg mixing bowl whisk to combine olive oil, maple syrup, and salt ( if you have a favorite dressing you can sub that for these ingredients later after all the ingredients are combined )

Add in the remaining ingredients ( except lime and cilantro)

Toss until combined

Add lime and cilantro and mix gently again

Adjust to taste and chill.

Serve with tortilla chips, cucumber slices, lettuce wraps or add on any protein.

If you want to save some time you can use a dicing blade on your food processor for some of the ingredients. But I think chopping is half the fun!

White Bean Salad

Ingredients

• 1 15 oz. can organic Cannellini beans or white kidney beans

• Juice of ½ lemon

• 1 Tbsp. of chopped Spring onions

• ½ tsp. grated lemon zest

• 5 radishes thinly sliced

• 1 cup crunchy fresh snow peas or sugar snap peas

• Sea salt & pepper to taste

• 3 Tbsp. fresh chopped basil ( I also like mint)

• 2-4 tablespoons olive oil

• 1/4 tsp maple syrup

• 1/4 cup chopped parsley (optional)

To Prepare

• In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, maple syrup.

• Drain beans and toss gently 1/3 of the dressing.

• In a small pot of boiling water, add in snap peas and cook for 1 minute.

• Drain, pat dry and slice thin.

• In a large bowl add in beans and crunchy vegetables, Spring onions and toss with remaining dressing.

Egg Salad with Herbs

Ingredients:

6 lg organic free range eggs

1/4 cup mayonnaise ( or vegenaise)

2-3 tsp dijon mustard

2 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

Pinch of pepper

1/4 cup red onion diced

2 celery stalks finely chopped

1 tbsp fresh dill chopped

1 tbsp fresh chives chopped

1/2 tbsp fresh parsley

1 tsp fresh capers ( optional)

Instructions:

Hard boiled eggs, peel and chop

In a separate bowl, mix together mustard, mayo, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

Add in onions, celery and fold in eggs, dill, parsley, chives, and capers.

Place in a airtight container and chill for at least 30 minutes.