Ensalata Campesina Chilean Country Salad

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups canned garbanzo beans drained and rinsed chickpeas
• 8 ounces cream cheese diced
• 2 onions thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander NOT cilantro
• lettuce for serving
• 3 hardboiled egg peeled and quartered for garnish

Steps:

• Combine beans cream cheese and onions in a bowl
• Mix oil lemon juice salt and coriander
• Pour over bean mixture
• Toss lightly and chill
• Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with egg quarters

Hot Quinoa Drink

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
• 2 cups soymilk
• 2 apples peeled cored and quartered
• 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

• Place quinoa and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil Reduce heat to low cover and simmer 15 minutes or until quinoa is tender
• Drain well and return quinoa to saucepan
• Add soymilk apples sugar and cinnamon Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat Reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes
• Transfer mixture to a blender add vanilla and puree until smooth
• Serve hot

Pineapple Ginger Beer Floats

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Ingredients:

• 1 pint pineapple sorbet
• 2 cups pineapple juice chilled
• 2 12 ounce bottles ginger beer chilled
• 1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple to top

Steps:

• Scoop 1/2 cup of pineapple sorbet into each of 4 tall glasses
• Add 1/2 cup of pineapple juice to each glass
• Pour 1/2 bottle of ginger beer into each glass
• Top each drink with 1/4 can of crushed pineapple
• Serve immediately with long straws

Tita's Cucumbers With Olive Oil

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Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• olive oil
• salt

Steps:

• Peel and slice cucumber into 1/4-inch slices/rounds Tita used to cut the seeded centers out of the cucumber slices for me This is not necessary
• but I think its better You can also buy a seedless cucumber
• Arrange cucumber slices on a large plate
• Lightly pour or sprinkle olive oil over rounds
• Sprinkle with salt