Corn and Peach Salsa with Pickled Jalapenos and Onions

Doing a lot of grilling this summer? Totally, me too! So I’ve found that after making a meal, I usually have some grilled corn left over. I’ve been throwing it omelets or just eating it cold. Needless to say, I’ve gotten bored with it quite quickly.

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been hitting the pickling scene pretty hard lately. So, for this post I decided to take two previous pickled items and combine them into an easily assembled salsa. You can also use (lemon vin) to make it a salad, or heat ingredients in sauce pot with some butter to make it a hot dish. Either way, the spicy-sweet-salty combo is a killer side dish, substitute for sauce, dip for chips… or serve it shooter-style like the picture below.

Make it Mexican: Add 2 tsp cumin, substitute lemon with lime, substitute chive with cilantro, add more jalapenos or other hot peppers (I would suggest Anaheim).

Corn and Peach Salsa with Pickled Jalapenos and Onions

Ingredients:

6 ears of grilled corn (cut off the cob)

3 ripe peaches (diced around the same size as the kernels of corn for a salsa, larger for a salad)

½ cup Pickled Red Onion

¼ cup Sweet-Pickled Jalapenos (chopped)

2 Tablespoons Chives (chopped)

Juice and zest 1 lemon

1 Tablespoon olive (or corn) oil

“Makes Everything Awesome” seasoning to taste

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients into mixing bowl. Mix until incorporated.
2. Season to taste with salt and pepper, or “makes everything awesome” seasoning.
3. Serve hot, chilled, or room temp. 

Gluten-free Mexican Veggie Burgers

Going with my g-free theme this month I would like to present my Mexican veggie burgers of the gluten-free variety. This is a pretty standard recipe that I do basically once a week and do a large batch of veggie burgers. I also tend to have a heartier style patty. If you want a more traditional falafel style burger, take a quarter of the ingredients and blend in a blender until smooth, then simply add back into the mixture.

Utilize this recipe with pickled veggies, burger buns, and salads. Feel free to create variations and explore what you have in season! I also chose to top this dish with Lemon-Mustard Braised Greens, instead of a crudité or pickled something or other. No particular reason, just switching it up. Will be posting later on about variations and whatnot. 

Ingredients:

1 #5 can beans, pinto (or cannellini)

1 #5 can beans, black

½ c. Quinoa (cooked)

3 cloves garlic (minced)

1 Zest of lime

1 Celery Stalk diced (about ¾ cup)

1 Bunch diced asparagus ends (save the tips for something else!)

½ Red onion (diced)

1 C. Pickled veg (chopped)

7oz Chipolte De Moreno (diced)

1/3 C. Corn meal

1 C. G-free flour

¼ C. Corn starch               

½ C. G-free breadcrumb

2 Eggs (whole)

1 tsp. ginger

1 tsp. cumin (ground)

1 Tbls. Pepper

¼ tsp. Celery seed

1 Tbls. Siracha

2 tsp. salt

Directions:

1.  Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl

2. Mix with hands until fully incorporated

3. Test seasoning and consistency with small meat ball sized patty before doing whole batch

4. Using a 3oz ice-cream scoop, portion out patties

5. Sear in non-stick pan with olive or coconut oil

6. Serve on toasted bun