Roasted Peppers

This may be the easiest recipe in the whole wide world…

Place a red pepper on top of a gas flame, on high. When the side turns black, rotate using tongs.

Blacken entire pepper, then place in bowl, and quickly cover bowl tightly with saran wrap. The pepper will continue cooking by steaming.

When cool, using kitchen towel, pull the skins off. Wash under faucet to remove any excess skin, then slice into thin strips.

Delicious as a side dish with fresh basil, olive oil and lemon juice, and perfect with burgers or sandwiches.

Lemon and Basil mayonnaise

I like dressing up my mayonnaise. Always have. With the vegan thing I’m using Tofutti sour cream, but there is also a product called Vegenaise which works perfectly. Seriously, you cannot tell the difference.

Handful of fresh basil
2 large cloves garlic
1 cup sour cream, sour cream alternative or vegenaise
zest of half a lemon
juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper

Chop handful of fresh basil finely, and do same with garlic cloves (I KNEW that Slap Chop thing would finally come in handy…)

Stir all ingredients together and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve as an accompaniment to burgers.