Grilled Sweet Potatoes with a Sweet and Spicy Yogurt, by Cheryl

We were visiting our friends' house a couple of weekends ago and as always they made us a delicious lunch while we hung out at their pool. I'm always so impressed with people that can just make up their own recipes routinely... I rarely can do that! I made this again when we got home. This yogurt sauce is the perfect compliment to grilled sweet potatoes and is just what we needed on a hot day! Yum!

Ingredients:

Several large sweet potatoes. sliced long ways

Olive oil

A large tub of plain Greek yogurt

Lemon juice from 2 lemons

Paprika

Hot honey, drizzles here and there

Scallions, sliced

Directions:

1) Brush the sweet potatoes with olive oil. Put on the grill and cook until softened. 

2) Meanwhile, combine all of the ingredients except the scallions. Mix well. Place a dollop of sauce on top of the sweet potatoes, topped with the scallions and a a drizzle of the hot honey. 

Spontaneous Salsa, by Diane

 

I was really craving chips and salsa the other night, but didn't feel like leaving the house. I was about to make my Spicy Fermented Tomatillo Salsa, but really wanted a tomato-based salsa. The issue was that I didn't have tomatoes, so after pulling a few ingredients, I found a jar of Rao's marinara sauce. In a pinch, I used it and whoa did this come out amazing!! I like it better than regular salsa, especially with how the flavors blended the following day! This was a happy accident I will definitely be making again! I also didn't have regular chips on hand, but the siete knock-off of Doritos actually made this way better- score!

Ingredients:

1 whole white onion, quartered

1/2 large poblano pepper, seeds removed

1/4 jalepeño, seeds removed

1 large handful cilantro leaves

2 cloves garlic

1 lime, juiced

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 cup Rao's marinara sauce

Directions: 

Pulse all ingredients except marinara until chunky, then add in marinara and combine quickly to as blended as you like.