Roasted Red Onions with Butter, Honey, and Balsamic Vinegar
Not sure what to do with extra red onions? Try roasting them! This recipe comes from the Tyler Florence via the Food Network. Prep: 8 minutes, Cook: 46 minutes. Serves 6 (more…)
Category: Recipies
Spicy Salsa Verde
Salsa Verde is to Mexican cuisine what tomato sauce is to Italian food. Salsa verde is similar to red salsa, except that instead of using red tomatoes, it uses the small green tomatillo. Its most popular use is as a chip dip, but also used as a sauce on meats and poultry. This salsa verde recipe, found at whatscookingamerica.net, makes great use of the tomatillos, cilantro, and hot peppers in late summer shares. Feel free to reduce the hot peppers and increase the tomatillos if you don’t want it too spicy. Makes approximately 2 cups. (more…)
Tomato Garlic Salad Dressing
Now that we have tomatoes to spare, why not try an easy salad dressing with some of the tomatoes that are “riper” than others. As we start to ease back into salad greens, it’s a good time to broaden our salad dressing repertoire, too. (more…)
Fresh Tomato Juice and Summer Gazpacho Soup
Here’s a simple recipe to make your own tomato juice. Then, you can use it in the Summer Gazpacho Soup recipe, too, which follows, both taken from Vermont chefs Imrie & Jarmusz’s book, Cooking Close to Home. Enjoy! (more…)
Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic and Herbs
From cooksillustrated.com, this recipe that serves 4 cooks the beans in an unconventional way, thereby keeping them crispy and bright green. Give it a try! (more…)
Pumpkin Waffles
This recipe comes from the Smitten Kitchen website. Kabocha or Buttercup squash are an easy replacement for the pumpkin in this (or any) recipe. (more…)
Black Bean and Tomato Quinoa
Quinoa is a fast-cooking, protein-packed whole grain. Steamed, it makes a perfect partner for lime-spiked black beans and fresh tomato. This recipe comes from Epicurious.com. Yields 4 side-dish-sized servings. (more…)
Grilled Radicchio with Orange and Balsamic Vinegar
Michael Symon’s Grilled Radicchio with Orange and Balsamic Vinegar recipe is a cinch to make — even on the grill. Recipe serves 4-6. (more…)
South Beach Cocktail Sauce
1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish*
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Combine all in saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for 5 minutes. Refrigerate until serving. Makes about 1 Cup and keeps in the fridge for about a week. * I tend to be a bit more heavy-handed with the horseradish
South Beach Barbeque Sauce
1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon mustard powder
2 teaspoons chopped parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Combine all In resealable container. Keeps for about a week. Makes about 1 cup