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{Baking/Preserving} SLOW ROASTED TOMATOES ... Preserve the Bounty Week # 2

posted August 17, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

“It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.”Lewis Grizzard Tomatoes form an integral part of our everyday food, often like the butter on our daily bread.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my (read full article)

Basil Preserved in Olive Oil

posted August 16, 2010 in Healthy Green Kitchen

For week 2 of Preserve the Bounty, Jenny challenged us to preserve some of our summer produce in oil or another fat. I’ve put together various combinations of garden-fresh herbs, calendula (marigold) flowers, sun-dried tomatoes, and chile peppe (read full article)

Summer Squash Salad with Dill Sauce

posted August 15, 2010 in Raw Food Recipes

recipe from Rene Oswald Ingredients: Salad: 3 yellow squash (about 2 lb.) 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked in water for 15 minutes 10 sun-dried olives, pitted 2 ears of corn, kernels removed from cob 1/2 lb. lettuce or spinach leaves Delicious Di (read full article)

Summer Veggies and Sun Dried Tomatoes over Egg Noodles

posted August 12, 2010 in Pots and Plots

I made stroganoff the other day and there were leftovers, but not quite enough for two.  So my response was to make enough egg noodles for both of us, and whip of a saute of summer veggies to throw over mine.  It was a quick, tasty use of assorted (read full article)

CSA & Garden Update 8/10

I’ve decided that my garden is mostly for snacking. To recap: The herbs have dried up, from lack of watering, never having quite recovered from the long 4th of July weekend in intense heat with no water. The carrots and beets were eaten by rabb (read full article)

08.08.10: dinner (tomatoes, prawns, rocket and pasta–oh my!)

posted August 10, 2010 in The Manhattan Food Project

Grilled Prawns with Rocket and Campari Tomatoes When I mentioned our then-upcoming trip to England to colleagues and the like, the general consensus from them was along the lines of “well, England’s great but the food was pretty disappoin (read full article)

Easy And Tasty Roasted Corn Salad Recipe.

posted August 09, 2010 in Nibbles of Tidbits

The photo certainly doesn’t do this easy Roasted Corn Salad combination any justice (sorry about that).  The recipe is simply a mixture of Roasted Corn (cut off the cob), Sun Dried Tomatoes, Avocado, Green Onions and Sea Salt — That&# (read full article)

Orzo, Sun-dried Tomato, and Walnut Salad with Feta

posted August 05, 2010 in lisa is cooking

I finally picked Poor Girl Gourmet out of my to-read stack. I received a review copy a while ago and had been hearing good things about it. The book is by Amy McCoy, and her blog is also called Poor Girl Gourmet. What we have here is a food lover who (read full article)

Quick and Easy Tortilla Pizza

posted August 05, 2010 in Cuisine Diva

Individual tortilla pizza. Here is an idea for making a quick and easy pizza. I usually keep a package of Boboli mini pizza crusts in my pantry, but the other day I was craving a pizza and didn't have any Boboli left. I took a quick look around my (read full article)

Escarole with Cannellini Beans and Macaroni

posted August 03, 2010 in Living the Gourmet

Ingredients:1 head of escarole – cut up4 cloves of garlic – crushed & choppedHandful of sun dried tomatoes – sliced1 can of cannellini beans - rinsed1 sweet onion – slicedFew slices of salami – slicedDashes of red pepper flakesJuice of (read full article)

Food Tips: Sun Dried Tomatoes.

posted August 03, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

Sun dried tomatoes are a store cupboard staple these days. However, once the jar is emptied, the oil is often discarded. Keep the oil and use to gently fry onions, garlic and other vegetables to add a deep tomato backdrop to your sauces, casseroles (read full article)

My “Just For Me” Food Stash

posted July 30, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

I started the week off with a bang, and I’m ending it on one too! The weather was fantastically Fall-like last night, so I threw open all the windows and doors, and slept to the sounds of the cicadas. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, (read full article)

Pesto: What a Gift

posted July 30, 2010 in Hampshirecook

Pesto Recipe Ideas Shame on me!  For I do not make my own pesto…Lord, my life sucks sometimes, I really ought to get it together to produce some home-made.  It is not so difficult or time-consuming and there is plenty of advice and good looki (read full article)

Kalamata Olive and Sun-Dried Tomato Pot Roast

posted July 26, 2010 in Family Spice

Pot roast is one of those classic family dinners. And why not? It's easy to make, can be made in the slow cooker or in a Dutch oven. It's also a very inexpensive cut of meat whether on sale or not. I have listed many versions of the pot roast, and no (read full article)

White Bean Pizza

posted July 26, 2010 in Yum in Tum

Oh, the last of the white beans. How did I want to use them? I had a lot of ideas, but I'd already made pizza crust which meant for two days I would be eating pizza. As you might guess, I am not complaining about this fact. I would've used canellini (read full article)

Tabbouleh – Cheat’s version

posted July 25, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

Tabbouleh is sold here in France by the bucket load as it is a firm favourite with the French as part of the entrée that requires no preparation. I find that even the better makes tend to be rather bland, and this is what I do to mine to perk it up. (read full article)

So many new things, so little time…

posted July 22, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Happy Hump Day all!  I am glad you all liked My Wordless Wednesday pictures today.  I have to say I LOVE them too, but, I might be a bit impartial.  Do you all remember when I first got my Blackberry Storm but then tra (read full article)

Stuffed Burger Recipe Revealed!

posted July 19, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Evenin’ folks! For a day that started out as a 1, it sure pulled through and ended up being a perfect 10! Actually, I take that back. As I was driving home I decided the clear blue skies and dazzling sunshine deserved a 10, but downgraded the d (read full article)

Two Tomato Chutney

posted July 09, 2010 in MyGourmetConnection

A pungent chutney made with both sun dried and fresh grape tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and fresh herbs is a terrific topping for grilled chicken, fish and lean pork. (read full article)

Two Tomato Chutney

posted July 09, 2010 in MyGourmetConnection

A pungent chutney made with both sun dried and fresh grape tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and fresh herbs is a terrific topping for grilled chicken, fish and lean pork. (read full article)

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