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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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We came up with the idea for these in an attempt to recreate tomatoes that we had in a restaurant. These stuffed tomatoes make a delicious side dish or even an appetizer! They are healthier than your average stuffed tomato probably, but still taste crea…
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
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This dish has a slightly sweet and yet unique flavor that is sure to help make for great dinner conversation. Enjoy!
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
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So easy, you'll never want to buy one in a jar again!
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This spooky appetizer is one of our Halloween favorites. And, since it's basically tomatoes and cottage cheese, it's good for you too. We like to say it's 'hauntingly delicious!'
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While I love eating out, it’s a calorie minefield and requires more time then I often have. So, I need a repertoire of super easy, fast, low-calorie meals that will keep me going and keep hunger at bay for at least 3-4 hours. One of my “go-to” m…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Serve this over rice, your favorite spaghetti or macaroni or just as is with a colorful side salad This dish has a unique and delicious flavor that will please! Enjoy with Love and Laughter! Ciao Bella! Catherine xo
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
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This dish is so pleasing to the eye and so delicious and really quite easy to prepare. Enjoy!
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Crispy salmon topped with tomatoes and roasted peppers served on a bed of brown rice.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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I have to admit when I buy Mussels I need to buy double the amount as even though I serve it as an appetizer, my daughters make a meal of it.
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Basic use for all those rampant tomatoes, a good hearty and very versatile soup for all occasions
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A perfect dish to showcase seasonal veggies like tomatoes, eggplants and zucchini!
This is the very first curry I dared to make from scratch and thankfully it turned out very well! The flavours are quite rich and not too spicy, so you could add more chilli powder to suit your taste. Serves 4 850g shoulder of lamb, cut into bit (read full article)
Zunka with DrumsticksThick curry of gram flour with drumsticks - A tasty Maharashtrian dishRecipe Credit - Vimla Patil ( Author - Dal Roti )You will need2 drumsticks, peeled and cut into 5 cm pieces1 tablespoon oil1 teaspoon mustard seeds1/2 teaspoon (read full article)
Baccalà, or salted codfish, marries especially well with tomatoes, and the marriage reaches its apogee of deliciousness in the summer, when tomatoes are at their best. And who does tomatoes better than the people of Campania, home to Italy's best to (read full article)
One of my favourite blogs is “Cooking at Marystow” by the lovely Lucie, her blog is always an inspiration with all her mouth-watering delights. When I spotted this recipe over at her blog I knew I had to make it. Lucie said this was “totally de (read full article)
What can be easier, or more pleasant, than making a quick mixed salad with whatever you have at hand? The French call mixed salads une salade composée -isn't that sweet? As if the salad were a musical composition, all the flavours melding into visua (read full article)
I can always tell when DH likes the recipe, because there are no leftovers! This is a “soup”er soup that tastes like summer! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Zucchini Garden Chowder 2 Tbs butter 2 medium zucchini (chopped) 1 medium onion (read full article)
Aahh corn! It is, for me, the quintessential summer food. More so than any other fruit or vegetable that abound at this time of the year. Even... gasp... tomatoes -don't get me wrong: I love tomatoes; but I grow my own from seed so I basically (read full article)
A staple of summer picnics and tavole calde, pomodori ripieni di riso, tomatoes stuffed with rice and oven roasted, make for a simple and relatively quick weekend dinner, part of a buffet or a tasty antipasto for a summer dinner for guests. Here's th (read full article)
Oh no...not another Kale recipe!!!! I promise, I'll leave it alone for a while after this one. I'd heard about Portuguese Soup many times but this is my first attempt. I had absolutely no clue what ingredients to use but after combing the internet (read full article)
With the dog days of summer still to come, it’s useful to have a few recipes up your sleeve that require NO cooking. Not three hours in the oven, not 30 minutes on the stove, not boiling water, not a toaster oven. There are times when raisin (read full article)