I recently signed up for a farm delivery service and have had to get creative with vegetables that I am unfamiliar with. This recipe pulls from my southern roots and is similar in preparation to the way...
Offer this colorful salad during the fall and winter when pears are in season and fresh walnuts are abundant. For this get together, double the recipe.
this recipe was divinely inspired. i threw it together while cooking an impromptu dinner at my house along with two friends. i have been trying to create a delicious spinach or greens dish for a while...
The lemon juice makes this a refreshing summertime salad. I usually don't bother crushing the garlic with the salt, I just use minced garlic and whisk it with the salt and other dressing ingredients.
This is a really delicious recipe from Cooking Light that is perfect to use up the bounty of kale that comes around this time of year. It is hearty enough with the beans and pancetta to please a more carnivorous...
Guesstimate at measurements and times. Served with flounder sauteed in cornmeal/salt crust with homemade fries. YUM Other recipes call for bacon or salt pork. I usually have pastrami frozen for quick sandwiches,...
If you've never cooked with fennel, try it! Its flavour really is unique. This is a deliciously flavoursome soup blending herbs and spices with fennel and leeks. Fennel has long been a central ingredient...
This is a tasty vegetarian side dish (my roommate who normally won't touch vegetables chowed down on this) combining mushrooms and beet greens steamed in a garlic-mirin sauce. This is also delicious served...
I eat greens year-round. A great casserole from Cooking Light. Per serving: 170 calories, 5.1 g fat, 7 g protein, 25.2 g carb, 4 g fiber, 14 mg cholesterol.
Possibly my favorite appetizer that I've posted on Food.com! You can substitute quail eggs to create elegant and impressive cocktail party bites. Adapted from a recipe by Joe Yonan. Cook time is chill...
Dress up this delicious side dish with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese or bread crumbs, or serve it as is. Always requested at every family gathering, and can be easily made a day ahead and popped into...
The secret to great tasting greens is salted pork called pepper jewl. Pepper jewl is the part of the pig around the neck and is salted and seasoned with pepper. You can find it in most urban neighborhood...
Recipe courtesy of Abingdon Manor Inn & Restaurant. These are the words from Inn Quisine website: Although it's hard to imagine how a recipe of so few ingredients could produce a salad so pleasing, rest...
I found this recipe in a little cookbook entitled "Green Thumbs in the Kitchen." It is almost exactly like the one already posted which is why I added the Roman Numeral II to the title. The only variation...
Entered for ZWT, from Australian chef Neil Perry, "Fresh and Fast". This version of the Lebanese dish uses mint, Italian parsley and cilantro (fresh coriander) instead of romaine or other lettuces. Sumac...
Cooked cucumber is a very unusual item in any recipe, but this really will bring accolades and is good for the hot summer months or a first course any time. This scales up or down easily.
An Illinois innovation. From the Mississippi Valley chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Fermentation time not included in preparation time.
This light recipe comes from Cooking Light. Be sure to save some of your water when you drain the pasta to use if your cooling pasta clumps together. I would imagine you could use regular cherry tomatoes...
Nasturtiums add a peppery taste to a green or mixed salad and a flash of contrasting color. This is an attractive summer salad, rich in vitamin C, and can be eaten as a first course or on its own. I use...
This mold makes an emerald container for mashed potatoes or creamed mushrooms. From the Wisconsin Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Roasting beets brings out thier sweetness. Quince adds a little tartness to the salad served over a bed of Baby Greens with a Orange Vinaigrette Dressing.
I've never eaten there, and the item is off the menu now, but someone asked for this recipe and I tracked it down on another site. If it's not the same, it still sounds good to me, so I'm posting it and...
Since this Thai recipe uses only a quarter pound of ground beef, this is a very inexpensive recipe - plus it's a new way to serve it. Recipe is from Cooking Light.
This is a great meal by itself, but if you must, it's also an excellent side for bbq's or get togethers. We can't keep it around for more than a day when we make it...delicious!!! Also...I like the veggies...
Adapted from The Foods of the Greek Islands. Posted for ZWT6. From the island of Chios. If not using the purslane, increase parsley and arugula to 3/4 cup each.
This was a dish that my friend, Judy, prepared for me after her latest trip to Italy. We then "googled" it so that we could use the correct amounts for the ingredients. Posted in May 23, 2007 newsletter...
Feel free to substitute other veggies. If you don't have a grill, you can cook this on an indoor grill pan instead. Cooking time includes a 30 minute marinade. From VT May/June 2006
From "The Pacific Islands Cookbook". A lot of the stuff in this cookbook looks so cool but calls for ingredients that I'd have to scour the city high and low to find! This one though, has stuff I can find...
The Caesar Salad packages contain a ready mix of lettuce, croutons and dressing. Try Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme. Easy as that...just add the blackened fish.
I got this recipe from a back issue of BBC Good Food magazine. It is the simplest and best of all stuffed cabbage recipes. Use any kind of cabbage, as long as it is fresh, but be sure to use the finest...
What makes this recipe stellar is three things: 1) the low amount of oil compared to other recipes, 2) preheating the baking sheet, and 3) adding the vinegar and honey after the beets and carrots have...