Archive for Appetizers
Jalapeno Garlic Hummus
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Summary: Jalapeno Garlic Hummus is an easy dish , you do really need a food processor. You can have fun with this dish, add or subtract Roasted Peppers, Orange Rind, Parsley, Rosemary, Fresh Chili’s, Fennel, etc.
Ingredients
- 2 cans of chick peas, rinsed.
- 1 lemon, its zest & juice, with out pits please.
- 1 Jalapeno pepper.
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- Extra virgin olive oil,
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
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Raw Beets with Mascarpone Cheese
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Summary: Raw Beets with Mascarpone Cheese- This is a very easy dish. And not no mention healthy. It also works as a bruschetta spread.
Ingredients
- 2 medium fresh beets
- 2 table spoons of mascarpone cheese
- ½ fresh lemon, squeezed for its juice.
- ½ lb of baby arugula.
- Salt & pepper
- extra virgin olive.
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Spinach Egg Soup (Strachetella)
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Summary: Spinach Egg Soup (Strachetella)-
Ingredients
- 1 large bag of fresh spinach, your choice of spinach.
- 1 ½ quarts of water
- 1 large egg or 2 small eggs your choice
- Italian grated cheese
- salt and pepper
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Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives
Summary: Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives is a great summertime salad, due to the fact that melons are best in season. Watermelon salad is a refreshing & cool, with bright flavors, and great red, green & white colors. The sweet watermelon against the dry flavorful feta cheese, combined with the saltiness of the black cured olives, topped with micro greens (I love pea shoots) lemon, olive oil. Very clean tasty and unique flavors.
Ingredients
- half a watermelon
- 1 cup black oil cured olives
- 1 cup of feta cheese
- 1 lemon
- 2 bunches of watercress or a good micro green
- olive oil
- coarse sea salt
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Sauteed Baby Artichokes – Roman Style
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Sauteed Baby Artichokes (Roman Style)
Summary: Sauteed Baby Artichokes Roman Style is a great side dish. You can take it a step further and add chicken and pasta for a main coarse. Baby artichokes are very healthy, and extremely tasty. I like a little lemon zest on mine it really makes the dish pop with refreshing flavor.
Ingredients
- 12 baby artichokes.
- 1 whole lemon and it’s zest. (that means zest the lemon first)
- 1 cup of black olives, I like Kalamata, or an oil cured olive.
- About 12 pieces of shaved Pecorino Romano cheese. (cheese optional)
- 1 cup of rinsed fresh mint, whole or rough chop is fine.
- Extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- a pinch of crushed red pepper.
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Stuffed Artichokes with Sausage or Not?
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Summary: Stuffed Artichokes with Sausage or substitute for vegetarians
Ingredients
- 4 large artichokes
- 3 spicy links of Italian hot sausage. Casing off the sausage
- 3 cloves of garlic Chopped.
- add 1 tbs of crushed red chili’s ( optional ).
- 1 cup of chopped olives. I like kalamata or oil cured black olives.
- ½ cup of fresh grated cheese.
- 2 whole lemons.
- 1 ½ cups of breadcrumbs. Your call.
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Tropical Salsa
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Summary: Tropical Salsa- You can serve this salsa with anything: tortilla chips, baked potato, chicken breast, grilled salmon, on a burger.
Ingredients
- 1 fresh pineapple
- 1 med red onion
- 1 ripe mango
- 1 whole chili ‘jalepeno’ works well
- 1 Florida Avocado (optional)
- 1 hand full of fresh mint
- 1 can of coconut water or coconut milk, or can of pear or mango or peach nectar’s. you see where im going with this.
- Coarse sea salt
- about a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
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Spicy Salsa
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Summary: Spicy Salsa is is a great topping for cutlets, bruschetta, baked potato , chips, fish, in eggs, etc.. the real secret in good salsa is, keep it simple and honest.
Ingredients
- about 6 nice plumb tomato’s.
- 1 cucumber peeled and seeded- run a spoon longways on the inside of the cucumber ,after cutting the cucumber horizontally,
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 bell peppers.
- Hand full of fresh cleaned basil.
- 1 fresh chili your choice, jalapeno
Mushroom Agrodolce- Sweet and Sour
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Mushroom Agrodolce
Summary: Mushroom Agrodolce- Sweet and Sour
Ingredients
- 1 lb of fresh , cool funky mushrooms. like-cremini, chantrell, hen of the woods, oyster mushrooms, woods ear, or the most popular straight out of 1994 PORTABELLO. It actually works.
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar.
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar.
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar.
- ½ cup sliced toasted almonds.
- a little olive oil
- salt and crushed black pepper.
Eggplant with Fresh Mozzarella- Le Melanzane alla Caprese
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Eggplant with Fresh Mozzarella- Le Melanzane alla Caprese
Summary: Le Melanazane alla Caprese, eggplant meets mozzarella with tomato soaking bread, sweet and spicy peppers, with melting mozzarella and fresh basil.
Ingredients
- 1 medium size eggplant. Peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes.
- 1 ball of fresh mozzarella cheese sliced or medium size dice works.
- about 6 nice plumb tomato’s.
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 bell peppers.
- Handful of fresh cleaned basil.
- Some good toasted or grilled Italian style bread.
- Fresh chili, jalapeno works,
- salt pepper
- olive oil.
