Archive for Vegetarian
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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Spicy Crispy Onions
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Summary: Spicy Crispy Onions is a great side dish for any burger, steak, sandwich, roast beef, etc.
Ingredients
- 1 large white sweet onion
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup of your favorite hot sauce (Tabasco)
- ¼ cup flour
- salt & pepper
- olive oil.
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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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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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Ricotta Gnocchi
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Summary: Ricotta Gnocchi
Ingredients
- 1 lb of fresh ricotta, preferably Buffula, or sheep’s milk ricotta.
- ¼ cup of fresh grated parmigiano cheese.
- 1 whole nut nutmeg nut. If you cant find it don’t worry.
- 1-2 whole eggs depending on the consistency of the ricotta.
- Have a 5 lb bag of all purpose flour, you wont need it all it’s just good to have.
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Spring Pesto Sauce
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Summary: Spring Pesto Sauce is a great pesto in the summer, hot or cold I prefer short pasta shapes with this pesto. Add shrimp, olives, lemon zest and what a picnic.
Ingredients
- 2 large bushel of fresh mint.
- ¼ cup of toasted almonds
- ½ fresh squeezed lemon
- 1 handful fresh spinach cleaned.
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup -1 cup or more extra virgin olive oil.
- ½ cup of grated parmigiana cheese.
- Salt and pepper
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Winter Pesto Sauce
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Summary: Winter Pesto Sauce easy breezy, I like some lemon zest over my pasta with this dish, enjoy.
Ingredients
- 1 cleaned bushel fresh parsley
- ½ cup of toasted wallnuts. Toast them yourself. Use a frying pan.
- ½ fresh squeezed lemon.
- 2 cloves of garlic ,
- salt and pepper,
- about ½ a cup of extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup fresh grated parmigiano reggiano cheese.
Pomodoro Sauce
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Pomodoro Sauce
Summary: Pomodoro Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 large can of whole plum tomato’s
- ½ medium onion diced small
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ a stick of butter
- few leaves of basil
- salt & pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
