Appetizer or dinner this eggplant treatment is not usual, and fun to do! Definitely Italian in flavor making it so delicious. Cheesy basil stuffed tender rolls of eggplant are so good. Add a plain red sauce or not. It’s Perfect!
Apparently I’m into eggplant. I have quite a few recipes with this ingredient. If you’d told me when I was younger this would be one of my favorite vegetables I’m not sure I would have agreed. Here are a few other eggplant recipes you might enjoy.
Dinner tonight with wine of course! My little fig tree produces the best figs. It’s that time of year. So tonight I had Fig Chutney with mascarpone on toasted country bread. It was scrumptious! This is a versatile recipe. Not into all the spices just eliminate what you don’t like. Add lemon zest if you are into it Chopped apple can be added too. It’s hard to go wrong!
If you’re into figs you might like to try these recipes too, Fig Topping & Fig Bars
What a great recipe to make with those pintos! Start both recipes from scratch and they’ll be ready to serve together. What do you do when the garden begins to slow down? You throw a collections of vegetables together and make Chow Chow! I just didn’t have enough green tomatoes to follow my cousin Margaret Costa’s recipe. So I pulled together what I had in my garden to fill in. And because I wanted it today I changed the process a bit.
What you can do with Chow Chow is endless. Mix in with rice, add to deviled eggs or chicken salad, serve over meats, beans, black eyed peas, potatoes; or the way I like it …. over scrambled eggs. Just about anything!
Looking back, so many of the prepared foods eaten when I was a child are no longer considered a healthy choice. The main ingredient of this sandwich filling is a processed meat you can’t seem to find any longer in the grocer’s deli. Grandma’s recipe did incorporate cooked chicken if you preferred but it was the original that I loved. For a special treat I do go the bologna and pork loaf but cut the recipe way back from the 6 loaves of bread, etc, to a 4 serving proportion … Just enough for a treat but not for a full on wedding reception. Now I have to say my Grandmother was well known for this recipe by her family & friends. And I feel pretty lucky to have found it written down by her niece many years ago. Problem is Grandma was a change up artist. What she had in the pantry might find its way into the mix. My Mother too had a way of changing her Mother-in-law’s recipes. Mom made it tuna. It can even go just eggs. Or how about turning this into a salad instead. It all can be done with this recipe. Have you ever heard, ‘no one can make it like Grandma?’ Need I say more!
Easy salad goes perfectly with that New York Strip steak! At least that’s the way I had it years ago. It’s amazingly good and the prep is so quick and easy. If you’re into onions, cucumbers and tomatoes this is the salad for you.
Lovin’ all these summer vegetables and a few quarters of red potato roasted in a sweet & sour herb marinade. For me this is a main dish when sprinkled with small dollops of cream cheese. This is one of the best tastes in roasted vegetables, guaranteed.
Just made these amazing Vegetarian Burritos. Yes, they go Vegan easily! With all these veggies in my garden I was thinking Vegetarian at least for the summer. The burritos can hold their own without this spread but it’s a great option. Why call it a spread? Well, I added a bit of vegenaise, and more spice than the usual guacamole (another recipe here). Leave off the vegenaise, or substitute sour cream or mayonnaise instead. Anyway you try this, you will be hooked. It’s just plain good!
Garden vegetables and the perfect spice combination make this a great meal. A warm flour tortilla slathered with Guacamole Spread and filled with al dente veggies is just a delicious summertime or anytime meal. I’m thinking next time no carrots, maybe add chayote, and fresh roasted poblano & a little fresh diced jalapeño in place of canned green chilies … but this has enough heat as is for most. Not a heavy meal but guaranteed to satisfy the most avid carnivore. And can go totally vegan too!
Not sure how or why but a friend and I got to talking about food. Ha. While eating and drinking last night Roselyn mentioned a salad (& the recipe) she frequently ate as a child. It sounded so simple and good I had to try it. She was absolutely right about this side salad! It’s delicious. Don’t tell her but I used pre-washed fresh spinach. She said it wouldn’t be the same without fresh bunches of spinach … not pre-washed. This was pretty darn good, Roselyn! Check out a few of her other recipes she has shared, here and here.
Can’t believe I ate the whole thing! I didn’t but wanted to! Deliciously Simple! Not into linguica try chourico!
Still working on my garden Romas … Just a few pounds left before I need to harvest again. Any good tomatoes will do for this tasty Portuguese Soup. Romas just happen to be my favorite. The few ingredients here come together, including the hot linguica, to make this a truly satisfying lunch or dinner. (For vegetarian try this Portuguese Spicy Tomato Soup too.) Today’s recipe can easily be a 30 minute to table meal. Maybe even 20. Your family will love it so much you better double the recipe!