This recipe is quick and easy to prepare. Plan on 1-1/2 hours from prep to table. When purchasing eggplant, purchase without any bruises or scratches. The smaller the better – less seedy. Buy 2. You will need: eggplant tomato sauce (homemade or prepared) Romano cheese oregano garlic ground pepper olive oil Pizza Eggplant 1 large […]
Read MorePearfect Time of Year
A Pearfect Time of Year – by Cynthia Goch ~ as written for Christina Pirello at Christina Cooks Sunday, October 30, 2011 This time of year, the apple gets a lot of attention. But what about the pear? The harvest season is one of apples…and…pears. Pears are an excellent source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, potassium, […]
Read MoreBeet, Arugula and Goat Cheese Salad
Notable for their sweet, earthy flavor, beets have the highest sugar content on any vegetable, while remaining very low in calories. Beets are considered a root vegetable with two edible parts – the greens, which grow above the ground, and the beet ‘bulb’, which grows as ‘the root’. Aside from the red beet, these […]
Read MoreWeek 6 Green Bean and Potato Salad
As we are in week #6 of our Summer Salad Blog, I would like to introduce and share great friends, as well as experts in their fields. I encourage you to follow them as they share their expertise in food, nutrition, health, and fitness information. Week #6 = Green Bean and Potato Salad Recipe. Enjoy! Recipe as written […]
Read MoreFlavors of Fennel “Finocchio”
Fennel – What is it? After posting this week’s salad recipe “That’s Italian!”, a friend emailed me and asked, “how do you prepare fennel?” It seems to be one of those veggies that we have seen in the market, or have read in a list of ingredients, and perhaps a little unfamiliar to the palate? […]
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