This came from an old “Cooking Club”. Cindy Pereira made this and I really like the cool shape and simple preparation and great flavors. I included it in a few past Thanksgiving meals and resurrected it this last Thanksgiving. Directions: Take each zucchini and slice through 3 or 4 times without cutting the stem. Insert a sliver of sliced garlic…
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Roasted Root Vegetables
Isn’t this beautiful! I love the colors! Art in nature! An old neighbor Melissa Churlonis told me about this many years ago. It is from epicurious.com. I have been making this for Thanksgiving since the 90’s. I have adapted the original pretty significantly because it is basically just roasted vegetables. INGREDIENTS 12 baby beets, trimmed, peeled 2 pounds red-skinned…
Sauteed Vegetables (light version)
I got my teeth whitened the other day and they said I had to eat light colored foods for 2 days! How is that possible? It was torture. I walked by the farmers market and picked up a potato, an onion, a yellow squash, fresh garlic, a white bell pepper and a yellow heirloom tomato. It was all cut up…
Baked Canadian Salmon on Vegetables
I bought a piece of Canadian Salmon at Fairway. It was more expensive than their regular salmon but tasted amazing. I think partly because I didn’t overcook it. 350 degrees for 15 minutes. I cooked it in Trader Joes Island Soyaki marinade which is really good. From the ingredient list it has soy sauce, pineapple juice, ginger, garlic, onion, vinegar,…
Pizza with garlic, smoked mozzarella, provolone, charred corn, broccoli, shrimp, bacon, shallots
The name and the pictures pretty much say how I made this. Again, a window to the current contents of my refrigerator on a Trader Joes pizza dough crust. Some fresh italian parsley on top after it came out of the oven. It was a really interesting combination of flavors. Smoked mozzarella is a cool cheese that I have never…