Articles tagged with tomato
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Beyond Vegetable Dip
“Vegetable dips” can go two ways. You can create a dip intended for dipping your raw raw vegetables into, or you can make the dip itself out of vegetables. Well, for this delicious snack idea, we used vegetables as the dip! This is just a pizza sauce dip, but we included some extra veggies, for a [...]
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Indulge your Umami
A regular guest blogger for 'livelighter' & flexitarian cook, Bindu Grandhi, tells us what it is and shares a delicious tomato and carrot appetiser recipe from her cookbook. Most of us learned in school that our sense of taste is based on four primary tastes: sweet, sour, salt and bitter. Those taste receptors are located [...]
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We Like it Hot: Healthy Hot Tacos
Tomato Salsa Ingredients: 2-3 medium sized fresh tomatoes stems removed, finely diced 1/2 red onion, finely diced 1 jalapeño chili pepper (stems, ribs, seeds removed), finely diced 1 Serrano chili pepper (stems, ribs, seeds removed), finely diced Juice of one lime 1/2 cup chopped cilantro Salt and pepper to taste Start with chopping up 2 medium sized fresh tomatoes. Prepare the chilies. Be very [...]
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Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
This is one of my favorite things in the world. When I start craving this during the peak of heirloom tomato season, I feel I must make it now. Although it is not exactly a traditional method, I don't care. There are a million variations of this dish including roasting tomatoes, adding garlic or a [...]
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Giant Grilled Overstuffed Portabella Mushrooms
Ingredients for Step 1: Mushroom Marinade Six portabellas, stems removed (save for filling) and black parts under cap gently scraped 1 TBSP fresh chopped garlic 1 TBSP Miso Mayo *optional 2 ounces white wine 2 ounces rice vinegar juice from 1 orange 2 ounces good quality extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Marinade Method: Combine all ingredients and marinade for two hours. Grill [...]
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Raw "pasta"
A while back I wrote about a raw chili that I had enjoyed for dinner. Since I loved the "nut meat" portion of the meal so much, I created a raw "pasta" meal using similar ingredients. Instead of noodles, I used a potato peeler to cut raw zucchini into ribbons. I topped the zucchini with [...]
