A summer heatwave has been hitting us here in VA (and all over the country) pretty hard. It’s the time of year for no-cook, just throw-together dinner options, which quite often means a salad. Keeping salads interesting can be a challenge, so I’m always looking at how to put a new twist on an old favorite. Since I love bread, Panzanella salad has always been in my recipe rotation. It’s great for lunch or dinner at home, but it is also is a perfect make-ahead, portable potluck or picnic offering. This salad tastes better after it sits for a few hours to allow the ingredients to marinate and the flavors…
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Old School Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onions
Instead of ringing in the New Year with a healthy meal like most everyone does, I decided to go in a different direction. For some reason, I had the desire to make one of my mom’s feel-good recipes, sausage, peppers and onions on a soft hoagie roll. This meal was one of my comfort foods when I was a kid. Even now I can remember exactly how the house smelled when mom was sauteeing all those yummy peppers with onions and garlic. This is such an easy meal – a one-pot wonder full of flavor and color, and flexible enough to add your own spin on it. For instance, I…
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Ratatouille
Ratatouille November 10, 2018 by cheflorene Cuisine French Category Recipes What's on my mind. . . Ratatouille is a hearty side dish, even though it is vegetarian. It can be made in the oven or on the stove top. You can add more veggies or different seasonings if you like. Serve it as a main dish with a green salad and toasty, crusted bread. Ingredients 1 can diced tomatoes 1 small sweet onion, diced 1 large zucchini, diced 1 large yellow squash, diced 1 small to medium eggplant,diced 1 bell pepper, orange or red, diced 2 cloves of garlic, diced and smashed 1 bay leaf 1 Tbsp of tomato paste Salt…
