Caponata is a Sicilian dish made with eggplant, celery and a sweet and sour dressing. The other vegetables vary, but often include tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and herbs like basil or mint. Capers, raisins, pine nuts or olives can also be added.
Month: August 2015
Baked Parmesan Crusted Tilapia for Two
Perfect for busy weeknights and the back-to-school season ahead, it only takes a few simple ingredients to make this quick and easy fish entree. The tilapia is baked with a mixture of parmesan, panko and Italian seasonings for a delicious crunch over a fish filet kept tender with the addition of mayonnaise. It’s baked in the Easy Reach Convection Oven to keep dinner speedy, and this recipe serves two, but easily doubles to accommodate a family of four. Serve it with a vegetable side dish and a couple lemon wedges, and you’ve got a foolproof, healthy dinner in no time.
Center Stage: Cinnamon Chips and Apple Berry Salsa with Heather’s French Press
This post is courtesy of Heather from Heather’s French Press. She’s a wife, mom, and when she’s not walking dogs or wrangling chickens, she can be found in the kitchen. Heather says she prefers salty to sweet, but you’d never guess that from her blog.
It’s that time of year again: back-to-school. It seems to come faster and faster each year. Beach towels and picnic baskets are being traded for backpacks and lunchboxes. Moms everywhere are stocking up not only on pencils and paper but also on lunchbox ideas and after-school snacks. Because no matter how busy we are, we know our kids come home from school HUNGRY!
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Tomatoes: Facts, Tips and Recipes for Summer’s Favorite Fruit
Food Focus: Tomatoes
Tomatoes are everywhere in the summer. It seems every time you turn around, a bright red bushel of tomatoes is greeting you. From colorful heirlooms to the ones with weird ridges and bumps, I can’t get enough of their perfectly sweet flavor and juicy texture. Nothing compares to the taste of a freshly grown tomato.
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Quick and Easy Sheet Pan Pizza
We all know the days when we don’t feel like cooking and just want to get dinner on the table as quickly and easily as possible. Often, that leads to a unanimous call for pizza, and more often than we’d like to admit, that call goes out to a pizza delivery service. While we truly enjoy making our own pizza dough, it’s not always realistic when schedules get hectic and everyday life takes over. This quick and easy toaster oven pan pizza is the perfect compromise for days when you don’t want to order takeout, but you don’t want to cook, either.
Center Stage: Mocha Cookies and Cream Ice Cream with Completely Delicious
Annalise Sandberg writes the blog Completely Delicious from her home in Utah, where she lives with her husband Steve, son John and dog Pi. Like us, she believes that life is usually a little better with sugar and butter. You can find Annalise on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
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Fresh Slow Cooker Tomato Soup
Tomato season is something many people look forward to all year, as ripe, summer tomatoes have a special flavor that no off-season imposter can replicate. That means it’s time to grab buckets of fresh, local tomatoes from store shelves, so you can make all the fresh salsa, gazpacho and tomato soup you can.
