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Buttermilk Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This cake holds very well for a week or more in the refrigerator and makes a delightful snack for the mid-afternoon munchies! You can opt to make this cake as a 9x13 rectangular cake or as a layer cake using either two 9-inch pans or three 8-inch pans.
"Constructed" Caprese Salad
As we were contemplating what to do with all of the beautiful tomatoes, my son Joel came up with the idea of a hollowing out the tomatoes and stuffing them with all the fixings of a Caprese salad neatly tucked back into the tomatoes.
"Constructed" Caprese Salad
As we were contemplating what to do with all of the beautiful tomatoes, my son Joel came up with the idea of a hollowing out the tomatoes and stuffing them with all the fixings of a Caprese salad neatly tucked back into the tomatoes.
Mediterranean Eggplant Roulades
Be sure to sweat the eggplant slices before you cook them, so they don’t end up soggy.
Summer Peach Crisp
Peaches are glorious right now and this is a delicious way to eat them - under the cover of a crisp crumb topping.
Pollo alla Diavola
Bone-in chicken breast, basted in spicy Diavola rub, grilled to get the nice brown edges and then finished off in the oven to keep the chicken nice and moist.
Tropical Coconut Shrimp & Ahi Salad
This salad is big enough for the main course, yet light for a warm summer evening.
Panzanella Salad
Panzanella is a dinner-sized salad – practically a meal in itself, with crusty bread, cheese, veggies, and olives, it makes a delightful dinner on a hot summer night!This Mediterranean salad usually consists of crusty Tuscan bread and tomatoes in addition.
Mango-Avocado Salsa (perfect for fish or shrimp tacos)
This is a wonderfully healthy and delicious seasonal topping for grilled fish or seafood tacos and you can use whatever fresh fruit is in season: mangos, papaya, kiwi, peaches, nectarines, etc.
Ricotta & Feta Poppers
This past year I began making my own ricotta cheese, which turns out is not only pretty easy to do, but the result is amazing … rich, creamy ricotta that you can eat by the spoonful all by itself.
Barbecue Corn-Chicken Salad
It almost never fails … when you want to make something delicious and timely, simply stop at your local produce market and you will find inspiration! For some reason, the jalapeño peppers sitting right next to the fresh, ripe peaches gave me an idea.