Ingredients: Olive oil ½ yellow onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 8-10 brown mushrooms, sliced 2 bell peppers (orange, red or yellow), seeded and cubed 1 zucchini, cubed 1 summer squash, cubed 1 medium eggplant, cubed 6 large, fresh tomatoes or 1 (15 oz.) can chopped tomatoes 1 Tbsp tomato paste ½ cup… Continue Reading
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Greek Salad with Kalamata Olives
About 4 to 6 Servings Download PDF of Recipe Ingredients: Dressing: ½ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup red wine vinegar Juice from ½ lemon 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp Dijon mustard Salt and fresh ground pepper Salad: 2 heads romaine lettuce, cut… Continue Reading
Pesto Sauce
Ingredients: 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves 1/3 cup pine nuts 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1-2 garlic cloves Olive Oil Black Pepper Directions: Wash and pat dry the basil leaves. Cut off stems. Peel and dice garlic. In a blender or food processor, add basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and garlic with 1/2 cup… Continue Reading
12 Health-Promoting Herbs & Spices
Looking for a way to curb your salt habit? A great way is by doctoring up your meals with herbs & spices. Derived from the leaves, roots, bark, buds and fruit of various plants, herbs and spices add flavor and increase the nutritional content of foods. While it may take some time to “retrain” your taste… Continue Reading
Basil
(Ocimum basilicum) While basil comes in a number of varieties, large-leafed sweet basil is most commonly used in cooking. Other varieties include bush basil, which is less pungent and purple basil which is used for decorative purposes. Holy basil has mauve colored leaves and is slightly lemon scented while cinnamon basil has notes of… Continue Reading
Creamy Pesto Chicken With Sun Dried Tomatoes
Ingredients: 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves 1/3 cup pine nuts 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1-2 garlic cloves (cleaned) Olive Oil 2 chicken breasts (cleaned, sliced and pounded into thin slices) Flour 1/3 to ½ cup of low-fat milk 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes Black Pepper and Red Pepper To Make Pesto Sauce: In… Continue Reading
Tomato Soup
Download PDF of Recipe About 6-8 Servings Ingredients: Olive oil 1 small onion 1 carrot 1-2 celery stalks 2 cloves of garlic 3 Tbsp flour 3 cups low-fat milk 1 (28-ounce) can plum tomatoes 4 Tbsp tomato paste Oregano, cilantro, parsley, basil, paprika Salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper Dill, saffron, nutmeg… Continue Reading