Juicy tree-ripened nectarine slices and thin-sliced chickenless tenders adorn this seasonal kale dish.
The fruit and greens are served over quinoa and topped with crumbled feta cheese and toasted almond slices.
What a refreshing way to celebrate the close of a summer day! The harvest season just keeps on giving.
There’s nothing quite like the flavor of freshly harvested tomatoes and this fruit of sweet perfection is still in season. You’ve already been introduced to the flavor-blast of garlic, onion, fresh basil and fresh tomatoes in this no-cook pasta sauce. Tonight you’ll revisit it because it’s the peak of the harvest season. Fuel up on fresh tomatoes. Enjoy!
The “Holy Grail” of Cajun food ingredients is on display tonight: onions, bell peppers and celery. Then there’s the seasoning, with lots of paprika, garlic powder, oregano and cayenne. Cajun food is easy to make and, as you will note from the spices, packed with flavor. It was developed by the French-speaking Arcadian people who came from Canada and settled in Louisiana.
In lieu of corn bread we’ll just have a warm corn tortilla.
Your greens have a sweet and savory profile tonight when they’re combined with tree-ripened pears and layered over a bed of quinoa. The plate is then topped with chickenless tenders and sprinkled with toasted walnuts and crumbled Gorgonzola.
This is one of my favorite times of the year for greens. There are just so many options!
Hail to the Chef! Chef Caesar Cardini that is. He created this classic American salad back in 1924 when his restaurant was running out of food. As Chef Cardini was low on supplies, his salad consisted of only Romaine lettuce, anchovies and croutons. However, since I’m usually not running low on groceries when I make it, I add a few additional items to make it even more refreshing. The dressing’s what makes this salad so great and this eggless Caesar Dressing will not dissapoint.
I could live on this salad during the summer months. Buon Appetito!
The seasonal foods tonight include corn on the cob, fresh peas and new potatoes! You’ll find them all at grocery stores and farmer’s markets this time of year. As a kid, one of my favorite summer side dishes was creamed peas and potatoes. Mom made this old-world dish with fresh ingredients and lots of butter and whole milk. My “new-world” version tastes like mom’s and still has the fresh ingredients, but the yogurt-based cream sauce has a fraction of the saturated fat.
The barbecued chicken can be either plant-based or meat. I love the plant-based version with barbequed Chick’n strip kabobs.