BLT Variations For National BLT Sandwich Month

[1] This BLT has a layer of spicy crab salad. Here’s the recipe (photo © Olive Magazine). [2] Grill pineapple and add siracha mayo. Here’s the recipe (photo © Half Baked Harvest). [3] A lobster club on a toasted roll. Here’s the recipe (photo © Fish The Dish). [4] A fried green tomato BLT with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Shaved Salad

Get out your mandoline and make a shaved salad. Thinly-shaved foods not only have visual elegance, but enable a better melding of flavors on the fork. Serve them as a first course, a salad course after the main course, or a light lunch (for example, plated with cold chicken, roast, seafood). Photo #1, from Rolf…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Beyond Gazpacho Light Summer Soups

[1] Chilled strawberry coconut soup from Carlsbad Cravings. [2] Spicy chilled carrot soup with ginger and turmeric from Gourmande In The Kitchen.   Cool off with chilled soup versions of a few classics, like borscht, cold cucumber soup (with yogurt and dill) and gazpacho are the classic soups of summer, and we love them all.…
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