Category: Vegetables-Salads-Herbs

TIP OF THE DAY: Fried Potato Peels (Save Potato Peels For A Snack Or Garnish)

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Yesterday we featured murasaki, Japanese purple sweet potatoes. Today, it’s a completely different view of potatoes: Fried or roasted peels! We knew that we could freeze potato peels (and all vegetable peels) to make stock. We never thought to cook them as a standalone food. But, in that time-honored tradition of letting nothing go to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Murasaki Japanese Sweet Potatoes

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[1] Murasaki sweet potatoes from Japan, a variety now grown in California (you can buy seeds from Burpee). [2] Murasaki oven fries with wasabi aïoli. Here’s the recipe from Bonjon Gourmet.   “As sweet as sugar.” That’s what we thought when we first tasted murasaki sweet potatoes. The next day we ran out to buy…
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SUMMER RECIPES: Cucumber & Melon Salad, Grilled Zucchini

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[1] Grilled zucchini, given a Moroccan touch with cumin (photos #1, #2, #3, #5 courtesy Good Eggs). [2] Refreshing cucumber-melon salad, accented with serrano chiles and mint. [3] Both dishes on the picnic table. [4] Painted Serpent cucumbers are an heirloom Asian cucumber. You can buy the seeds from Born To Grow. [5] For dessert:…
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RECIPE: Caprese Casserole & Caprese Salad Recipes

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[1] Caprese Casserole (photo courtesy QVC). [2] Another Caprese main course option: Balsamic Chicken Caprese. Here’s the recipe from Cafe Delites. [3] Classic Caprese with red and yellow heirloom tomatoes (photo courtesy Balducci’s). [4] Artistic Caprese arrangement (photo courtesy Great Performances | Facebook).   Caprese Salad—tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, with an olive oil dressing—has become…
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FOOD FUN: Rainbow Veggie Pizza

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What’s at the end of the rainbow? A rainbow veggie pizza! This pizza is also a clever way to get the I-don’t-want-vegetables contingent to eat more of them. Thanks to Pampered Chef for the recipe.   RECIPE: RAINBOW VEGGIE PIZZA Ingredients 1 ball (16 ounces/450 g) fresh pizza dough Canola oil Assorted fresh vegetables such…
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