Sunday, June 21, 2009

Stuffed mushrooms with goat cheese

Time to prepare: 30 min

Ingredients:
  • 16 oz mushrooms
  • 4oz goat cheese
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • rosemary
  • salt & pepper
  • olive oil

Direction

  • pre-heat oven at 400 degrees
  • toss mushroom tops with rosemary and 1tbl of olive oil, add salt & pepper (I use very little s&p)
  • place mushrooms opening end up on a baking sheet
  • bake for 15-20min. you want the mushrooms to be brown
  • in a bowl combine goat cheese, remainder of the rosemary, minced garlic
  • when mushroom are ready remove from the oven
  • use a paper towel and dab the extra oils from the mushrooms
  • use a spoon and stuff the mushrooms

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Heirloom salad

This salad is one of my summer favorites. As soon as I see some heirloom tomatoes at the store, you're bound to find this salad at my house.

Time to prepare:
10 min

Ingredients:
  • 3 heirloom tomatoes
  • 1 clove of elephant garlic
  • 1 mozzarella ball
  • basil

Directions:
  • Chop up the tomatoes in half circles
  • Slice the mozzarella ball thingly
  • Mince the 1 clove of garlic
  • Chop up the basil
  • Salt&Pepper
  • Add some olive oil

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Perfect Caesar


Caesar salad is one of my all time favorites. Please note, since I am all about healthy cooking, I try to avoid using croutons when I cook.

Time to prepare: 10 min
Ingredients:
  • romaine lettuce
  • green onion (1 bunch)
  • chicken breast (or deli meat)

Dressing:

  • 1 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp mayo
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard
  • 1tbls olive oil
  • salt/pepper
  • 1tsp white wine vinegrate
  • anchovies
  • 2 cloves of minced garlic

Directions

  • combine all greens
  • add chicken (if you would like the meat version)
  • squeeze the lemon
  • in a bowl, squish the anchovies, combine olive oil/dijon/white vinegrate/mayo and mix together
  • add salt/pepper/minced garlic
  • mix dressing with salad

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Roasted Asparagus

Time to prepare: 10min
Ingredients: Asparagus/lemon/almond oil

Directions
  • Wash and chop off the bottoms of the asparagus
  • Place asparagus on the grill
  • As the asparagus is grilling brush over with almond oil
  • Turn the asparagus and brush over again
  • Salt and pepper while on the grill
  • Roast asparagus for roughly 5-7min
  • Once removed from grill sprinkle is fresh squeezed lemon or wine vinegrate

This is a very basic and easy recipe. It is one of my all time summer favorites.