Fresh Tomato Pie, Oh My! Today, we’re making a fresh tomato pie. Stick with me as I delve into this cheesy golden-baked dish made with ripe tomatoes that showcase the essence of summer. Let’s get into it… What Is Tomato Pie? Tomato pie is a southern summer classic made with season ripe tomatoes, and fresh herbs baked in a pie shell topped with a cheese mayonnaise combination spread. This impressive beauty makes for the perfect main course, or brunch dish that will steal the show at any summer gathering. How Do You Prepare Tomato Pie? To achieve a delectable pie, you don’t just stuff the center with tomatoes and expect…
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summer watermelon salad
Summer watermelon salad! This season-inspired salad is built on a base of juicy cubed-sized watermelon bites intertwined with arugula, thoughtfully chosen colorful tomatoes, fresh herbs, and feta cheese adding a crumbly tangy kick of flavor. This salad is: Easy to make Healthy, and more importantly… It’s affordable I call it chunky hydration in a bowl. You should partake. I’m just saying… Here are MORE scrumptious salad bowls that will tantalize your oral cavity: LATE SUMMER PANZANELLA SALAD quinoa salad with black chickpeas PEAR AND PURPLE POTATO SALAD WITH MUSTARD SEEDS HOW TO MAKE A DELICIOUS WATERMELON SALAD summer watermelon salad Print Prep time 25 mins Total time 25 mins…
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toum garlic sauce
You’re probably thinking, what is Toum garlic sauce? Great question! Toum garlic sauce is an aggressive, delicious, hearty, savory Middle Eastern sauce that enhances any dish that could use a jolt of garlic and acid. I have had the absolute pleasure of consuming this sauce over egg curry, drizzled over roasted veggies, and slathered on my sandwiches. If you need an easy multipurpose sauce in your repertoire, look no further. This sauce consists of only 4 ingredients: Fresh garlic cloves Lemon juice Salt Avocado oil Blend the ingredients in the food processor. To avoid breaking the emulsification process, slowly add the avocado oil to create a smooth, velvety consistency. You…
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roasted honeynut soup
Serving up roasted honeynut soup because timing is everything. I don’t know about the temperatures in your neck of the woods, but temperatures in Maryland call for a hot bowl of roasted honeynut soup. In our household, honeynut is steadily closing in on butternut as our squash of choice. Why? It’s packed with hefty flavor. A single serving has twice the beta carotene of butternut squash. And its miniature size is too cute to resist. This stick to your ribs soup features: Fresh herbs Apple cider Granny smith apples Succulent caramelized onions It has a velvety puree consistency from combining blended apples and squash, which also has a warming touch…
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15 delicious back to school recipes from breakfast to dinner
Back to School Recipes! With most schools returning back to school, I wanted to share with you some delicious back-to-school recipes to help you with your meal planning. Whether your children are distance-learning, returning back to school, or homeschooling one thing’s for certain they need to eat. Today, I gathered up 15 healthy recipes from breakfast to dinner that are popular by you and some of my personal favorites. Your meal plans should be simple-easy, flavorful, colorful, and absolutely delicious. So without further ado, here are 15 delicious back-to-school recipes from breakfast to dinner. I also included a link to free downloadable meal planning templates because I know how busy…
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leveled up spiced egg curry with baby kale
Spiced egg curry is a WHOLE MOOD! Snazzy-looking Made with locally sourced organic eggs Adorned with fresh handpicked baby kale (Grown by Yours Truly) Spiced up with: Ginger, Garlic, Turmeric, Cumin, Red chili powder, Fennel seeds, and Garam Masala Now, that we’ve established the MOOD, let’s get into why this recipe works as the perfect stand-in to get folks fed. It’s easy peasy on the scale of difficulty. In less than 30 minutes, you’ll end hunger in your household. WIN!! The ingredient variations are endless. You can make it using boiled eggs, toss in some mushrooms, eggplant makes for a meaty option, or add sweet potatoes to add a hefty…
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delicious cabbage soup with kale
Cabbage soup….is that you?!?! If you judge cabbage by its looks, you’d think it lacked substance, but this cabbage soup has a few things going for itself. First, it’s absurdly easy to make. Second, it’s packed with nutrition from the likes of magnesium, potassium, and vitamins A & K. And third, the longer it simmers it brings out the sweeter nuttier flavor of a tender cooked cabbage, not an overcooked cabbage, but a cabbage that’s well seasoned and that gets better with time. Toss in some kale, sauteed red onions, garlic, fresh ginger, and leeks and you have yourself a delicious full rounded flavor profile. To achieve this glorious pot…
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WILD RICE CASSEROLE
Greetings All! I hope this post finds you well and happy. I know it’s been a while since my last post, 20 days to be exact, geez! That’s like a year in blog years!! I’ve been busy guys, but aren’t we all?! Busy with homeschool and life’s odds and ends, pop-ups, and lots of, “oh! I almost forgot!” Yeah, too many of those. We’re in the final stretch of our Fall semester, and I’m exhausted, and so are my kiddos. I scheduled a week off next week to recharge our batteries to energize us to the end of our Fall semester, which ends in January with a much-needed vacation-Woo Hoo!! So…
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fonio and tiny tomato sauce
Happy Fall! Let’s celebrate with Fonio and tiny tomato sauce because tomatoes are still a thing. This seasonal fusion is brought to you by Tiny tomatoes stewed in hot sizzling butter with onions to create an irresistible sauce. Mounted on a warm creamy puddle of fonio that works nicely, making this cozy bowl hearty and delicious. It’s my hope fall brings an end to crazy and chaos and ushers in: Crunchy leaves. Thick socks, cozy sweaters, and hats! All the casseroles you can eat. Brisk walks in the park with stunning views! Cinnamon & Spice on EVERYTHING! And misty mornings with cups of hot dark chocolate. Fall….we’ve been waiting for…
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delicious healthy fall recipes
The countdown to fall 2020 recipes begins NOW! Here’s a roundup of 10 delicious fall recipes to whet your appetite as fall is slowly starting to make her presence felt. Enjoy! Healthy Lentil Quinoa Chili: Grab a bowl; this Lentil quinoa chili is ready to devour. MMMMMMMMM. So healthy and decadent, full of vegetable chunks and lots of GOOD, GOOD. Calendula Bread: Welcome Fall with this wholesome loaf of bread that’s wondrous- perfectly moist, delightfully spiced, densely rich with amber colored flecks of calendula flowers throughout rendering it bona fide healthy. Pumpkin Chickpea Mushroom Stew: It’s bright, bold with a rich and savory base, chock filled with pumpkins, satisfying chickpeas, garlic…
