In the second course you will
get tomato basil or seafood soup and in entrees you will find souvlakis with addictive tzatziki sauce, homemade pasta, goat cheese ravioli, Moroccan chicken, and grilled fish.
Not exact matches
The cheeses
get combined and baked in the oven, then topped with garlicky
tomatoes and
basil.
Just add some
tomatoes and fresh
basil to the chickpeas and tahini to
get an amazing and rich flavor.
2 Red Peppers 2 small red onions 1 large clove of garlic 8 mini plum
tomatoes (or cherry
tomatoes) 3 cooked artichoke hearts (I
got mine ready roasted from Sainsburys) a handful of olives (green, black whatever you prefer) 2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil handful of chopped
basil Splash of Balsamic Vinegar Thyme, Rosemary, Oregano or other herbs that take your fancy Salt and pepper to season to taste
It makes the whole delicious combination even more appealing; The
tomatoes get sweeter, the subtle flavors of the mozzarella and avocado are heightened, and when the drizzle hits the
basil you will INSIST that you're eating bruschetta for dinner... and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Tomatoes and
basil always remind me of summer because I
get them fresh from the garden when I go home.
In this version we first
get started on a simple homemade
tomato sauce with crushed
tomatoes, garlic,
basil, and oregano (though you could easily use already prepared sauce).
The Chickpea,
Tomato,
Basil Salad was so simple but incredibly delicious and something I'll definitely make throughout the summer when the
tomatoes and
basil in the garden
get going properly.
I gave ratios below, but just
get a good balance of
tomatoes, blueberries, mozzarella, and
basil and you're good to go.
We've
got tons of flavor inside using
tomatoes and fresh
basil.
Okay, I crave lasagna all the time but there's something about making it with ripe summer
tomatoes and fresh
basil that really
gets my goat.
Instead of just serving
tomatoes fresh, we squeeze / punch / smash them up a bit so they
get softer and release some of that lovely juice that
gets mixed with olive oil, a splash of the hot pasta water, fresh
basil, garlic and pickled capers.
This
tomato basil soup is uber cheap to make if you've
got just about everything growing in your garden already.
Mine came out a tad watery, but meh, it still tasted amazing, from the bright
tomato sauce, to the cheesy
basil gooeyness and the mozzarella, you
GOT TA
get the fresh kind, it really makes a difference.
If you can't
get the crushed
tomatoes with
basil, you can use plain crushed
tomatoes and add 2T chopped fresh
basil OR 2 tsp dried
basil.
You can
get creative and add some fresh
basil or even spread some
tomato sauce over the bread if you like.
This is delicious and elegant Made this tonight - I
got a bunch of fresh
basil in my farm shares and some native
tomato - so I went and bought 2 pieces of Wild King salmon (very expensive, yikes!)
This simple summer dish of pasta with
tomatoes and
basil will
get you out of the kitchen quickly.
Get Caprese salad recipes and ideas and new twists on the
tomato, mozzarella and
basil salad like sliders, calzones and more on Cooking Channel.
Get your tabbouleh ready by dicing cucumbers,
tomatoes, kalamata olives, mint, cilantro,
basil + mixing with some cooked quinoa, garlic, salt + pepper.
Many cold soups begin with raw ingredients and end with raw ingredients, only
getting a quick puress in a blender -
tomato gazapcho, for instance - but I found that a quick cook of the vegetables makes for a softer flavor that allows the lemony
basil and earthy avocado to standout rather than play second fiddle to pungent onion, sharp garlic, and grassy zucchini.
You
get hints of smoky bacon bites with sweet
tomatoes and
basil in every noodley - bite!
To this end, we've experimented successfully with Italian (garlic, sundried
tomato, olive), Greek (olive, onion, lemon
basil, feta — you
get the idea), Mexican Chile, Indian Masala, and our daily fave, the «bring it on, breakfast blend.»
2 — 4 - 6 oz servings of fish 1 cup Cooked brown rice — I have done my food prep already so I've
got some germinated brown rice already made 1 zucchini, diced 8 - 10 cherry
tomatoes, halved fresh lemon fresh
basil Sea salt and pepper to taste
Caprese is my middle name right now, so
tomato basil and cheese will
get my attention.
My
tomatoes typically do pretty well but I
get lazy when it comes to tying them up so the vines look a mess,
basil grows like crazy but I forget to harvest as much as I should before it becomes bitter in the late summer, my blueberry bushes and raspberry vines have been quite pitiful as I lose the daily battle with birds.
And I am German, so I sure do miss my bread A LOT... I was actually able to slice my muffin into 3 pieces (used regular flax meal and coconut flour), topped one with butter, serrano ham, egg,
tomato and fresh
basil, and had the other 2 pieces with more butter and your delicious blueberry chia jam I finally
got around to making yesterday.
Fresh Toppings: I like to use a blend of fresh peppers, onions,
tomatoes, and spinach or
basil leaves — but this is time to
get creative!
The eggplant parmesan
gets assembled like a lasagna:
tomato sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 pan, followed by a layer of eggplant,
tomato sauce, cheese, and
basil leaves, repeated as much as you can.
The memories of those first asparagus sautés, the crunch of early lettuce, and those juicy
tomato -
basil sandwiches stay with us all year round, helping us
get through the long winter months of root - centric dietary monotony.
The backyard garden, bursting with
tomatoes and
basil and adorned with morning glories, bespeaks hours of hard labor, as does the wood already piling up in the backyard storage area in preparation for winter, when the furnace
gets a new log every eight hours.