August 20th, 2008
Fresh Herb Vinaigrette
The perfect accompaniment to all of those tomatoes…
Tags: salad dressings, tomatoes, vinaigretteThe perfect accompaniment to all of those tomatoes…
Tags: salad dressings, tomatoes, vinaigrette
Mid-August is tomato season in the Midwest and Northeast and few things are as delicious as just-off-of-the-vine tomatoes. However, as prized as these vegetables are in the dead of winter, at this time of year, there often seems to be more of them than one can possibly use. Below are just a few of our favorite healthy ways to use fresh tomatoes:
1. Make Salsa.
2. Slice them and serve with blue cheese, onion, and balsamic vinegar.
3. Make tomato sauce.
4. Make tomato soup.
5. Make bruschetta.
6. Combine cubed tomatoes with cucumbers, onions, and vinaigrette.
7. Can them for use in the off-season.
8. Make Tomato Vinaigrette.
9. Prepare Roasted Salmon over Cherry Tomatoes.
10. Make healthy stuffed peppers.
11. Bake a Tomato Casserole.
12. Make Baked Green Tomatoes.
13. Can Tomato Chutney.
14. Prepare angel hair pasta topped with basil and diced tomatoes.
15. Stir-fry tomatoes with onion, garlic, and asparagus.
16. Bake stuffed tomatoes.
17. Create sun-dried tomatoes.
18. Make ceviche.
19. Bake chicken with tomatoes and olives.
20. Prepare a corn and tomato salad.
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When you think of Olympic athletes, you think well toned, in shape and healthy. You would think they need to eat a healthy diet to maintain their top physical shape. Most experts agree, but athletes do have a little extra leeway on eating since their heavy workouts burn major calories.
Most of the articles agree on one thing, to maintain top physical form, quality whole foods should be your primary eating focus.
Find out all the up to date Olympic news from Sandy at Light The Torch.
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Celebrate the end of summer with ValPak’s “Grill It” Sweepstakes and if you’re lucky win a trip to the Food Network’s Wine & Food Festival in New York City. The sweepstakes, which you can enter once daily from now until September 5, is open to residents of the United States and Canada (except Quebec Province) who are at least 18 years of age.
The grand prize is a trip to the Food Network’s Wine & Food Festival in New York City October 12-13 for two persons, including airfare, accommodations, admission to the show, a culinary demonstration by Bobby Flay, and $500 spending money. Twenty-five additional winners will receive an autographed Bobby Flay cookbook.
To enter, visit the ValPak Web site between now and September 5.
Here are a couple fun weekend food links for you to check out. Enjoy!
Cyndi at Busy Family Meals tells you how to prepare tough cuts of meat for grilling…in a way that will make your family’s mouths water instead of wince!
Food Ideas from Novels- Mary Emma at Country Kitchen enjoys gathering new food ideas and recipes from the novels she reads.
Freezer Pickles- A great recipe for using all those cucumbers piling up from the garden.
Halloween Recipes: Ghosts in the Graveyard- It’s not too early to start planning the food for your Halloween party.
Nancy’s Grilled Veggies Recipe- This week one of Jean’s readers “weighs in” with a side dish recipe featuring red peppers and olive oil, two of the Sonoma Diet powerhouse foods. Minimize your time in the kitchen and finish this up on the grill.
Smoked Salmon and Caper Spread- A great party appetizer recipe.
40 Dorm Recipes and Resources - Everything you need to know about dorm cooking.
Win a Volumetrics Cookbook from Jenny Craig
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Help keep down the price of buying organic with this online coupon from Horizon Organic, good for $1 off of a half-gallon of their chocolate organic milk. The coupon is good through September 13, 2008.
I’ve tried Horizon’s products, both the regular and the chocolate milk, and you really can tell a difference between them and “regular” milk.
(Photo courtesy of WhiteWave Foods)
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Here’s a (somewhat) healthy alternative to regular pancakes.
Buckwheat Pancakes Recipe
1 cup buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 egg beaten
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of melted butter
Preheat your griddle or skillet to about 475` and lightly oil. Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the egg, milk, and butter. Mix everything well and pour 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake onto the hot griddle. Cook for 1 to 1 1/2 minute on each side, until the edges are bubbly.
Top with maple syrup, honey, or all fruit preserves. These are delicious. I like the flavor the buckwheat gives them.
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Looking for something a little elegant, yet easy and healthy to serve your family, your boyfriend, or at your next dinner party? Food Network star and cookbook author, Robin Miller offers two ideas–a goat cheese salad and a creamy yogurt dessert. Take a look:
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This time of the year the pepper plants are producing in overdrive. I like to use my sweet bell peppers to make stuffed peppers. Here’s my favorite recipe.
I also freeze some peppers so I can make stuffed peppers in the winter. They’re the best this time of year with basil and oregano fresh from the garden.
Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 325.` Brown the ground turkey with the onion, and cook the rice according to the package instructions. Combine the tomato sauce, basil and oregano. Cut the tops off of the peppers and remove the seeds. Combine the ground turkey, rice, and half of the tomato sauce mixture, and stuff inside the hollowed out peppers.
Pour the other half of the tomato sauce over the top of the peppers. Bake at 325` for about 50-60 minutes, or until the peppers are soft. You can sprinkle a little parmesan, or mozzarella cheese on top during the last 15-20 minutes.
Enjoy!
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Is peanut butter healthy? I suppose it depends on whom you ask. The creamy kid’s staple certainly has a lot of protein and it’s a good alternate to repeated meals of red meat. However, it’s best used in moderation (like everything else) due to its substantial fat content (although US brands do not contain trans-fat.)
To make creating peanut butter treats fun, Jif–”America’s Favorite Peanut Butter”–is hosting a contest for kids 6-12 to create their own peanut butter sandwich treat. The grand prize winner will receive a $25,000 scholarship fund to help pay for college. Four runners-up will each receive a $2500 scholarship fund. All five finalists will win a trip to New York City for the live judging event.
Entries will be accepted from now until November 14, 2008. For more information and the entry form, visit the Jif Web site.
(logo courtesy of Jif)
Tags: contests, jif, peanut butterLow Fat and Healthy Cooking
Written by Linette Gerlach [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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