Vegetarian Sundays: Fresh Chilean Summer Salad

 

A few weeks back I mentioned I would share my super easy recipe for Chilean Summer Salad. Well, with summer almost gone I thought it was high time I share that recipe while the tomatoes are still tender and the onions sweet.

Ingredients:

1 LB Tomatoes (I like Heirloom Varieties)

1 Whole Yellow Onion

1 Cu Hot, Boiling Water

1/4 Cup Olive Oil

Salt to Taste

Peel your onion

 

 Slice your onion

 Place all of your onion in a bowl and cover with boiling hot water

Cover with a towel and let stand for 10-15 minutes. You are lightly blanching the onion so all of that onion-i-ness tones down, but you maintain the crispness.

 

Slice your tomatoes and place a large bowl

Drain your onions and rinse with cool water

Add onions to your tomatoes in the bowl

 Add  the olive oil and salt to taste

 Stir well until all ingredients are mixed. Place in the refrigerator until chilled. Serve as a side to tacos, rice and beans or any other deliciousness you can think of!

Vegetarian Sundays: Popcorn

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 I have been in the mood for a big bowl of delicious popcorn the past few days, but still haven't made myself some. My husband and I  have been dreaming about all the different toppings we could douse our popcorn in. Oh, the flavor combos that we could create! Here just some of the options my sweet husband and I have been salivating over. Do you have any flavors you love?

•  Olive oil and parmasian cheese
• Spicy Lime and Cilantro
• S'more
• Caramel and Chocolate
• Peanut Butter
• Gooey Cheese
• Salt & Vinegar
• Nutritional Yest & Salt
• Garlic-butter
• Taco Seasoned
• Caramel & Coconut

Wishing you a happy Sunday. See you here tomorrow, I am off to make myself that big bowl of popcorn.

My Day In Food

As you know, I love food. It is probably one of the highlights of my day.  Don't get me wrong, I definitely have days where I  have no idea what to make/eat. But, then there are days, like this one I am about to share with you, when things just all go right. One meal, after the other is just what I wanted. So here you go, my day in food:

Breakfast:
Fresh Made Granola, Bee Pollen (for my allergies), fresh blueberries, and Greek yogurt

Lunch:
Chabata Sandwich with veggie deli meat, heirloom tomatoes, sprouts, avocado, Munster cheese, mayo and Dijon mustard

After Dinner Dessert: Fresh berries from the Farmer's Market

You are probably wondering what happened to dinner. No, I wasn't too full after my gi-ganto sandwich. We ate tamales from the Farmer's Market for dinner, and they were literally so good I didn't have  chance to get a picture of them before they were devoured. Maybe next time.

So, what food have you been enjoying lately?

Vegeterarian Sundays:: Eggless Peanut Butter Bread

Happy Mother's Day friends! Since it is Mother's Day I thought I would share a recipe that is tasty to both mothers and their babes. Lately I have been seeking new recipes to try and expand my son's currently limited menu. I thought he might like to have something that seemed more like a "dessert" when in fact, it is a healthy -whole-grain- protein-packed delicious snack!

When my in-laws moved recently they gifted me several cookbooks that they had used with their children I instantly fell in love with This peanut butter bread recipe from Susan Tate Firkaly's cookbook, Into the Mouths of Babes. 

2 1/2 cups whole-wheat flower

1 TBS baking powder

1 TSP salt

1 1/4 cups milk

2 TBS oil (I used vegetable)

1/4 cup honey

3/4 cup peanut butter (I used creamy)

Mix dry ingredients together. Set aside. Heat milk until warm. Add honey, oil, peanut butter to milk and stir well. Add liquid mixture into dry ingredients and blend well. Pour intp well-greased pan and bake at 350 F for 40-50 minutes. 

I served the bread warm with mashed banana to my  son, he loved it! I then made a simple chocolate ganache (1/2  65% chocolate bar melted and mixed with 1/4 cup whipping cream, well combined) and spread the ganache over the bread for a tasty dessert for the adults of the family. Truly Divine!

What kinds of foods have you made for your children lately?