Another one of my husband’s absolute favs is my Black Bean Dip. It was in the Columbus Dispatch back in 2000, so maybe some of you have been enjoying it for the past 10 years. It’s a hit with kids and adults alike, enough for them to lick the bowl clean! Actually, I just made [Read more...]
This Fresh Tomato and Pasta dish is my husband’s favorite dish of summer. Funny, because when we first meet, many, many years ago, he didn’t care for tomatoes. He would have a thin slice on his sandwich and eat them on this and that but never was that “into” them. Well, the first time I [Read more...]
My Polish Grandmother always made a side dish with cucumbers, sour cream, fresh dill and thinly sliced onion. It is cool and refreshing so we have it a lot in the summer, I just love the fresh dill. I’m writing down the ingredients and you can make it to your likening. My Dad uses mostly [Read more...]
Who doesn’t love fresh tomato salsa made with summer ripe tomatoes? So, here is a basic recipe for Fresh Tomato Salsa, but make it your own by adding more or less of the ingredients you like most. If you don’t like cilantro, remove it. If you like it HOT, add another jalapeno. Try adding different [Read more...]
My tomatoes are sputtering along, but my neighbors? I gave them some of my tomato plants I started from seed and they have a TON of tomatoes. Maybe I should call this Cathy cooks from my neighbor’s garden. Bob brought me a 30+ pounds of tomatoes. I oven dried another tray and sauced the rest [Read more...]
When cucumbers and tomatoes are ripe at the same time I always turn to Greek flavors. Fresh parsley, dill and others herbs are the perfect pairings. I love to make this Greek pasta salad. Start with a big bowl, at first you don’t think a pound of pasta looks like much, but by the time [Read more...]
Happy Summer! I am enjoying all the tomatoes and working through my list of must have tomato dishes. This recipe for Shrimp with Roasted Tomatoes and Feta is defiantly worth turning on the oven. I made it with shrimp but I think scallops or a firm fish such as Halibut would be lovely. I would [Read more...]
This a funny way this recipe came about and a lesson learned. When I first had a garden and had lots of tomatoes I thought I would make a big batch of fresh tomato salsa. I thought why not put it in some containers and freeze it. It would be great to pull out a [Read more...]
This is a big hit and easy. I remember a few years back I made this salsa for some friends and their kids for a pool party/cookout get-together. One of the twins, Heather, was probably 8 at the time and loved it. She said, “It’s the best salsa I ever had”. I was worried it [Read more...]
I love to have oven-dried tomatoes on hand, especially in the winter when fresh garden tomatoes are unavailable. Oven-dried tomatoes are similar to sundried tomatoes. They are easy to make but take a long time in the oven… hours in fact. You don’t need to stand in the kitchen, just check on them every hour [Read more...]