Now here’s a recipe that can not deny its Sicilian roots. If you have had pickled eggplant before, you may have had the one you can purchase in the grocery store. If that was your response than the real answer is “you really have NOT tasted pickled eggplant”. I’ve been making pickled eggplant for many,…
Vegetables
Swiss Chard with Garlicky Tomato Sauce
My Mom used to tell me how important leafy greens are for you when I was a child. I was a finicky eater and did not like many vegetables back then. Time has changed that, now, I seem to like everything and I can say vegetables are now, probably my favorite food. Swiss Chard is…
Pasta Primavera
This dish is very simple to throw together after a long day of work. It’s quick fresh healthy and will give you a genuine feeling of satisfaction. Freshly picked vegetables right out of the garden. Three vegetables I grow are string beans, tomatoes, and zucchini. I also put in my homegrown basil along with carrots,…
Vegetable Confetti Salad
This salad was formulated out of near necessity for the mere reason of having maybe 1 or 2 of each of these vegetables leftover in my produce bin in the refrigerator. Actually, you can go to the grocery store and just pick the prettiest colors to go into this salad and it would probably work….
Marinara String Beans
String beans with marina sauce were my favorite vegetable growing up, and it still ranks pretty high on the list today. My family loves them and I could say today, it’s probably on their top 10 list! There are so many ways to serve it up, and they ain’t bad raw either. I have gone…
Parmesan Rollatini
If you like eggplant you are going to love this twist on eggplant parmesan. Instead of slicing your eggplant in disks you are going to cut your eggplant lengthwise, of course, you’re going to take off its skins first. I actually like to use a heavy duty potato peeler; it comes off so clean. One…