Quick and Easy in 15 Minutes – Cherry Tomato & Garlic over Zoodles

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Foodnut

Cherry Tomatoes & Garlic Sauce over Zoodles

Photography & Recipe copyrighted by Jacqueline Peppard

Quick and Easy in 15 Minutes – Cherry Tomato & Garlic Sauce over Zoodles

If you like bruschetta, you’ll love this!

Enjoy the last of the summer veggies with an amazingly light and easy to prepare dish bursting with flavor. Juicy-sweet cherry tomatoes combined with butter create a luxuriously silky sauce for a dish that comes together in 15 minutes or less. Eat over zoodles for a low-carb alternative.

Serve as a side dish or add grilled chicken or sausage on top for a complete meal.

Yummy!

A PERFECT mid-week meal – double the recipe for fabulous leftovers or lunch.

Essential Tools:

12 or 14 inch Skillet (bigger the better) – A wide bottom is best. Follow the link to get good value for the price. They are awesome and if well cared for, should last a lifetime.

Spiralizer – This is truly the best made one on the market. Once you start making vegetable noodles with this gadget, you will not miss grain-based pasta. They are inexpensive and fun to use. I have been using mine for the last 5 years without any problems.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes

2 oz fresh basil chiffonade; about 2 TBS reserved for serving

3 TBS Butter

2 TBS Olive Oil

10 large garlic cloves coarsely chopped

2 dry pints cherry tomatoes halved (20 oz)

Salt and coarse ground pepper to taste

Freshly grated Parmesan (for serving)

Zoodles

2 medium zucchinis, spiralized

2 TBS Olive oil

Salt and coarse ground pepper to taste

Directions:

Tomatoes

In skillet over medium-high, heat olive oil with butter until butter is melted.

Add garlic; sauté until fragrant but not brown (about 1 minute).

Add cherry tomatoes and continue to sauté 3-5 minutes until tomatoes juice.

Season with salt and coarse ground pepper.

Turn heat down to medium; simmer until juices slightly reduce and thicken. Stir occasionally for 5 – 10 minutes.

Stir in basil and cook a minute more until basil is just wilted; remove from heat.

Zoodles

In a large skillet, heat olive oil until fragrant.

Add zoodles and toss about two 3-4 minutes until just softened.

Salt and pepper to taste.

To Serve

Place tomatoes on top of cooked zoodles and serve.

Garnish with reserved basil chiffonade and grated Parmesan.

Variations:

Top with sliced grilled chicken or Italian sausage.

Add 1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes.

Roma tomatoes quartered instead of cherry tomatoes.

Serve over baked spaghetti squash instead of zoodles.

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Zesty Avocado Lime Salsa Helps Beat the Summer Heat

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Healthnut

Avocado Lime Salsa

Cool down as the weather heats up with this zesty and easy Avocado Lime Salsa served as a side, a tasty topping to your barbeque, or scoop it up with celery sticks for a refreshing snack. Real simple and ready in a snap.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 avocados

4 TBS fresh lime juice

1/2 red onion, diced

1 garlic clove, minced

1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1/4 TSP salt, or to taste

1 small jalapeño, seeded and minced (optional)

Directions:

Halve, pit, quarter, and peel avocados.

Cut quartered avocado into cubes.

In a medium bowl, toss avocado cubes with lime juice immediately to prevent browning.

Add remaining ingredients and toss lightly.

Serve immediately.

How to Cook a Standing Rib Roast

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Healthnut

Herb Crusted Rib Roast

Herb Crusted Standing Rib Roast

Serves 10-12

How to cook a succulent roast, dripping with juicy and bursting with flavor? Look no more. Tantalize the senses and impress your guests with this easy to cook herb crusted roast.

The secret?

Butter. An herb butter rub seals in moisture and browns the exterior into a crackling crust.

And do yourself a favor.

Buy yourself a meat thermometer and never play the guessing game again – prodding, poking and cutting into the meat trying to determine if it is done. A thermometer is worth its weight in gold. Anxiety is banished forever.

Another secret?

Let the meat rest covered for 30 minutes before you carve it. The meat will cook further and the juice will stay in the meat, instead of escaping onto the plate. You get to relish each and every juice filled savory bite.

Essential Tools:

Roasting Pan with rack

Meat Thermometer

Ingredients:

1 standing rib roast of beef (about 5 pounds)

20 cloves garlic peeled

1 TBS fresh rosemary leaves

1 TBS fresh thyme leaves

4 TBS softened butter

1 TSP salt

1/2 TSP coarse ground black pepper

Add 2 cups beef stock, wine, or water to bottom of pan (optional au jus)

Directions:

Remove roast from refrigerator two hours before cooking to warm to room temperature.

Herb Butter: Add garlic cloves, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper to a small food processor. Whiz until finely chopped. Add softened butter and continue to process until herbs and butter are blended.

To Cook Roast:

Preheat oven to 450°F

Smear herb butter over top, down sides, and across bone section of roast. Salt and pepper fat side generously.

In a shallow roasting pan, place roast on rack, with fat side up and bones down. Insert a meat thermometer into center, but away from bones. Roast 20 minutes uncovered.

Reduce heat to 350°F. Continue to roast uncovered until thermometer reads 125°F for medium-rare, 135°F for medium, about 2 to 2.5 hours.

Cover loosely with foil and let stand 30 minutes before carving.

De-fat the pan juices and serve alongside the beef if desired.

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Cool as a Cucumber Gazpacho – Easy No-Cook Recipe

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Healthnut

Cucumber Gazpacho Soup

Stay cool as a cucumber on warm summer days with this easy no-cook soup. Gazpacho, for those unfamiliar with the dish, is Spanish in origin and served cold. Traditionally, tomatoes are used to create the soup base, but the below recipe flips around the ingredients and uses cucumber as the soup’s base with tomatoes added as a topping.

Cucumbers Are Amazingly Healthy!

Really they are. Who would have guessed they can do so much more than de-puff your eyes after a night of too much fun.

They are made predominately of water, so they are super hydrating yet rich in fiber. They get you going in more ways than one.

Did you know they protect your brain and are great for relieving stress? Gosh, sign me up!

Dr. Mercola has published an article “9 Health Benefits of Cucumbers” Check it out and learn more about the super powers of a vegetable that seem oh so boring.

Here is the super delicious recipe:

Serves 4

Tools:
Food Processor
or Blender

Ingredients:

Tomato:
1 lb cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered (depends on size)
1/4 cup fresh cilantro or dill sliced fine
1 minced garlic clove
Salt and coarse ground pepper to taste

Cucumbers:
1 lb cucumber chopped
3/4 cup sour cream or full cream yogurt
4 large scallions chopped
2 TBS fresh lime or lemon juice
1 cup chicken broth

Directions:

Prepare the tomatoes first so they have time to soak up the herb and garlic flavors. Add cut tomatoes, minced garlic, sliced cilantro or dill, salt and coarse ground pepper to taste, to a large bowl; toss lightly to combine and set aside.

Place 1/4 TSP salt, cucumber, scallions, 2 TBS lemon or lime juice, 3/4 cup sour cream in blender or processor; process until smooth. Slowly drizzle in 1 cup chicken broth until well blended. Divide among four bowls.

Top with prepared tomato (and optional shrimp) evenly divided among bowls.

Variations:

Add 1 cup pre-cooked baby shrimp to tomato topping.

Don’t like the herbs cilantro or dill? Try basil or mint instead.

Cook’s Notes:

Taste your cucumber to make sure they are sweet and not bitter before preparing soup. While any variety of cucumber works, Lemon or English cucumber are reliably sweet.

While I have made it with yogurt a few times, using sour cream produces a far richer and satisfying meal. The organic Wallaby brand in particular is made with live cultures and full cream. No milk or additives. It is AWESOME!

For those that cannot tolerate dairy, substitute a gelatin rich chicken broth for the sour cream (you know the kind that actually sets up and shakes). This will help with thickening and provides a filling yet savory experience.

Try serving with grilled salmon.

The cucumber soup pairs so well with something grilled. Have you seen my grilled salmon recipe? This is another simple recipe, but it will still impress your friends with it’s gourmet taste and presentation. Check out the recipe here.

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Quick and Easy in 15 Minutes – Cherry Tomato & Garlic over Zoodles

If you like bruschetta, you’ll love this!

A PERFECT mid-week meal – double the recipe for fabulous leftovers or lunch.

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Ingredients:

Directions:

Variations:

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Zesty Avocado Lime Salsa Helps Beat the Summer Heat

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How to Cook a Standing Rib Roast

Herb Crusted Standing Rib Roast

The secret?

And do yourself a favor.

Another secret?

Essential Tools:

Cool as a Cucumber Gazpacho – Easy No-Cook Recipe