Everyday Food for Busy People
This is not your typical tuna salad. There’s no mayo.
Instead, the tuna is served over avocado slices and topped with tomatoes, cilantro and a simple vinaigrette dressing. The flavors are out of this world. For complete happiness, serve it with good, crusty bread.
Oh yeah, you don’t need to turn the oven on for this dinner either.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more…] about Summertime Tuna Tomato Salad
It’s cucumber season!
I can’t actually tell that from looking at our garden. We don’t have any cukes yet, but I have noticed that people have been searching “Cucumbers and Onions” a lot lately.
In case you are blessed with many cukes, here’s another delicious way to eat them. [Read more…] about Cucumber and Tomato Salad
This is a guest post from Micha at Cookin’ Mimi. Welcome, Micha!
In my family, this is known as Mama’s slaw. I saw a similar coleslaw
recipe on a Food Network show and decided to tweak it to our
tastes. The mix of the crunchy cabbage, creamy dressing, and
slightly spicy jalapeno has been a favorite for about seven years. [Read more…] about Slaw with Tomato, Red Onion and Jalepeno
It’s hot outside. Super hot and humid.
If you’re looking for a cool dinner idea, this is your recipe.
I wish I could say that I had garden fresh tomatoes for this dish, but my plants have yet to decide to really produce tomatoes. All I have are a few small green maters that taunt and torment me because they haven’t changed in size or color for weeks.
I’m a gardening failure. But that’s a whole ‘nuther post. For this dish I used a couple of store bought tomatoes and grape tomatoes (tragic because this is August) and 3 delicious cherry tomatoes from my garden.
There must be a million and one variations of potato salad. This is my mom’s version, which is a lot like my Grandma’s version. The main difference is that mom adds sweet pickles to hers. Grandma’s was full of paprika and is one of my favorite foods that she made.