Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mozzarella, Avocado and Grape Tomato Salad (Vegetarian)



Ingredients

1 Carton of Grape Tomatoes, sliced lengthwise

1 Container of Marinated Mozzarella, cut in half

1 Avocado, diced

handful of Basil, ribboned

1/8 cup of Balsamic Vinegar

1/8 cup of oil from the Mozzarella

1 teaspoon, Garlic Salt


Instructions


Whisk reserved oil from Mozzarella, Vinegar, Garlic salt and pepper in a small bowl.

Place tomatoes in container and pour mixture over tomatoes and marinate for 30 minutes.

In a medium size bowl gently toss all ingredients

divide into individual servings.

I used stemless wine glasses and cocktail forks to give it a little specialness 

Monday, September 24, 2012

Stuffed Cucumber with Cream Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes


LowCarb / Vegetarian

This is a great recipe for a light lunch or appetizer.  Make it as spicy as you'd like by allowing the guests to add as much Sriracha Sauce as they would like



Ingredients

1 medium sized Cucumber, peeled

1 - 8 ounce block of cream cheese

1 - 4.25 ounce can of chopped black olives

1/4 cup of marinated sun dried tomatoes

1 tsp. crushed garlic

1 tsp of garlic Salt

2 tsp of Sriracha Sauce

coarse ground Sea Salt

Instructions

Peel Cucmber and cut in half (not lengthwise)

using a apple corer and knife remove seeds from cucumber.

Place all other ingredients (except sea salt) in a food processor and blend until a smooth paste has been formed.

Scrape ingredients form food processor and put it into a zip lock baggie.

snip end of ziploc bag and insert into the whole that you have created in the cucumber.

Squeeze to fill and scrape of any extra from top of cucumber

slice into 1/2 thick rounds