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Stuffed Green Peppers

Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients 6 green bell peppers 1 pound Italian sausage, either mild or spicy ½ pound mushrooms, washed and chopped (about 3 1/2 cups) 8 ounces fresh bread crumbs (about 4...

Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients 6 green bell peppers 1 pound Italian sausage, either mild or spicy ½ pound mushrooms, washed and chopped (about 3 1/2 cups) 8 ounces fresh bread crumbs (about 4...

Tzatziki

Tzatziki

Ingredients 1 of your pretty big cucumbers, or like 3 lemon cucumbers  Salt  2 cups drained yogurt 2 to 3 garlic cloves, cut in half, green shoots removed, and mashed...

Tzatziki

Ingredients 1 of your pretty big cucumbers, or like 3 lemon cucumbers  Salt  2 cups drained yogurt 2 to 3 garlic cloves, cut in half, green shoots removed, and mashed...

Grilled Corn and Cherry Tomato Salad

Grilled Corn and Cherry Tomato Salad

Stealing this recipe from the NY Times Cooking page — I love fresh cooked corn in salads. This recipe has ingredients to make this more of a Mexican forward dish — you...

Grilled Corn and Cherry Tomato Salad

Stealing this recipe from the NY Times Cooking page — I love fresh cooked corn in salads. This recipe has ingredients to make this more of a Mexican forward dish — you...

Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce

Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce

This is just such a great recipe. It’s so simple, but so good, and it makes your pasta and red sauce night fancy without being hard. This is a base...

Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce

This is just such a great recipe. It’s so simple, but so good, and it makes your pasta and red sauce night fancy without being hard. This is a base...

Yucatan Tomato Salsa

Yucatan Tomato Salsa

  Ingredients  2 garlic cloves 4-5 tomatoes (medium sized, not too big, Roma are best but any garden tomato would do) 1 habanero or Serrano Chile, stemmed (best if the...

Yucatan Tomato Salsa

  Ingredients  2 garlic cloves 4-5 tomatoes (medium sized, not too big, Roma are best but any garden tomato would do) 1 habanero or Serrano Chile, stemmed (best if the...

Tomato Tart

Tomato Tart

The nice thing about this recipe is that you can get all fancy and do everything yourself (make your own tart dough, make your own pesto, etc) OR, you can...

Tomato Tart

The nice thing about this recipe is that you can get all fancy and do everything yourself (make your own tart dough, make your own pesto, etc) OR, you can...