Tag Archives: peppers

Grilled red bell pepper and egg sandwich.

Sometimes, the most delicious dishes are also the simplest. I love this classic Italian sandwich: a grilled red pepper half with an egg cracked in the “cup.” Continue reading

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Roasted carrot and red pepper salad.

Roasted carrots and red pepper combine with cumin and an easy tahini dressing to make an unconventional salad: no lettuce required! Continue reading

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Grilled red bell pepper and egg sandwich.

This grilled red bell pepper and egg sandwich, an Italian classic, is ridiculously easy and ridiculously good. Continue reading

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Pasta with shrimp and vegetables.

The joy of cooking when you’re on vacation lies in using local ingredients and preparing them without fuss. This shrimp pasta recipe is a great example of vacation cooking. Continue reading

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Creamy vegetable chowder.

This vegetable soup has a sweet-corn base, with a confetti of brightly colored summer vegetables. Flavorful, low-cal and low-fat, to boot! Continue reading

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Super-flavorful vegetable tart.

My roasted-vegetable tart didn’t look as pretty as the one in the magazine, but boy is it delicious! Continue reading

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Roasted red-pepper sauce (romesco).

A glut of red bell peppers in my garden—they ripened all at once—sent me scrambling for a way to use several of them quickly. A Romesco sauce immediately came to mind. Romesco originates in Catalonia, Spain, and there seem to … Continue reading

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Garbage gazpacho.

Though my smallish frame might indicate otherwise, my eyes are often bigger than my stomach. And so it is that in summertime I kind of overbuy produce. Everything looks so good at the farmers’ market and, list be damned, I … Continue reading

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Grilling summer vegetables in foil.

It’s just after the Fourth of July, and summer is in full swing here in the Midwest. After a long, cool, record-breakingly rainy spring, I’m ready for the sun and heat. Bring it on. These long, warm days have an … Continue reading

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Better than store-bought: Homemade tabbouleh.

Rob and I do enjoy our happy hour snacks on weekends, when we pull up a cool adult beverage and something noshy to stave off the before-dinner hungries after a busy day. Sometimes the snack of choice is a bit … Continue reading

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