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5 minute Basil Pesto

5 minute Basil Pesto

We love pesto! Our garden is exploding with basil and that makes me happy.  The girls love making basil pesto. It adds so much flavor to a variety of dishes. This easy peasy basil pesto is easy to make and tastes amazing.   This basil…

Easy Peasy Chimmichurri Sauce

Easy Peasy Chimmichurri Sauce

Hello friends! Have you ever made a recipe and thought to yourself why did it take me so long? Well that’s exactly what I said last week when I made this chimmichurri sauce. Wow does it ever add flavour! Now I have seen this recipe…

Tomato Panzanella Caprese Salad

Tomato Panzanella Caprese Salad

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate summer than homegrown, ripe, juicy tomatoes.  I think we can all agree store bought tomatoes in the winter are tasteless and expensive. Its been a hot summer here on the west coast and my tomatoes are out of control. I made a version of this salsa, plan on making a couple of batches of this tomato sauce, and can’t wait to make this tomato soup. I love summer.

tomato salad

With the weather being so hot we have been eating a lot of salads like this refreshing watermelon and feta salad and this kale salad with french lentils. Now we have a tomato panzanella salad made with fresh tomatoes, basil, stale baguette.

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Tomato Panzanella Caprese Salad

Yields 6

10 minPrep Time

5 minCook Time

15 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • Half of a day old baguette
  • 3 TBSP of good quality olive oil
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 2 cups of fresh, ripe tomatoes cut into quarters or grape tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup of small bocconcini
  • 1/2 cup of basil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Cut baguette into 1 inch cubes and toss with olive oil and garlic. Let stand for a minute or two
  3. Place baguette pieces on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes
  4. In the meantime, simmer balsamic vinegar and sugar over medium heat until a syrup consistency.
  5. Combine tomatoes, cheese, and basil.
  6. Drizzle with olive oil, than balsamic reduction.
  7. Finish with salt and pepper to taste
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Happy Summer !

Refreshing Watermelon and Feta Salad

Refreshing Watermelon and Feta Salad

It’s been a hot summer here on the west coast and my family and I have tried to make the best of these long summer days by using the BBQ more and making lots of salads. No one likes firing up the oven on these hot…