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Category: Appetizer
Kara-Age Popcorn Shrimp
Ingredients:
1 lb peeled and deveined shrimp (medium or small)
1 package Kikkoman Kara-Age Mix
1/3 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon chopped mint
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
Baked Brie
Ingredients:
- 1 wheel of brie
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
- Day Old Bread, or Toasted Pita
Baba Ghannouj
Ingredients:
- 1 eggplant
- 2 cloves of garlic (unpeeled)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, plus zest from the lemon
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 3/4 teaspoons salt
- Olive oil, as needed
- Pine nuts, optional
Fried Okra
Beet and Carrot Chips with Tzatziki
| The tiny ones are carrots, the others are red & white beets |
Ingredients for chips:
2 white beets
2 red beets
2 large carrots
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
Ingredients for tzatziki:
1 container of Greek yogurt (I used 0%)
1/4 cup fresh chopped dill
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 a cucumber, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
To begin, combine the water and sugar in a saute pan and bring to a boil. While the mixture is heating, peel the beets with a vegetable peeler. Chop off most of the leaves on top, but leave a bit to use as a handle when using the mandoline slicer.
| I used raw sugar, which is why it’s brown |
Mix in the Greek yogurt.
Cover and refrigerate until the chips are done.
Allow the chips to cool on the baking sheet for about 10 minutes after removing them from the oven. Carefully remove from the baking sheet.
| they are fun looking though! |
Place the chips in a bowl and serve with the tzatziki. Enjoy!
- Ingredients for chips:
- 2 white beets
- 2 red beets
- 2 large carrots
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- Ingredients for tzatziki:
- 1 container of Greek yogurt (I used 0%)
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped dill
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 a cucumber, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- To begin, combine the water and sugar in a saute pan and bring to a boil. While the mixture is heating, peel the beets with a vegetable peeler. Chop off most of the leaves on top, but leave a bit to use as a handle when using the mandoline slicer.
- When the liquid has boiled, remove from heat and add the beets to the liquid. Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. While the beets are soaking, use a mandoline slicer to thinly slice the carrots. After 15 minutes, remove the beets, dry them off with a paper towel, and thinly slice with the mandoline slicer. Arrange on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 40 minutes or until they begin to crisp slightly. While the chips are baking, prepare the tzatziki. Combine the chopped dill, lemon, zest, garlic, cucumber, salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Mix in the Greek yogurt.
- Cover and refrigerate until the chips are done.
- Allow the chips to cool on the baking sheet for about 10 minutes after removing them from the oven. Carefully remove from the baking sheet.
- Place the chips in a bowl and serve with the tzatziki.
Roasted Beets with Tahini
Roughly chop the beets.
Process until smooth.
Cilantro Lime Hummus
I can never have enough hummus, it is one of my favorite snacks (although I tend to eat so much of it, it’s not really a snack!) I’ve had hummus on the brain for a while now. Be Well Philly must have read my mind, because they posted this great Cilantro Lime hummus recipe that I just had to try. As a plus, cilantro came in my CSA share this week!
Ingredients:
- 1 garlic scape, roughly chopped (or 2 cloves garlic)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 14-oz. can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
- Juice and zest of 2 limes
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Gazpacho
| Prepped Veggies |
Quick Garlic Bread
Ingredients:
1 loaf of French Bread
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
Divide the butter mixture evenly between each piece.
Wrap the bread in aluminum foil and cook for 15 minutes.
Garlic Scape Pesto
- 5 garlic scapes, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup basil leaves
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Salt, to taste
Fresh Salsa
Ingredients:
3 chopped and seeded tomatoes
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 garlic scape, finely chopped (or 2 garlic cloves)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup corn kernels (I just used frozen)
| I have no clue why I put olive oil in the pic, sorry |
To seed the tomatoes, cut off one end of the tomato and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds.
Dice the tomato.
Chop the scape as finely as possible
Cut the cilantro.
| The corn will defrost in the fridge |
Ingredients
- 3 chopped and seeded tomatoes
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic scape, finely chopped (or 2 garlic cloves)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup corn kernels (I just used frozen)
Instructions
- To make the salsa, first rinse the chopped onions under very cold water. This will help remove some of the bite associated with raw onions.
- To seed the tomatoes, cut off one end of the tomato and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds.
- Dice the tomato.
- Chop the scape as finely as possible
- Cut the cilantro.
- Combine the onions, garlic, chopped tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, corn, and salt. Allow to refrigerate for a few hours to get the best flavor, or overnight.
Fontina-Stuffed, Bacon-Wrapped Dates
Curly Endive, Prosciutto & Mozzarella on Bruschetta
Ingredients:
1 baguette, sliced into 10 pieces
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
20 pieces of curly endive
1 7-oz ball of fresh water-packed mozzarella cheese, drained, cut into 10 thin slices
10 thin slices prosciutto
2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinaigrette
Ingredients for Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/8 cup fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
Take 2 pieces of curly endive and 1 slice of cheese and wrap with one slice of prosciutto.
Slowly add in the olive oil in a slow steady stream until emulsified.
