Showing posts with label Side Dishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Dishes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Roasted Brussels Sprouts w/ Roasted Garlic

Ingredients:

1 lb fresh brussels sprouts
olive oil
salt and pepper
roasted garlic (cut whole garlic in half, place on foil, sprinkle salt and pepper and olive oil on garlic
fold foil and place in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes, let cool and squeeze cloves out of paper shell)

Directions:

Cut bottoms off and take first few out leaves off brussels sprouts.
cut them in half and in bowl coat with olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.
place on baking sheet and place in oven at 400 degrees for 15 -20 minutes
turn sprouts onto the other side and sprinkle roasted garlic all over them
place back in oven for another 10-15 minutes

KEEP eye on this step to ensure you don't burn the garlic.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Yummy Cucumber & Tomato Salad

Ingredients:

2-3 medium ripe tomatoes
1 small red onion
1 english cucumber
olive oil
red wine vinegar
coarse salt and pepper

Directions:

Slice tomatoes into small wedges
cut onion in half and then into thin slices (in sep. small bowl add onions and 2-3 big dashes of red wine vinegar) let sit for a few mins, then add to salad 
cut cucumber into 1/4in diagonal slices
place all veg into a bowl big enough to mix
season with salt and pepper (the salt will draw out the tomato water)
give salad a good couple of turns of olive oil
mix salad together and place in fridge to let everything marry together!

make sure to taste and add more salt and pepper to your liking!

Very Delish with some crusty bread to soak up all the yummy tomato water