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Salmon Salad

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Cindy Kerschner

Salmon Salad makes a great lunch treat. I like mine as stuffed cucumber. Lemon juice and olive oil replace mayonnaise or yogurt.

Today Festive Foodies are focusing on Lunch Inspiration!

Schools are starting back soon. Let’s inspire everyone with a lunch – either to bring back to school or to jazz up their workday lunch routine.

Salmon Salad

Lunch often means sandwiches or salads. I find eating bread mid-day isn’t my best choice. I like an alternative to a salad with greens once in a while. Stuffed tomatoes are good. Cucumbers are even better! You get that crunch factor in!

Salmon Salad

Skipping creamy dressing works too for me. Olive oil and lemon make a delicate, tasty dressing. This recipe works well with tuna, too!

Thanks Liz from Books ‘n Cooks for hosting our event!

Salmon Salad

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Ingredients

1 packet salmon, 5 ounces
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 tbsp chopped celery leaves
1 tbsp diced chives
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
1/2 tsp dill

Instructions

Stir together salmon, celery, chives, parsley, dill and celery leaves. Add lemon juice, oil and salt. Stir. Serve chilled.

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Fried Green Tomatoes

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Cindy Kerschner

Fried Green Tomatoes allow you to enjoy these beauties even before it turns red! Crunchy coating and cool, spicy dipping sauce makes these tomatoes a top summer treat.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fresh picked garden tomatoes are probably the vegetable I look forward to the most each summer. After a long season of hot house store bought tomatoes, I’m ready for fresh red tomatoes!

I may be ready, but my garden isn’t. I see a sea of green tomatoes. My choice is to wait for Mother Nature to full ripen these beauties or eat them as is with a little crunchy coating.

One green tomato won’t be missed in the garden but it will be enjoyed instead on my plate!

Fried Green Tomatoes

A little dried basil in the flour part of the dredge adds subtle flavor. Experiment with different kinds of flour. For this version, I used stone ground whole wheat with the bran. It added a slightly nutty taste.

Half cornmeal and half Panko crumbs makes a crispy coated tomato.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Extra tomatoes? How about making Zesty Tomato Pie.

Fried Green Tomatoes

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Ingredients

1 large green tomato, thinly sliced (1/4-inch thickness)
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp basil, dried
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup milk (whole or 2 percent)
1/3 cup corn meal
1/3 cup Panko breadcrumbs
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
sauce
1/3 cup sour cream (used light sour cream)
1 tsp horseradish
1/2 tsp dill
pinch of salt
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

Spread tomato slices in a single layer over paper towels. Sprinkle both sides with salt. Allow slices to drain on towels for about 5 minutes.
Mix flour, basil and garlic together on a plate. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg and milk. Lastly, mix cornmeal, Panko breadcrumbs and seasoned salt together on a plate.
Dredge tomato slices, first in seasoned flour, then egg mixture, then crumbs.
Add oil to a medium-sized fry pan. Heat pan over medium heat until oil shimmers, about a minute. Add coated slices to pan. Cook on each side about 1 minute until browned. Drain on paper towels.
Mix together sour cream, horseradish and dill. Serve cold with fried tomatoes.

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Posted on July 9, 2020 by Cindy Kerschner

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Easy Caramel Banana Sauce

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Cindy Kerschner

Easy Caramel Banana Sauce tastes great over ice cream, brownies or cake. Only three ingredients plus delicious banana slices. Easy!

Easy Caramel Banana Sauce

Welcome to the 4th Annual #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. We’re celebrating all things summer with a week-long event that is absolutely filled with some of the best summer dessert recipes! Follow the hashtag #SummerDessertWeek on social media to find recipes and make sure to check out the bottom of this post for even more summer desserts!

Normally I make caramel sauce with cream. This version is simply butter and brown sugar. I use salted butter to enhance the taste. Salt and caramel work so well together.

Easy Caramel Banana Sauce

Give the sugar a head start by dissolving it in some water.

The trick here is to slowly cook the butter, water and brown sugar together until the sugar totally dissolves. It is easy but not a quick process.

Use the freshest brown sugar possible. Older brown sugar can clump from humidity or harden from age. Either way those factors could make the sugar harder to dissolve.

Easy Caramel Banana Sauce

5 from 3 votes

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Ingredients

1/4 lb salted butter
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup water
1 banana, thinly sliced

Instructions

Melt butter over low heat in a 2-quart saucepan. In a separate bowl, whisk together brown sugar and water. Whisk slowly into melted butter. Continue cooking and whisking until smooth. Stir in banana slices. Serve warm.