Showing posts with label Spinach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spinach. Show all posts

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Spinach Salad with Italian olives, mozzarella cheese, garlic croutons and fresh herbs vinaigrette


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Salad

Three cups of spinach

1 / 2 cup chopped basil

8 ounces mushrooms, chopped

1 / 4 cup chopped red onion

2 cups grated carrots

1 pint grape tomatoes, halved

1 green pepper, chopped finely

1 red pepper, cut into thin strips

3 ounces fresh mozzarella, diced

1 cup Kalamata olives, sliced

The sea salt, to taste

Ground black pepper to taste

1. Place saladThe ingredients in a large bowl. launches combined. Serve at room temperature with Croutons and Vinaigrette (recipe below).

Croutons:

02:11 sprouted all cups of bread cubes (crust removed)

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

fine sea salt, to taste

Black pepper to taste

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.
Toss to coat bread cubes with oil, season with salt and pepper and spread on a baking sheet. Toast the cubes until golden brown, about 10Minutes of footage.

Vinaigrette:

(Need a little 'more precise when making the vinaigrette for the oil-vinegar ratio, but you can also add a few more additional Italian herbs if they have at hand done. Vinaigrette If you read the recipe I do not see are certainly a pure Italian race as I have added omega.)

3-rich flax oil vinaigrette)

1 / 4 cup of flax seed oil (like Barleans)

Two cloves of garlic, crushed

1 / 2Teaspoon Dijon mustard

3 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 / 2 teaspoons anchovy paste

1 tablespoon fresh oregano

Sea salt, to taste

Freshly ground black pepper to taste Combine all ingredients and put in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.

Ps For more tasty salad vegetables ever leave at room temperature for at least 30 minutes, then add the vinaigrette andcontinue to make salad sit for 5 or 10 minutes. Add crispy croutons just before serving.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Alfredo sauce, spinach

This recipe screams of great taste, easy preparation and whispers!

Because we all want to think that our guests / family / friends, we worked as a delicious dish.

I spent a couple of days pondering the ingredients of this recipe, and finally with a recipe worthy of a TV show.

This recipe is delicious and healthy, thanks to the spinach. This recipe is also very colorful and very attractive to anyone interested in photographing food.

Every so often, aAgo a friend of my recipes and tell me about the look that creates its meal.

People often forget that the visual stimulus is often a delicious dish is made even better!

Difficulty (scale 1-10): 5

Makes 4-6 people

Ingredients

A package of 10 g frozen chopped spinach (thawed)

1 / 4 cup olive oil, divided 1 clove garlic - crushed

1 / 4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

2 cubes chicken bouillon

1 1 / 2 cupsCream

3 / 4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

In a medium saucepan combine 4 tablespoons of olive oil (divided by the cup 1 / 4), crushed garlic cloves, chopped spinach,

Crushed chicken bouillon cubes and pepper.

Sauté over medium heat until the garlic until golden brown (7-10 minutes) to ensure that stock cubes are completely dissolved, then remove from heat.

In a blender, combineSpinach mixture, cream and parmesan cheese.

liquefaction mixture until smooth.

Season with salt, black pepper and Parmesan cheese, then serve more than a pound of your favorite pasta.

Enjoy your delicious meal!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Spinach - 10 Ways to Get More in Your Diet


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Spinach is full of vitamins, calcium, iron and fiber. It has been said to be anti-aging, cancer fighting and rich in antioxidants. Use these tips to enjoy the incredible benefits of this wonder food.

1. Salads: Add fresh spinach to your favorite salad. Fresh spinach has a much milder flavor than when cooked and pairs well with most salad dressings.

2. Casseroles: Fresh or frozen spinach can be added when assembling the casserole. Be sure to drain well if using frozen spinach. Spinach is also a good addition to macaroni and cheese or baked pasta dishes.

3. Stuffing: Fresh spinach and cheese are a tasty combination when stuffing meats such as chicken, beef or pork. Spinach can also be added to traditional stuffings made for chicken or turkey.

4. Soup: Add fresh or frozen spinach to any vegetable or tomato based soup.

5. Drinks: Add one to two cups of fresh spinach to smoothies or juice drinks. Spinach can also be blended into store bought juice drinks and vegetable juice.

6. Eggs: Spinach is a delicious addition to omelets, frittatas and quiche.

7. Wraps and Sandwiches: Add fresh spinach along with lunchmeat or cheese to a tortilla wrap. For even more flavor use a spinach or pepper tortilla. Spinach is a great substitute for lettuce on a sandwich.

8. Cheese: Add chopped fresh spinach to cheese balls, grilled cheese or fondue.

9. Ground Beef: Finely chopped fresh spinach can be added to meat loaf, hamburgers and meatballs.

10. Pizza: Add fresh spinach along with your other vegetables when topping pizza.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Spinach - 10 ways to get more into your diet


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Spinach is rich in vitamins, calcium, iron and fiber. He said that anti-aging and cancer-fighting antioxidant-rich. Use these tips to enjoy the incredible benefits of this wonderful food.

1 Salad: fresh spinach salad to have your favorite. Fresh spinach tastes much milder than when cooked, and fits well with salad dressings more.

Casseroles 2: Spinach, fresh or frozen may be added, if the assembly of the pot. Be sure to draineven when you use frozen spinach. Spinach is also a good addition to macaroni and cheese or pasta dishes.

3 For the filling: fresh spinach and cheese are a delicious combination with the drawing up of meat, including chicken, beef or pork. Spinach can be added to the traditional stuffed chicken or turkey.

4 Soup: A foundation of fresh or frozen spinach, tomatoes, vegetables and broth.

5 Drinks: in one or two cups of fresh spinach smoothies or juicesDrinks. Spinach can be mixed in store bought fruit juice beverages and vegetable juices.

6 eggs: Spinach is an addition to delicious omelet, omelets and quiche.

7 wraps and sandwiches: fresh spinach with lunch meat or cheese in a tortilla wrap pallets. Even for flavor use spinach or red pepper tortilla. Spinach is a good substitute for lettuce on a sandwich.

8 cheese, fresh spinach, cheese balls, cheese or grilledFondue.

9 minced meat, finely chopped fresh spinach may Meat Loaf, hamburgers and hot dogs will be added.

10 Pizza: fresh spinach with other vegetables in the pizza topping.