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Pizza Sauce

I had bought some of that Naan bread and thought pizza would be really good made with it. I couldn’t bring myself to buy jarred or canned pizza sauce,…

Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette

I make this dressing with basically any very ripe tomato. Starting with a “winter” or less than ripe tomato will not yield good results. I also sometimes use white…

Pesto

This is my 100th post!  How fitting it celebrates one of my favorite herbs… basil. I grow lots of it every year, although some years it does better than…

Tomato Caprese

Tomato Caprese

What a great appetizer, and sooo easy to make! Farm fresh, in-season tomatoes work best, but any good greenhouse tomato would work well also. I have given quantities as…

Garlic Herb Monkey Bread

I saw this recipe on What’s Gaby Cooking blog, and thought it sounded pretty interesting. I made it from prepared pizza dough to cut the preparation time. I wasn’t…

Baked Penne with Summer Vegetables

I found this recipe on the Williams Sonoma blog. I thought, “what a great way of taking advantage of the summer’s great bounty in an everyday supper”! Who doesn’t…