Monthly Archives: July 2010

Unfried Green Tomatoes

Green Tomato & Egg Sandwich

Sometimes, when I work from home, I get so busy I forget to think about what to have for lunch! I’ve been too impatient waiting for my scarce bounty of tomatoes to turn red, so I made a super easy sandwich with green tomatoes.  Typical green tomatoes are battered and then deep-fried, but I think you lose a lot of the great texture from the tomato itself.  Green tomatoes don’t have developed sugars, but they still have a nice sturdy … Continue reading

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Chutney…Or Is It A Salsa?

Rustic Peach Chutney

Now that blueberry season is almost over, my fruit obsession has quickly turned over to peaches.  As always, the peaches from Manoff Market Gardens are some of the best around.  I currently have a tray of sliced yellow in the freezer for mid-winter smoothies (brrr) and welcomed Hubby home with a peach and yogurt smoothie. Amy is always so kind to give her customers a free ready-to-eat peach with every purchase.  This trip I was blessed with a super juicy … Continue reading

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Better Than Regular

Southwestern Slaw

No, not that kind of regular.  As in, what my father-in-law proclaimed when he tasted my Southwestern-ized coleslaw today. I’m always frustrated when I get deli coleslaw, which is why I normally opt for the pasta salad or nothing on the side.  The vegetables are chopped up so small and smothered with so much mayo that you’re never entirely sure what’s in it.  Like lettuce, I can’t digest a large amount of other types of roughage, so the couple of … Continue reading

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