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Friday, September 10, 2010

TANGY TOMATO TART

Posted by Carole-Anne on November 20, 2007

Since tomatoes come in a variety of colors, dark purple, stripes, red and yellow stripes, this is a very colorful tasty recipe to show off.

 

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    INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 red, yellow and orange tomatoes
  • 4 oz bocconcini or goat cheese
  • ½ cup shredded fresh basil
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper

CRUST:

  • 30 melba toasts
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 egg whites

FOLLOW ME:

To make the crust, use food processor. Chop

Melba toasts to make 1 ¼ fine crumbs. Then add

Butter, Parmesan cheese and egg whites.

Pulse mixture until moist.

Press mixture onto bottom and halfway up side of 9”round

tart pan with removable bottom.

Bake in center of oven until golden and firm to touch.

Let cool on rack. Cover up and store at room temp.

For 24 hrs.

Cut red, yellow, orange tomatoes and bocconcini into 1/8”

2Sprinkle 1/3 of the basil. Top with tomatoes overlapping each over the crust in a circular fashion.

Sprinkle salt and pepper and sprinkle the remainder of basil between rows.

And there it is! Grandios! May be served as a side dish, and

excellent choice for a brunch or luncheon. Healthy Recipes gives this one a thumbs up!

Serves 6 – and what a charming dish this is!

CINNAMON COFFEE

Posted by Carole-Anne on

Trust me – this is one of the best coffees’ there is – coming from a cinnamon lover and a coffee lover.  Cinnamon is an ancient spice obtained from the bark of a two ancient evergreens.  It has a flavor all of its own, and is a highly versatile flavoring well known for its ability to relieve flatulence.  Cinnamon is carved off the trees and when ground up becomes a fine powder.  It is used in a stick form or as powder form in cooking – apple pies, cinnamon rolls etc. Let’s get to the best part.  Today we will make one of Healthy Recipes finest………Cinnamon Coffee.

INGREDIENTS:  

1/3 cup half and half cream

2 tbsp sugar or sugar replacement (Splenda)

1 cinnamon stick

1 cup  good quality, strong coffee.

FOLLOW ME:

Mix sugar, cream and cinnamon stick in a small sauce pan until it forms bubbles. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick and add coffee to four coffee cups in which the cream, Cinnamon stick, have been standing.  Serve immediately!  Serves 4 people – delicious, healthy, low calorie afternoon or evening drink! Please serve in one of your most elegant coffee mugs!

Recipe serves 4.  I love this recipe!