Pasta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes by Salad Foodie

I am enamored with pasta, tomatoes and basil recipes and have tried out several. This one is from Cook's Country (April/May 2015) and indeed has robust tomato flavors by roasting them! See Useful Links below for an earlier posted and similar recipe that we liked well too.

Chicken Salad Florentine With Garlic and Lemon Vinaigrette by Yoko Kitahira

What makes this recipe rather unique among thousands of other look-alike salad recipes is the way I leave roasted garlic unsｔained after ground with the food processor. I believe most professional chefs prefer the strained liquid to the unstrained one because they hate to see sediment-like black spots that float in the liquid to be…

Artisanal Fusilloni w/ Roasted Red Pepper Romesco Sauce & Broccoli Crumble by Victoria Prehn

Easy pasta fit for a special occasion.

Easy Breezy Greek Potatoes by ShaleeDP

Another Version of Greek Potatoes. I like trying them :)

Pasta with Tomato and Roasted Eggplant by Nancy Miyasaki

A adapted this from a recipe in Alice Waters' Chez Panisse Vegetables cookbook. My other eggplant pasta dishes all call for fried eggplant, which is delicious but messy and time consuming. So I was eager to try a roasted version. I slightly prefer the flavor of the traditional, fried eggplant, but given the reduction in effort I…

Caesar Asparagus, Low in Calories, Big on Deliciousness by Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox

I’ve never been so excited about a vegetable dish before but this one is worth raving about. It’s just like the classic salad but it’s made with roasted asparagus instead of lettuce. I’m keeping it skinny by making homemade multi-grain croutons and drizzling with a delicious light Caesar dressing. The skinny for each serving is 95…

Slow-Roasted Pork Stew with Fennel, Tomatoes, and Olives by John Spottiswood

This is one of those fantastic recipes where you put a spoonful to your lips halfway through the preparation and you smile in amazement. The combination of flavors is just that good...and very original too. I've never had anything quite like this. The fennel, onions, garlic, olives, tomato and wine all just meld together into one…

Roasted Squash with Onion, Oregano & Mint by La Tavola Marche (farm, inn & cooking school)

A new spin on squash: oregano & mint instead of cinnamon & nutmeg. This is one of my favorite Mario Batali recipes - best used with butternut squash or turban pumpkins the meaty flesh makes for a hearty fall dish.

Potato, zucchini, red bell pepper, with bacon and herbs baked in a pot. by Helenscooking

The potato baked with zucchini (squash), red bell pepper, onion, carrot, garlic and some meat is popular in Eastern Europe. (It’s cooked in Poland and Hungary, in Ukraine and Czech Republic) In each region it has different twist though. Even in my…

Simple to Make, Very Versatile and Deliciously Skinny, Roasted Ratatouille by Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox

Rata­touille is a sim­ple and healthy veg­etable dish usu­ally loaded with suc­cu­lent Mediter­ranean veg­eta­bles. We love how many ways to serve this glo­ri­ous veg­etable dish. Once roasted, you can scram­ble with eggs, stuff a baked potato or serve…

Roast Leg of Lamb with Vino Cotto (Vincotto) Sauce by Deena Montillo

A simple yet absolutely scrumptious way to prepare lamb--moist with plenty of flavor!

Beef with cherry sauce by Nollian

Part of the broth can be replaced by wine.

Pork in a spicy pasta, baked with potatoes and onions by Nollian

Juicy pork in the oven with a side dish. Suitable for everyday dining and festive table.

Alfredo Potato Finger Fries by Evelyn Scott

It's In The Bag. Perfect Potatoes In 45 Minutes...No, Really! by kathy gori

As most food bloggers, I'm always searching for the glamour shot. Not for myself mind you, that coal barge sailed a long time ago. I'm looking for sexy food. I'm looking for the glimmer on a tomato, the flash of a fishes' scales, the beady dew drop on…