Category Archives: Vegetables

Lighter Tomato Pie

September 1, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Tomato Pie is a perfect light dinner for summertime. If you’ve got a few nice fresh tomatoes that you don’t know what to do with, give this delicious tomato pie recipe a try. As you can see, before I could even get around to taking a picture, a couple slices had mysteriously disappeared. This is a lighter version than the Paula Deen tomato pie, which I found to be delicious, but also very heavy and greasy. Give this lighter tomato pie recipe a try and enjoy the fresh tomatoes of summer.

Ingredients:

4 medium tomatoes
8 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
4 oz sliced prosciutto (or 4 slices of crisp bacon, crumbled)
1 frozen prepared pie crust
1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
dash(es) garlic powder, dried oregano, dried basil
salt & pepper
1/3 cup light mayonnaise
1/3 cup garlic/herb cheese spread

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400°F

Slice tops off of tomatoes and scoop out and discard tomato seeds. Slice tomatoes 1/4″ thick. Lay tomato slices on a clean kitchen towel and lightly sprinkle with salt on each side. Let sit for 15 minutes or so then press with another towel to soak up excess moisture from tomatoes. This step prevents the pie from being mushy.

While waiting for tomatoes to dry out, slice prosciutto (or cook and crumble bacon).

Prick bottom and sides of pie crust. Place on baking sheet (for easier handling) and bake for 8 – 10 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, dried oregano and dried basil.

In another small bowl, mix together the light mayonnaise, garlic/herb cheese spread and fresh basil.

To assemble the tomato pie, sprinkle 2 teaspoons of the bread crumb mixture into the pie crust. Layer 1/2 of the tomato slices into the pie crust, sprinkle with salt and pepper then 1/2 of the prosciutto (or bacon). Top with the mayonnaise – herb cheese mixture – spread evenly. Repeat layers of tomato, salt, pepper, prosciutto (or bacon). Sprinkle the remaining bread crumb mixture evenly over the top layer.

Bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until tomatoes are soft and topping is lightly browned.

May be served warm or cold.

Only 230 calories per 1/8th of pie.

This recipe is my modified version of a Publix Aprons recipe.

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Lighter Tomato Pie

Beef, Bell Pepper, Crockpot, Main Dish, Rice, Slow Cooker, Steak

Slow Cooker Pepper Steak

August 17, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Crock Pot Pepper Steak Recipe:

Ingredients
2 pounds beef sirloin, cut into 2 inch strips
garlic powder to taste
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cube beef bouillon
1/4 cup hot water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 large green bell peppers, roughly chopped
1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, with liquid
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions
Sprinkle strips of sirloin with garlic powder to taste. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil and brown the seasoned beef strips. Transfer to a slow cooker.
Mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved, then mix in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the slow cooker with meat. Stir in onion, green peppers, stewed tomatoes, soy sauce, sugar, and salt.
Cover, and cook on High for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

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Beef, Crockpot, Main Dish, Mushrooms, Roast Beef, Slow Cooker

Crockpot Roast with Ginger-ale Mushroom Onion Gravy

July 19, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

This delicious crockpot roast has a delicious gravy with a surprising ingredient: Ginger-Ale!

This is now my favorite crockpot roast recipe as all others fall short in the flavor department.

Crockpot Roast with Ginger-ale Mushroom Onion Gravy

Ingredients:

3 pound sirloin tip roast
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 envelope onion soup mix (using full envelope makes it too salty)
1 envelope mushroom gravy mix (may use brown gravy mix instead)
2 cups ginger ale

Directions:

Grease the inside of your crock pot with Crisco. Place the roast in the crock pot. Whisk together the rest of the ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Pour over the roast, cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

Whisk the gravy and flip the roast over every couple hours.

Slice and serve with mashed potatoes or cooked rice.

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Crockpot, Main Dish, Onions, Peas, Slow Cooker, Vegetables

Crockpot Field Peas & Ham

June 11, 2014 Sharon 2 Comments

It’s summertime and this time of year you can find fresh field peas at your local farmer’s market. Here’s an easy way to cook those fresh peas in the crockpot. You can also use fresh frozen peas.

Ingredients:

6 cups fresh field peas (shelled and rinsed)
1 envelope onion soup mix
water
1 ham steak, diced

Directions:

Place the peas in your crockpot and add enough water to just cover the peas. Dump in the soup mix and stir in the diced ham.

Cook on low for approximately 2 – 3 hours. Check the peas for doneness by squishing the pea with your fingers to see if it’s softened up.

*You could do the same thing with dried blackeyed peas that have been pre-soaked and rinsed, but look for frozen peas and use them if possible. They taste so much better than dried peas.

Serve over steamed rice with diced onions (optional) and cornbread.

Soul food at it’s finest! I could eat this every day. 🙂

I hope you enjoy this easy recipe for field peas (blackeye peas) cooked in the crockpot.

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Breakfast, Hash Brown Potatoes, Potatoes

Waffle Iron Hashbrowns

May 26, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Here’s an neat trick that I saw on Pinterest for making waffle iron hashbrowns that I tried and loved and just had to share. It was really easy, quick and made our breakfast more special than usual.

Here’s how I did it:

Thaw frozen tater tots and crumble into a bowl. Heat waffle iron and brush with a little cooking oil. (You can probably skip this step if your waffle iron is well seasoned. I used oil because our waffle iron is new and it was probably unnecessary after all because the tater tots are already oily.)

Spread a layer of the crumbled tater tots evenly over the surface of the waffle iron. Close the lid and mash it down really hard. Let it cook until the waffle iron indicates that it’s done. You can peek at it after a couple minutes. Let it cook until it’s crispy and lightly browned.

Remove the cooked hashbrown from the waffle iron and repeat with the remaining potatoes until you’ve run out of potatoes.

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Category Archives: Vegetables

Lighter Tomato Pie

Lighter Tomato Pie

Slow Cooker Pepper Steak

Crock Pot Pepper Steak Recipe:

Slow Cooker Pepper Steak Recipe

Crockpot Roast with Ginger-ale Mushroom Onion Gravy

Crockpot Roast with Ginger-ale Mushroom Onion Gravy

Crockpot Field Peas & Ham

Crock Pot Field Peas & Ham

Waffle Iron Hashbrowns

Waffle Iron Hashbrowns

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