I thought the perfect thing to top my first polenta with would be my first ragù sauce. That way I would get to check off TWO items from my Foodie Bucket List. What is ragù exactly? “Ragù is a class of Italian pasta sauces made with ground or minced meat, vegetables and, occasionally, tomatoes.” Sounds do-able! I turned […]
Heirloom Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad
Just a few weeks ago when it was still harvest season at the market I discovered heirloom tomatoes at Kin’s and brought one home with me. I wanted to make a beautiful salad with a luscious blue cheese dressing, which I then used as a fabulous dip for my Buffalo Chicken Bites. The Recipe You will need […]
The Gourmet Club: Baked Fennel with Lamb and Coriander
For the third recipe of The Gourmet Club series I turned once again to La Varenne Pratique for inspiration. And continuation! The reason why I made French Tomato Sauce was so I could use it for this recipe. You could of course just use a regular can of tomato sauce instead but it worked so well in this […]
Campbell’s Everyday Gourmet Tomato Basil Bisque
Here is the last Campbell’s Everyday Gourmet soup for me to review! So sad, I loved product testing these soups. The Product Their Tomato Basil Bisque is made with “…vine ripened tomatoes and fresh cream, and subtle notes of aromatic basil”. When I poured the soup out of the box and into my pot I saw that […]
Sundried Tomato Soup with Badass Croutons
Gordon Ramsay’s Tomato and Rosemary Focaccia
I wanted to take a break from doing product reviews and get back to my food. Sadly, I screwed this up. It was almost perfect but then I did something stupid and absolutely deserve to get screamed out of Hell’s Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay. I adore Gordon Ramsay and love his show Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery […]
Sunny Anderson’s Roasted Tomato Soup
My version of Oprah’s Tomato Roasted Garlic Soup
Roberta Boyle inspired me to try this Tomato Roasted Garlic Soup from the Oprah Magazine Cookbook. From her description of making it, it sounded ridiculously easy with such positive results I just had to try. I did, however, change the recipe a little and add my own touches here and there. Roberta is right. This […]