Menu du jour summer dish recipes : 50 Recipes


  • Recipe Summer salad with chicken and peppers
    Summer salad with chicken and peppers
    Main Dish Very Easy
    5 10
    Ingredients :Decided to make the healthy salad instead of the pasta(being a good girl seeing as I'm not getting to the gym as often as I should!) Used what was in...
  • Recipe Sophie's end of summer breakfast omelette
    Sophie's end of summer breakfast omelette
    Main Dish Very Easy
    10 5
    Ingredients :2 organic eggs, beaten a mix of 9 to 10 colourful mini tomatoes 1 medium red onion, peeled & finely cut up 1/2 red sweet paprika, washed, cleaned &...
  • Recipe Grilled pork tenderloin with chimichurri and summer veggies
    Grilled pork tenderloin with chimichurri and summer veggies
    Main Dish Very Easy
    10 25
    Ingredients :2-1 lb. pork tenderloins 1 bunch fresh parsley, stems removed 1 cup olive oil 3 Tb. red wine vinegar 2 Tb. dried oregano 1 Tb. cumin 1 tsp. salt...
  • Recipe Summer salad with rosted plums, feta, prosciutto & plum dressing
    Summer salad with rosted plums, feta, prosciutto & plum dressing
    Main Dish Easy
    15 20
    Ingredients :5 purple fresh plums, with an intact skin, cut into 4 ( stone removed ) 4 tablespoons of a fruity EVOO ( Extra Virgin Olive Oil ) 1 tablespoon of re...
  • Recipe A little Summer in a Winter Dish
    A little Summer in a Winter Dish
    I know peaches are summer fruit but my daughter begged me to buy bag of frozen ones for her, something I rarely purchase.  She does snack on them but that bag is not going anywhere soon so what else could they be used for, Hm....? I rooted through[...]
  • Recipe A healthy, gluten free summer dish: Cherry Quinoa & Shrimp
    A healthy, gluten free summer dish: Cherry Quinoa & Shrimp
    After a very meat-heavy July 4th weekend, I?m looking to make something lighter. This recipe from Northwest Cherries fits the bill ? quinoa, shrimp and cherries. Yes, cherries, which are on sale this time of year and oh-so-good for you. Not[...]
  • Recipe So long sweet summer, recipes to remember the season
    So long sweet summer, recipes to remember the season
    As we bid farewell to the summer season, take time to celebrate the bountiful flavors of tomatoes, corn, and nectarines. Recipes for Stuffed Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Sweet Corn Succotash, and a Nectarine Galette.
  • Recipe Summer Quinoa Salad
    Summer Quinoa Salad
    I know–it’s been over a month since my last post. And that one also came after a long absence. I guess I just bit off more than I could chew for a while. But now I’m back! And my not posting doesn’t mean I wasn’t[...]
  • Recipe Achar - appetiser in summer
    Achar - appetiser in summer
    Achar, what?s that? It looks like salad, but it is actually a pickled dish. In Southeast Asia, it is a favourite side dish especially among the Malays and Straits Chinese. This weekend, my mother-in-law taught me how to prepare it at home. It?s[...]
  • Recipe Summer Minestrone with Pesto
    Summer Minestrone with Pesto
    I got together with a group of girlfriends from my bible study on Friday to organize a friend’s garage. The friend we were helping is a mom of two young boys and her husband has been in the hospital for several months awaiting a heart[...]