I've got my tomatoes planted in my garden and I can hardly wait to start harvesting my own fresh tomatoes. I'm so excited about my tomatoes in fact that I've already started planning out how I am going to eat them. Sandwiches, salads, fresh tomato sauce, salsa - oooohh the possibilities. I tend to prefer really simple recipes for fresh garden tomatoes - drizzled with a little bit of dressing sprinkled with fresh basil= tomato perfection. I made a batch of homemade blue cheese dressing for Ryan's graduation party and in anticipation of the bumper crop of tomatoes that I am going to have this summer (Yes, I am optimistic.) I thought I would try it out on some supermarket tomatoes. Now that I have a jar of blue cheese in my refrigerator, I am even MORE excited about my garden tomatoes. Blue Cheese Dressing 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 garlic clove, minced salt and pepper, to taste 8 ounces crumbled blue cheese
Bring on the tomatoes! Ciao!
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I don't want to name any names but there is a certain member of my family who is OBSESSED with Ranch Dressing. This particular (15 year old) person is partial to Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing and I have to admit - it's not my dressing of choice. One would assume from the amount of salad dressing that she consumes that this person eats a tremendous amount of salad. Not true. She eats Ranch dressing with --- chicken - regardless of what kind of chicken it is or what sauce it may already have on it. On the plus side, she will eat just about any chicken that I serve her, as long as there is a side of Ranch to go along with it. We go through a LOT of Ranch dressing in this house so I thought I would start making my own for a change. I found a recipe from The Pioneer Woman for a homemade buttermilk ranch dressing that looked pretty good so I thought I would give it a try. The real test was when I offered it to the Ranch connoisseur to see if it measured up to Hidden Valley standards. Surprisingly, she really did like this dressing. As an added bonus, it makes a really great dip for carrots and other vegetables too. Homemade Ranch Dressing
1/4 tsp kosher salt 1 garlic clove 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 buttermilk 1/4 cup Italian flat-leaf Parsley 1 tbsp Fresh Chives 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill 1/2 tsp distilled white vinegar 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp black pepper |
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