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Zesty Italian Cucumber Tomato Salad

Ingredients

▢ 3 cucumbers

▢ 1 chopped tomato

▢ 1/4 fined diced onion

▢ 1/4 cup of green olives

▢ 1/4 cup chopped nitrate free pepperoni

▢ 1/8 cup Parmesan cheese

▢ 1 tbsp. oregano

▢ 1/4 tsp black pepper

▢ Italian dressing* you want enough to coat and marinade the salad

(This is my recipe for zesty Italian dressing)

1 tsp Basil, dried

1 tsp Garlic powder

1 tsp Onion powder

1 tsp Oregano, dried

1 tsp Parsley, dried

2 tsp Honey

1 tbsp Lemon juice

1/4 tsp Black pepper, ground

1/4 tsp Red pepper

3/4 tsp Salt

1/2 cup Olive oil, extra virgin

1/4 cup White wine vinegar

3 tbsp Parmesan

Instructions

▢ Spiralize your cucumbers, and add to bowl

▢ Chop tomato and onion, and add to bowl

▢ Add all remaining ingredients and mix

▢ Let stand in the refrigerator for an hour before serving

Notes

I like to use homemade dressing but if you buy store bought, just check to make sure it contains good oils and is without high-fructose corn syrup.

If you don’t have a vegetable spiralizer, you can easily serve this with diced cucumbers.

We have used ranch dressing instead of Italian when I know I am serving kids because ranch is such a kid favorite. (Who am I kidding, it’s an adult favorite too!)

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Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

(This is one of our favorite meatless meals.)

Ingredients

▢ 3 red bell peppers

▢ 2 shallots or onion

▢ 4 cloves garlic

▢ 2 tablespoon olive oil

▢ ½ cup milk of your choice use almond milk to make it vegan (if needed extra add few tablespoons extra )

▢ 12 ounce spaghetti noodles or other pasta of your choice

For Garnish:

▢ Chopped Parsley

▢ Parmesan Shavings

▢ Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

How To Roast Peppers For The Sauce:

For this pepper sauce, I prefer red bell peppers. Gives a distinctive orangish colored sauce. Yellow or green bell peppers will change the color of the sauce.

To roast peppers for the sauce, spray (rub) olive oil to red bell peppers, shallots or onions, and garlic and season with salt and ground black pepper. Broil or roast in oven at 400 F until black spots are seen on bell peppers. It might take about 20 minutes. Keep an eye on onions and garlic. If you see onions and garlic turning black, remove them and let bell peppers alone roast well.

Remove from oven, let it rest for couple of minutes until it’s cool enough to handle peppers. Peel skin off peppers, de-seed them.

Blend roasted and peeled peppers with roasted onions, roasted garlic until smooth. You can add few tablespoon of tomato paste to the sauce for extra flavors.

That’s it, roasted red pepper sauce ready!

Tossing Pasta in Sauce:

You can simply toss cooked pasta in the sauce. I personally prefer to heat up the sauce and adjust the seasoning before in toss in the pasta. Pasta in creamy red pepper sauce is best when served HOT!

Heat olive oil. Add the sauce and let it turn hot.

Then season with salt and ground pepper.

Add milk of your choice and mix it all together.

Once creamy sauce turns hot, turn off flame. Add in any cooked pasta of your choice. Toss well to coat evenly.

Serve hot garnished with chopped parsley, couple of Parmesan shavings before you serve.

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