This bread is so delicious and will really make your house smell wonderful as it is baking. I've fooled around with this recipe and have done various things (used olive oil instead of butter, added basil and oregeno) etc, so it is very versitle. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
I love a Caprese salad of tomatoes, basil and cheese, so why not use them with chicken? You can grill this dish, but my family agrees it’s juicier straight from the oven. —Dana Johnson, Scottsdale, Arizona
This recipe features chicken with prosciutto rolled around a filling of spinach, roasted peppers, and sun-dried tomatoes and topped with a fresh tomato-basil sauce — all made quickly in the pot.
Put this Chicken and Mushrooms in Garlic White Wine Sauce recipe together in less than 25 minutes, probably without a trip to the store. It's adaptable to your pantry--if you don't have egg noodles, use another kind of pasta, and if you're out of tarragon, try basil, oregano, or thyme.
Large, plump shrimp are marinated in a savory sauce of lemon juice, garlic, Italian seasoning, olive oil, dried basil, and brown sugar, then grilled to highlight the flavors.
This Mediterranean Six Layer Dip recipe contains athenos feta cheese with basil & tomato, philadelphia cream cheese, spinach, tomatoes, sliced black olives and more.
For a healthy variation on creamy chicken salad, we've replaced half the mayonnaise with basil pesto. Serve over greens or make it into a sandwich for a healthy lunch.
This Sun-Dried Tomato Crostini recipe contains philadelphia neufchatel cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, sliced black olives, clove garlic, fresh basil leaves and more.
This fish is tasty and impressive enough to serve company. You can substitute tuna for swordfish. Serve with orzo tossed with chopped fresh basil and toasted pine nuts.
This Turkey Bruschetta Panini recipe contains italian bread, tomato slices, oscar mayer cracked black pepper, fresh basil leaves, kraft mayo with olive oil reduced fat mayonnaise and more.
While not nearly as sweet as bananas, plantains do have a sweet flavor. In this soup we keep that sweetness at bay by using firm plantains with green skins rather than riper brown-skinned ones--the sugars will have not yet developed, so the fruit will add starchy body to the soup without too much sweetness.
If you love chocolate covered cherries, this fudgy, sweet bar is a must-make. The simple bar format makes it a cinch to prepare, but the deep chocolate and sweet cherry flavors meld together into a very sophisticated, scrumptious treat. The fudgy texture makes it irresistible.
Kate Zuckerman, pastry chef at Manhattan's Chanterelle and author of the new book, The Sweet Life, thinks most cheesecakes are too heavy and sweet. Her recipe uses goat cheese to lighten the texture and tangy crème fraîche to cut the sweetness. Here, she tops mini cheescakes with wine gelées—a new kind of wine-and-cheese-pairing.
Broiling the eggplant coaxes out a deeper, more complex flavor. We like to keep the antioxidant-packed skin on, but feel free to peel the eggplant before broiling. You can garnish the dish with extra basil leaves.
