Roasted No-Potato: Potato Salad with Cauliflower, Avocados & Eggs

Get ready for your healthier sides for Grilling time:

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 large Avocados
  • 1 Cauliflower head
  • 3-4 Hard Boiled Eggs
  • 1 Red Onion
  • Celery stalks or baby bok choy
  • 3 Garlic Cloves
  • 1/2 cup of sweet and dill pickle relish blend
  • 3 tablespoons whole grain Dijon Mustard
  • 1oz. Sicilian Lemon Balsamic Vinegar or the Serrano Honey Vinegar
  • ¼ cup of our NEW WILD FERN LEAF DILL INFUSED OLIVE OIL
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Chives for Garnish

Directions:
Diced up the Avocados and break apart the Cauliflower florets and garlic cloves. Place cauliflower on a cookie sheet and sprinkle on some of our olive oil with salt and pepper.

Roast in the oven on 375 for approx. 25 min. Let cool. Mash up the garlic and cauliflower. Place the mash into a mixing bowl with the avocados & all other vegetables and toss with the Mustard, pickles, balsamic vinegar and infused olive oil. Easy.

As a leftover: Spread on whole wheat toast for a quick morning snack or for lunch, add in some tuna and eat with Pita chips.

Mediterranean Bake (Quiche)


Ingredients:

  • tbsp olive oil + more to toss the veggies with
  • 2 med sweet yellow onion
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 2-3 med zucchini
  • 2-31 med yellow squash
  • 2-3 med potatoes
  • 2-3 tomatoes squash
  • casserole or fresh salsa
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1 small pint of sour cream
  • 2 tsp Italian seasonings (or whatever spices you like)
  • 1 c shredded Italian cheese (I used parmesan & cheddar)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400º.  Add 1 tbsp olive oil to pan and over medium heat, sauté chopped onions and minced garlic. Cook until soft and translucent. Pour them into your 8×8″ glass dish and spread them out to cover bottom.
Using my mandolin I thinly sliced the squash, zucchini and potato.

I tossed them with about 3 tsp of olive oil, 2 tsp of your spices and salt and pepper. Gently toss to coat them. Now start stacking them vertically in rows, alternating them in a pretty pattern.

Pour over your veggies the blend of milk, sour cream and 2 beaten eggs.

Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes then remove foil and sprinkle with cheese – however much you like really.

Remove foil and bake another 15-20 minutes until cheese is bubbling and nice and gold.

OPTIONAL: Top with crushed croutons and crumbled bacon for the last 15 min to get nice and crispy.

45-50 min. DELICIOUS AS A LEFT OVER WITH SCRABBLED EGGS IN THE MORNING.

Smoky Chipotle Pork Chops with Caramelized Papaya Barbecue Sauce


Ingredients:

  • 2-5 thick bone in Pork Chops depending on your guests
  • Fresh herbs (Sea-salt, pepper, Garlic & Onion powder)
  • Your Favorite Barbecue sauce with and added kick of our Red Cayenne Chili Oil and our Maple balsamic Vinegar (or you can make your own)
  • 1- ½ cups of cubed Papaya (approximately 1 ½ cups)

Directions:
Toss your chops in a gallon baggie with the fresh herbs and smoky chipotle olive oil.
Sauté or pan-sear the chops on both sides on med to high heat until crisp (approx. 4 min on each side). Remove the chops and place into a glass corning wear dish and roast for another 12 min. on 385 deg.

Slather with barbecue sauce and papaya cubes and roast the top for another 6 min increasing your oven heat to 410 deg. for the last 6 min. to caramelize the sauce and the sweet papaya.

Plate your chops onto a bed of fresh greens, lettuces or roasted root vegetables. Sprinkle your favorite olive oil and balsamic pairing onto the lettuces, place chop on top and serve.

Pick it up with your fingers and eat it like a well aged rib. Make eating fun to eat!!!!! While eating healthier!