So pretty, and just wonderful for simple summertime fare.
Summer Recipes with Zesty Flavors!
Here are the ingredients:
6 Ripe, small tomatoes
Lettuce leaves
1 Batch of Guacamole
1. Cut the stems out of the tomatoes, leaving the skin intact at the very bottom. Slice each tomato into 8 wedges, taking care not to cut through the tomato skin at the very bottom of the stem.
2. Place a lettuce leaf, or some other kind of greenery on each salad plate, and put a tomato on top, spreading the wedges out to look like a flower
3. Spoon 2 – 3 Tablespoons (Heaping) of Guacamole into the middle of the Tomato flower, and serve (chilled if you prefer).
Yield: 6 Servings
Depending on the size of your tomatoes, each will have about 17 Grams of carbohydrates and 5 Grams of fiber
What if you don’t have a family of 6 - then halve the recipe, and plan to use the rest of the guacamole for something else – omelettes, perhaps, or Mexican appetizers. Guacamole has over 1,000 mg. of Potassium per serving.
Many fermented foods contain probiotics, or useful bacteria, which can aid a person in digesting their food.
Examples of some fermented foods are yogurt, soy sauce, sauerkraut, and things made of sour dough (like beer bread). Do You Like Bavarian Style Kielbasa & Sauerkraut Dish
So not only are these foods delicious, but also they aid digestion and the immune system. In light of the fact they also have really good vitamin supply (B12), I’d like to share a few probiotic recipes:
First is a sourdough beer bread recipe:
(Recipe from About.com)
Yield: 2 medium loaves
Prep Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours, 60 minutes
Ingredients:
12 oz beer, room temp
1 cup sourdough starter
1/2 cup sugar
5 cups bread flour, about
Preparation:
In large bowl add the can of beer and sourdough starter. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Mix in enough flour to form a dough that can be kneaded with your hands. Turn dough out onto floured board and knead dough for about 10 minutes.
Place dough in greased bowl and flip dough over so that the top is also greased. Cover bowl with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let sit in warm, draft-free place for about 1-1/2 hours. Turn dough out onto floured board and knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough in half. Form each half into loaf. Grease two bread pans and place loaves in pans. Cover and let rise for about 45 minutes or until double in size.
Bake bread at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped on. Remove bread from pans and let cool on rack. Loaves may be bagged and frozen for later.
Here’s another beer breadsourdough recipe, this time for malted sourdough bread:
Here’s the rest of it – the directions from Food.com
Further: Award Winning Sauerkraut Recipe and Holiday Sauerkraut Recipe from the Denver Post Here (*Note: Look for Gertie’s Sauerkraut and Apples 1/3 way down the page)
