Showing posts with label Snack Recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snack Recipe. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Oaxaca Kitchen's Guacamole - For Cinco de Mayo


Just in time for Cinco de Mayo we have a great recipe for you to make at home!

It's Guacamole, with a recipe courtesy of Oaxaca Kitchen, New Haven! That's right! Chef Prasad Chirnomula is sharing his recipe for this hearty and delicious guacamole, that's easy for you to create at home!

And we all love an easy to prepare recipe - that's good for you too!

Photo Courtesy Oaxaca Kitchen and SplashPR

Guacamole Recipe by:

Executive Chef:  Prasad Chirnomula
Assistant to Chef:  Balu Sagadevan

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 1/2 red onion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1-2 Jalapeno chiles, stems and seeds removed, chopped to small dices
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, finely chopped
  • 1/2 to 1 whole fresh lime juice (Based on personal taste and size of limes)
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1/2 ripe tomato, seeds and pulp removed, chopped
  • Thin slices of red radishes for garnish. Serve with tortilla chips or sliced cucumbers.
  • 1/2 teaspoon of finely minced garlic and roasted (Optional)

Method

  • Cut avocados in half. Remove seed. Scoop out avocado from the peel, put in a mixing bowl.
  • Using a wooden ladle, mash the avocado. (Remember to leave it a bit chunky and fully mashed)
  • Add the chopped onion, cilantro, lime or lemon, salt  and mash some more. Chili peppers vary in their hotness. So, start with a half of one chili pepper, and taste and add as you go.
  • Before serving, add the chopped tomato to the guacamole and mix and garnish with radishes and some more chopped tomatoes and cilantro.

Serve with crispy corn tortilla chips and enjoy!

Want the real deal? Head on down to Oaxaca Kitchen and let them do the Cinco de Mayo cooking for you!

Oaxaca Kitchen

228 College Street
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 859-5774
http://oaxacakitchen.com/


Sunday, February 15, 2015

Celebrate Carnevale with Redpack‏ Tomatos and a Fun Giveaway



Promotional Giveaway

Don't you love comfort food during the long cold winter?  I know I do! 

Especially the savories - items like yummy snack bites, soups and and pasta with sauce. ANYTHING with sauce is always a favorite. And, just about anything made with tomatoes!  

I know, I know, there is NOTHING quite like a fresh summer garden tomato...but when they can't be had, I love the ones that I can pick up in my local supermarket...Redpack tomatoes!



Redpack tomatoes are grown in the Midwest, where true seasons positively impact flavor — with just the right angle of the sun, perfect temperature, and soil that seems made for growing tomatoes. 

That's why I was happy to team up with the great folks at Redgold Redpack Tomatoes to help them get the word out about their giveaway  --- and was thrilled when they asked me help them host  ANOTHER mini-giveaway right here on the Home Place Blog!!!


And here's what will be in the HOME PLACE mini-giveaway!
  • 1 28-oz can of Redpack crushed tomatoes 
  • 1 28-oz can of whole peeled tomatoes
  • 1 28-oz can of diced
  • 1 6-oz can of tomato paste 
  •  PLUS recipes like Pizza Stromboli featured below courtesy of Redpack! 
Enter the Home Place mini-giveaway below using the rafflecopter entry!
Disclaimer: Home Place Blog is not liable for the awarding of prizes. Winners must reside in the continental U.S. and will be notified via email within 48 hours of the contest end. At that time a valid U.S. mailing address must be provided. Contest ends March 3rd 2015.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Redpack is having a FUN Facebook Promotion, running Feb. 11th - March 4th, during which 1,000 Redpack followers will get a Redpack tote bag EACH WEEK (for a total of 3,000 tote bags!!). 

AND THERE'S MORE!!!!

A grand prize winner will receive a pasta stock pot, pasta-related serveware and Redpack products. The total value of the grand prize is $300.00.  



ENTER REDPACK's GIVEAWAY HERE



PIZZA STROMBOLI
Photo Source: Redpack / RedGold 

Servings:
8
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour


2
tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1
small onion, chopped
1
garlic clove, minced
1/2
cup vegetable broth, or white wine
4
2
1
teaspoon red pepper

Salt and black pepper to taste
2
teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1
(8 ounce) tube refrigerator pizza crust, or crescent roll sheet
2
cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese blend
1
cup chopped assorted fresh vegetables, green pepper, onion, muchrooms and spinach leaves


Spicy Pizza Sauce - Makes 2 1/2 cups
  • Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.  Add the onions and sauté until they are soft, about 4 minutes.  Add the garlic and wine; cook for an additional minute.
  • Stir in REDPACK® TOMATO PASTEREDPACK® PETITE DICED TOMATOES with GARLIC & OLIVE OIL, pepper flakes, salt and black pepper.  Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until thickened.  Stir in the vinegar; cool.
  • Freeze leftover pizza sauce for a future Pizza Braid or regular pizza.

Pizza Braid - Makes 1 braid
  • Preheat oven to 375o F.  Remove pizza dough from tube and place on sheet of parchment paper.  Roll dough into a 10” X 14” rectangle.  Place on baking sheet.
  • Spread ½ of cheese down the center third of the dough.  Top with 1 cup Spicy Pizza Sauce and 1 cup of shopped vegetables.  Top with remaining cheese.
  • Cut 1” crosswise strips down the sides of the rectangle.  Starting from one end, bring one of the dough strips across the filling diagonally.  Repeat on the other side, crisscrossing the dough strips.  Continue down the rest of the braid, alternating strips to form the loaf.  Brush with egg wash (one egg beaten with a pinch of salt).  Sprinkle with dehydrated onions or poppy seed.  Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Option:  Meat lovers??? Pepperoni or crumbled cooked sausage could be added when placing the vegetables.
Note: Recipe above used with permission from Redpack

For more recipes for Carnevale season visit http://www.RedpackTomatoes.com/Carnevale


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Disclaimer: I was gifted with a mini-promotional giveaway Redpack pack courtesy of Redpack to help facilitate this promotion. All opinions are my own. 
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