Tomato and Peach Salad with Buttered Bread and Pistachios

Tomato and Peach Salad with Buttered Bread and Pistachios

Ingredients:

2 cups big chunks of bread

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/3 cup salted and shelled pistachios

salt and pepper to taste

3 big handfuls clean lettuce

balsamic vinegar and olive oil

1 ripe peach, sliced thin

1 ripe tomato, sliced thin

8 small fresh mozzarella balls, cut in half

salt and pepper to taste 

Directions:

In a medium saute pan over medium heat, melt butter and olive oil. Add bread chunks and toss to coat in fat. Allow the bread chunks to toast and brown until golden on most sides. Add the pistachios and cook for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste and set aside.

In a medium bowl toss together greens and a drizzle of oil and vinegar. Use as much or as little dressing as you’d like. Divide greens into prepared bowls. Top with peach slices, tomato sliced, mozzarella, and bread and pistachio mixture. Top with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy immediately. 

Recipe found at: http://joythebaker.com/2013/06/tomato-and-peach-salad-with-buttered-bread-and-pistachios/

Red Leaf Lettuce With Peach and Fresh Chevre

Ingredients

6 cups red leaf lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces

1 peach

3 tablespoons walnuts, toasted, roughly chopped

2 ounces chevre cheese, very young

1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped

For the dressing

1/2 tablespoon raspberry vinegar

1 pinch salt

1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

3 tablespoons walnut oil

1 pinch black pepper

1 pinch sugar (optional)

Recipe found at: http://www.food.com/recipe/red-leaf-lettuce-with-peach-and-fresh-chevre-127393

Fruit Cobbler Easy Batter

Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 cups of sliced fresh peaches or nectarines, or whole blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or a combination of fruits (or a 12-ounce package of frozen berries)
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Directions:

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position, and heat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan; set in oven to melt. When butter has melted, remove pan from oven. Whisk flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add milk; whisk to form a smooth batter. Pour batter into pan, then scatter fruit over batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1 Tb. of sugar. Bake until batter browns and fruit bubbles, 50 to 60 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream or a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Peach, Banana, and Blueberry Smoothie

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe peaches or nectarines, pitted and chopped
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 banana, preferably frozen
• 1 cup low fat or non-fat vanilla yogurt

Directions:

Place ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Thin with some calcium-fortified orange juice if desired