She Says: Blogger Secret Ingredient – Tomatoes
Week 2 of Christie’s great idea has come to a close. Here are the great recipes from around Blog Land. If I forgot to add something, or if you have a last minute addition, just let me know.
Baked Potato Fan from Healthy Lawyer
Black Bean Dip from Erica at Itsy’s Kitchen
Chicken Breasts Braised with Tomatoes, Onion and Garlic from Heather at Heather Bakes
Fast Sloppy Lentils from Erica at Itsy’s Kitchen
Gazpacho from Andrea at Care to Eat
Mediterranean Pizza with Sun-Dried Tomatoes from Erin at Care to Eat
Mother of All Zucchini from Arielle at Couch Cubicle
Ramekin of Baby Plum Tomatoes from Mi (food can be simple)
Roasted Gold Tomatoes on Scrambled Eggs from Tri To Cook
Roasted Tomato Ketchup from Heather at Hangry Pants.
Wheat Berries with Vegetables and Chicken from See Jess Run
And here is some great information about tomatoes from Christie.
- Contain health promoting caroteniods, phytonutrients (including beta-carotene, zeaxanthin and lycopene)
- Vitamin A and C (antioxidants) help also to fight inflammation
- Lycopene protects cells and DNA and LDL choesterol from oxidation
- DO not store unripe tomato’s in the fridge because the flavor gets destroyed and they become spongy.
- To ripen tomato’s place ina paper bag with an apple or banana.. these fruits give off ethylene gas which speed up rippening process.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Great round-up; and hooray for Rose being the next blogger in charge of the Secret Ingredient Challenge!!
September 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
heather! i am truly honoured to have been included in this, since compared to everyone else i didn’t do an ounce of work, apart from opening the fridge door (and the crockery cabinet, i guess). but, i do think gorgeous little baby plum/grape tomatoes deserve some TLC so i’m all for it. i loved seeing the other recipes here – the potato fan particularly caught my eye – very original! i love this challenge! i’m looking forward to what rose proposes next…
September 14th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Ohh great summary of everything and thanks for keeping it going.. excitied to see what rose picks!
September 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
What an incredible compilation, great job Heather! I love this because it also introduced me to some new blogs.
THIS “GAME” IS AWESOME!
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