Recipes With a Twist
Posts tagged Condiments
Presto Basil Pesto (Nut Free)
Aug 10th
Basil Pesto
Pesto, an aromatic herb sauce or paste, originated in Northern Italy and is used very commonly in Italian cooking. Traditionally it is made with toasted pine nuts but there are nut free variations as well. Every now and then I have tried different pesto based dishes and always amazed how this fragrant and flavorful perks up otherwise plain pasta or chicken recipes. However, it wasn’t until I noticed that my son liked a Pesto Chicken Fettuccine dish from a local Italian restaurant that I decided to give it a try in my every day cooking.I read this recipe in More >
Hot and Sweet Mango Salsa
May 12th
Hot and Sweet Mango Salsa with chips
With Mangoes in season, fresh mango salsa has become a ‘hot’ condiment. Mexican restaurants, fast food places, grocery stores, recipes in magazines – everywhere you would see one variation or the other. This is my first attempt to make this hot and sweet salsa and I think I will try few more recipes this season. I added some grapes to add some texture and made it hotter than usual.You need:
1 medium mango, diced 1 medium tomato, diced 1/2 red onion, diced 7-8 pickled sliced Jalapeño peppers, chopped 10 red grapes, halved 1 tsp More >
