Tuscan Bread Salad

bread salad

A different way to serve a sandwich or salad – Tuscan Bread Salad made with leftover day old bread.  What I love about this salad, is how you turn day old bread into a salad with a few of your favorite vegetable toppings.  Beware:  if you use fresh bread, the bread becomes soggy!  If you don’t have day old bread, you can cheat by toasting cubed bread in the oven.

There are a lot of variations of this salad – here’s one of my favorites:  leftover roasted peppers, roasted artichokes, roasted garlic, pitted olives, fresh tomatoes and fresh chopped basil.  Measure 1/2 cup of each of the toppings to five cups of cubed bread.  Drizzle your favorite extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.

A perfect vegan and vegetarian salad ….

a presto,

Maria

 

Summer Vegetables: Fall Colors

I love the Fall for it’s weather and the beautiful transformation of the Foliage – beautiful majestic colors! Cleaning the leaves is another story …..
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In this photo, I prepared a simple salad with yellow, red cherry tomatoes, roasted artichokes, red onion and cooked green beans.  I drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, a little balsamic, chopped fresh basil, salt and pepper (to taste) and ready to serve.  You can serve it as a side vegetable with your favorite grilled meats, fish or cheese.  I also like to add cured olives – it reminds me of visits in Italy! A simple salad you can enjoy throughout the year – why wait just for summer? a presto, Maria