Labor Day recipes

Which dishes do you love to prepare to Labor Day? Actually it can be whatever you just want, right? But however there are some special diches you kove the most. Which one?

Perhaps this is Spinach-Stuffed Portobellos, Orzo-Stuffed Tomatoes, Chicken with Mango-Raspberry Salsa or Strawberry Tiramisu Trifle? Would you share with your recipes?

I prefer such recipes that make for easy labor like tomato salad and quick Italian-style burgers.

1 pound of ground beef
1/2 pound of hot or mild Italian sausage removed from casing.
1 small red onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1/2 cup of seasoned bread crumbs
¼ cup of freshly grated Romano cheese
1/4 cup of fresh parsley, chopped
1 egg
1 tsp of liquid smoke
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp of fresh ground pepper

Toppings

6 slices of provolone cheese
1 small red onion, sliced thin
1 beefsteak tomato, sliced thin
1 jar of roasted red peppers
10 fresh basil leaves
8 small loaves of foccacia bread sliced in half

PREPARATION

Mix all the burger ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
Shape into burger shaped patties.
Place directly on grill for 10 minutes.
Turn once and grill the other side for 10 more minutes.
Top with provolone cheese until melted, about 1 minute.
Remove burgers and toast the foccacio face side down for I minute or you can use regular hamburger buns.
Top with sliced onion, tomato, roasted red peppers and fresh basil leaves.

You may top with other favorites but it’s delicious just like this. Serves 8.

Avocado Salad

I love avocado very much then try to use it in different recipes of salads I make. This is my favorite one

Ingredients
1/3 cup Orange or Tangerine juice
3 tablespoons Orange Marmalade
1 1/2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1 tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
8 ounces Dry Penne Pasta, cooked, rinsed with cold water and drained well (4 cups cooked)
1 Avocado, seeded, peeled and sliced
2 small Oranges, peeled and sectioned or 2 large Tangerines, peeled, segmented and
seeded, if necessary
1 medium Red Sweet Bell Pepper, cut into 1/2-inch squares
3 Green Onions, sliced diagonally
1/4 cup sliced Cilantro Leaves (lightly packed)

In large bowl, whisk together orange juice, marmalade, oil, vinegar and mustard. Add cooked pasta, mixing well. Cover and chill, stirring occasionally. To serve, add remaining ingredients and toss gently.
Serve on assorted salad greens, if desired.

Tasty Quince Salad

Here is recipe of fantastic both tasty and quick prepared salad once I tried then prepping it very often.

Well, you have to take ripe quince, cut it with thin slices, add a little bit salt and juice from ginger jam (another way is honey and walnut powder) then put it for 3-4 minutes in the microwave, it must become pleasantly soft, but not lost completely hrumkost quince. Then take it out to the cold – cold.

Meanwhile, the thinnest slice 1 fennel – using only the white base, not the green part of it plus a little bit salt and and red-wine vinegar then mix it all pushing slightly-slightly with a spoon to make it more gently.

Now add prepared quince, creative mixeing it all, watering with a little olive oil and juice of 1 lime halves, add to the top a little grated nutmeg – it’s powder as well – and voilla – on the table!

As far I love experiment as every time I make the salad I get an interesting mix of tastes – my husband, as a quite well-known gourmet, estimated that “this is super and it is an exceptional combination of flavors.”

Highly recommended to try!:-)
By the way the photo you see bellow is not of salad of course but I promise to make the right one next time I’ll prepare it. However the photo is also by my.

Summer Salad

No doubt summer is the time for salads, so looking for tasty and quick prepared salad I’ve found absolutely wonderful recipe From Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross’ Desperation Dinners. So I tried it then must to confess that’s great!
So
Bottled dressing can also be used. Start to finish: under 10 minutes.

• 5 cups prewashed baby field greens

• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

• 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

• 1/4 cup sliced (not slivered) almonds

• 1/4 cup poppy-seed dressing

In a medium bowl, combine all of the ingredients and toss together lightly. Divide into four salad bowls or plates, and serve. (If you want to make the salad ahead, be sure not to dress it until right before you serve, as the greens will wilt quickly under the dressing.) Makes 4 servings.

Per serving: 160 calories (59 percent from fat), 11 g fat (2.5 g saturated), 8 mg cholesterol, 4 g protein, 14 g carbohydrates, 3 g dietary fiber, 179 mg sodium.

Citrus Salad

Very often when I want to spoil my loved ones I apply to one of online recipe’s recourses that can help me on the way to prepare the meal tasty, beautiful (it’s important for me!) and brings special atmosphere into our talks and even relations. So, one s these recourses I use usually, when I’ve not enough time for searching through internet, is allrecipes.co, the link on it you can see on my oj the right side on blogroll.

Toda I’ve chosen Citrus Salad:

For Adobo Marinade:
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice
1/4 cup Florida orange juice concentrate
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled and de-veined (leave the tail sections intact)
4 oranges
4 grapefruits
5 cups washed, stemmed spinach leaves or mesclun
Combine the ingredients for the marinade in a mortar and pestle or blender and puree until smooth. Correct the seasoning, adding salt and pepper to taste: the mixture should be highly seasoned.
Combine the shrimp and 2/3 of the marinade in a non-reactive bowl and stir to mix. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate the shrimp for 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
Cut the rind (both the zest and white pith) off the oranges to expose the flesh. Make V-shaped cuts to remove the individual segments from the membranes, working over a bowl to catch the juices. Remove any seeds with a fork. Section the grapefruit the same way. Arrange the orange and grapefruit segments around the outside edge of a platter or 4 salad plates, alternating orange and grapefruit segments. Mound the spinach or mesclun in the center, The recipe can be prepared ahead to this stage.
Preheat the barbecue grill or broiler to high. Grill or broil the shrimp until cooked, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Arrange the shrimp on top of the salad and spoon the reversed marinade over the greens. orange and grapefruit segments, and shrimp.
Makes 4 servings.