Tag: Iggy’s Francese

  • Ready for the Storm with Chicken Soup and Great Bread!

    We did make a supermarket walk to prepare for the storm. We bought the makings for a great big pot of chicken soup and a large loaf of Iggy's Francese!

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    We do enjoy watching Universal Hub's French Toast Alert System, but our storm food of choice is homemade chicken soup. 

    What's your favorite storm food? What did you buy on your pre-storm stock up trip?

    More Chicken Soup posts:

    This Is a Chicken Soup Week

    Chicken Soup for a Sick Friend

    Variations On a Soup Theme

     

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
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  • Enhancing an Italian Grinder with Summer Market Fare

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    Sandwiches make it onto our menu more often when I have wonderfully fresh ingredients from the farmers' markets to enhance them.

    The Italian Grinder style sandwich above was the result of a quick stop at Trader Joe's to buy milk on the way home from the Copley Square Market. Ed and Poppy (our puppy) waited upstairs while I shopped for that and something for lunch.

    IMG_6561 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    In the deli case, I saw mixed packages of Italian and Spanish ham and salamis. I bought the Italian to make my farmers' market version of this Italian American classic.

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    DSC_6337 - Version 22013-07-13spanish-cold-cuts-trader-joes-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    At home, I made a mixed salad from some tomatoes, cucumbers, and scallions from the market, seasoning it with vinegar, olive oil, and ground pepper. (There is more than enough salt in the prepared ingredients for our taste.)

    IMG_6566 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Ed sliced our loaf of Iggy's Francese and I layered on the prosciutto, capocollo, and salame from the TJ's package. Next, I spread a bit of TJ's tapenade and sliced artichoke hearts we had in the refrigerator, then piled on the tomato salad.

    Even in a mixed presentation like this, the freshness of the heirloom tomatoes and snappy, farm-fresh cucumbers shined through and turned a sandwich lunch into a memorable meal.

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  • Enhancing an Italian Grinder with Summer Market Fare

    IMG_6563 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Sandwiches make it onto our menu more often when I have wonderfully fresh ingredients from the farmers' markets to enhance them.

    The Italian Grinder style sandwich above was the result of a quick stop at Trader Joe's to buy milk on the way home from the Copley Square Market. Ed and Poppy (our puppy) waited upstairs while I shopped for that and something for lunch.

    IMG_6561 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    In the deli case, I saw mixed packages of Italian and Spanish ham and salamis. I bought the Italian to make my farmers' market version of this Italian American classic.

    DSC_6336 - Version 22013-07-13talian-cold-cuts-trader-joes-© 2011 Penny Cherubino  
    DSC_6337 - Version 22013-07-13spanish-cold-cuts-trader-joes-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    At home, I made a mixed salad from some tomatoes, cucumbers, and scallions from the market, seasoning it with vinegar, olive oil, and ground pepper. (There is more than enough salt in the prepared ingredients for our taste.)

    IMG_6566 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Ed sliced our loaf of Iggy's Francese and I layered on the prosciutto, capocollo, and salame from the TJ's package. Next, I spread a bit of TJ's tapenade and sliced artichoke hearts we had in the refrigerator, then piled on the tomato salad.

    Even in a mixed presentation like this, the freshness of the heirloom tomatoes and snappy, farm-fresh cucumbers shined through and turned a sandwich lunch into a memorable meal.

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Enhancing an Italian Grinder with Summer Market Fare

    IMG_6563 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Sandwiches make it onto our menu more often when I have wonderfully fresh ingredients from the farmers' markets to enhance them.

    The Italian Grinder style sandwich above was the result of a quick stop at Trader Joe's to buy milk on the way home from the Copley Square Market. Ed and Poppy (our puppy) waited upstairs while I shopped for that and something for lunch.

    IMG_6561 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    In the deli case, I saw mixed packages of Italian and Spanish ham and salamis. I bought the Italian to make my farmers' market version of this Italian American classic.

    DSC_6336 - Version 22013-07-13talian-cold-cuts-trader-joes-© 2011 Penny Cherubino  
    DSC_6337 - Version 22013-07-13spanish-cold-cuts-trader-joes-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    At home, I made a mixed salad from some tomatoes, cucumbers, and scallions from the market, seasoning it with vinegar, olive oil, and ground pepper. (There is more than enough salt in the prepared ingredients for our taste.)

    IMG_6566 - Version 22013-07-03Trader-joes-meat- selection-sandwich-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Ed sliced our loaf of Iggy's Francese and I layered on the prosciutto, capocollo, and salame from the TJ's package. Next, I spread a bit of TJ's tapenade and sliced artichoke hearts we had in the refrigerator, then piled on the tomato salad.

    Even in a mixed presentation like this, the freshness of the heirloom tomatoes and snappy, farm-fresh cucumbers shined through and turned a sandwich lunch into a memorable meal.

    What do you know about Amazon Prime? We use it and love it. You pay once-a-year for free, 2-day shipping delivery charges. Amazon throws in access to instant streaming movies and tv shows, and they let you borrow a free ebook each month. They will even give you a one-month free trial. Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Goat Cheese and Olives: Quick & Easy Appetizer

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    We always have a log of goat cheese and some olives in our refrigerator. With these two staples, we can make a meal or an appetizer. One of our favorite ways to serve this combo was inspired by a menu item we had at the Top of the Hub many years ago. 

    Making it could not be simpler!

    • Cut the goat cheese into large pieces, rounds, halves, wedges, or whatever shape suits your fancy. 
    • Arrange in the center of a bowl
    • Surround it with olives
    • Drizzle with a good extra virgin olive oil
    • Splash with a few drips of balsamic vinegar
    • Sprinkle with dried or fresh herbs (Herbes de Provence were used in the photo above)
    • Serve with crackers, French bread, or our favorite– Iggy's Francese grilled with olive oil and rubbed with garlic.

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    We sometimes add red pepper for color or use tapenade in place to the olives. But you can let your imagination run, on this one. What would you enjoy surrounding some fresh, creamy goat cheese?

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    Here are more of our cheese recommendations

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

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  • Goat Cheese and Olives: Quick & Easy Appetizer

    IMG_4902 - Version 22012-03-31-goat-cheese-olives-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We always have a log of goat cheese and some olives in our refrigerator. With these two staples, we can make a meal or an appetizer. One of our favorite ways to serve this combo was inspired by a menu item we had at the Top of the Hub many years ago. 

    Making it could not be simpler!

    • Cut the goat cheese into large pieces, rounds, halves, wedges, or whatever shape suits your fancy. 
    • Arrange in the center of a bowl
    • Surround it with olives
    • Drizzle with a good extra virgin olive oil
    • Splash with a few drips of balsamic vinegar
    • Sprinkle with dried or fresh herbs (Herbes de Provence were used in the photo above)
    • Serve with crackers, French bread, or our favorite– Iggy's Francese grilled with olive oil and rubbed with garlic.

      IMG_4903 - Version 22012-03-31-goat-cheese-olives-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We sometimes add red pepper for color or use tapenade in place to the olives. But you can let your imagination run, on this one. What would you enjoy surrounding some fresh, creamy goat cheese?

    Here are more of our recipes posts

    Here are more of our cheese recommendations

    What's on your Summer Fun shopping list? Shop Amazon Everything You Need for Summer Fun and support this site!

    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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