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Asiago & White Truffle Mashed Potatos

INGREDIENTS

  • 6 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, unpeeled
  • 1 stick (8oz.) unsalted butter
  • 2 medium cloves garlic
  • 1 cup half & half
  • 1 tablespoon Oli+Ve White Truffle Oil
  • 1 cup grated Asiago Cheese
  • Sea salt & freshly  cracked black pepper,  to taste
  • Optional: Finely minced, fresh chopped flat leaf parsley for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  • Dice potatoes, making sure all are relatively the same size. Place in a large saucepan add the salt, and cover with hot water.
  • Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce heat to maintain a rolling boil. Cook until potatoes are tender throughout when poked with a fork.
  • Heat the half-and-half, butter and the garlic in a medium saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Remove the potatoes from the heat and drain off the water. Mash and add the garlic-cream-butter mixture, grated Asiago and truffle oil. Stir to combine. Let stand for 5 minutes so that mixture thickens and then serve.
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Apple Cabbage Slaw

Ingredients:

  • 5 T Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1/4 c. water
  • 2 T sugar or Stevia
  • 4 t Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 t. Dijon mustart
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1/2 t. pepper
  • 1 Head Red Cabbage (~1lb.), shredded
  • 2 Red Apples, cored and chopped

Preparation:

  • Use a large mixing bowl to combine vinegar, water, sugar, olive oil, mustard, salt and pepper.
  • Add cabbage and apple to the above mixture; stir together and serve.

Makes 4, 1-cup servings
Courtesy of Kathleen Crim (RD, LD)

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Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Toasted Pecans

Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds fresh beets·
8 oz. Chevre (fresh goat cheese)
6 cups baby arugula or mixed greens
1 cup whole pecans, toasted
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Cranberry-Pear White Balsamic Vinegar
1 tablespoon good quality grainy mustard
fresh ground pepper to taste
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons UP extra virgin olive oil

Directions·
Preheat the oven to 400.  Trim the beets and wrap in one foil packet drizzled with a tablespoon of water.
  Roast for 1 hour or until tender when pierced through with a knife.  Once the cooked beets are cool enough to handle, peel them by rubbing the skin off between paper towels. 
Warning:  This will dye your hands bright red.
Cut the peeled beets in to 1″ pieces and toss with 2 tablespoons of Cranberry-Pear White Balsamic whisked together with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and set aside.
In a medium size bowl, whisk the remaining Cranberry-Pear White Balsamic with the grainy mustard until well combined.  Slowly drizzle in your olive oil of choice, whisking constantly until the mixture is thickened or emulsified.  Add freshly ground pepper and sea salt to taste.
Arrange the greens in a bowl or on a platter and dress with the Cranberry-Pear White Balsamic vinaigrette.  Add the marinated roasted beets to the salad, along with the crumbled fresh goat cheese and toasted pecans.

Serves 6-8 generous portions 
Reprinted from Rachel Bradley-Gomez

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Winter Grapefruit Salad

Ingredients
1/4 cup of grapefruit juice  2 T Oli + Ve balsamic vinegar  (Cranberry Pear would be great)
2 T Oli + Ve Extra Virgin Olive Oil (try our Eureka Lemon for some extra zest or our Blood Orange)
1 T sugar
1/8 t salt
1/8 t pepper
4 cups mixed greens
3 grapefruit, peeled, seeded and sectioned
2 pears, thinly sliced
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup pecans, toasted
1/4 cup blue cheese or goat cheese, crumbled
Directions: Dressing: whisk together grapefruit juice, vinegar, oil, sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside. Combine other ingredients, except cheese.  Top with cheese. Add dressing, toss gently. Serve immediately. Serves 4