Category: Appetizers
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A Great Gift For Your Honeybee
Made in Grainger County by the most adorable couple ever, Bob and Delores Moore, Moore’s Acres Creamed Honey is delicious when spread on sandwiches, used as a sugar substitute in recipes, or drizzled over an earthy and nutty cheese. Our favorite way of enjoying it is slathering it on a biscuit for breakfast. It’s sold…
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Tomato Head’s Yellow Squash Crostini with Pesto
Walking into the Knoxville air and feeling it push back, being caught daily in random patches of heavy rain and lightening, and sweating your ~you know what~ off over the past few weeks of this summer is paying off. Not only did we all sweat out a few pounds and increase our water intake by…
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Tomato Head’s Quinoa Cakes with Yogurt and Sriracha
I was so excited when I read Mahasti’s recipe, I let out an audible “yasss” complete with the hand-motion you are probably imagining. Quinoa was the reason behind this. Quinoa is a good source of protein, as well as vitamins B, B6, and E, amino acids, potassium, and a healthy list of other minerals. It…
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Tomato Head’s Marinated Zucchini and Mint Pasta
The redeeming grace of summers in the South boils into just a few fine points that prove enough to justify intensely hot summer days. For me, these points can be counted on one hand. Largely, this period of late spring summer multiplies our vegetation options, meaning we have so many delicious options to choose from!…
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Tomato Head’s chorizo and onion quesadilla with guacamole
Today’s recipe for Tomato Head’s chorizo and onion quesadilla with guacamole can be an easy meal or snack, especially when the guacamole is prepped. More importantly we’re sharing a delicious recipe for guacamole, which really should speak for itself. But for those of you who don’t know, guacamole is a perfect snack or addition to…
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Tomato Head’s Cauliflower Soup
¼ cup Oil 1 cup Onion 2 Celery Stalks, about 2 cups 1 Cauliflower 3.5 cups Water 2 tsp Salt ¼ tsp Black Pepper Chopped spinach To prepare the Cauliflower: Remove the leaves, and rinse under cold water. Cut Cauliflower in ½ and cut small florets off one half, and set aside. Cut the remaining cauliflower…
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Tomato Head’s Spinach Salad with Fennel, Candied Walnuts and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
For Candied Walnuts: 1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar, packed ¼ cup water 2 Tbl butter ½ tsp salt ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp allspice 1 ½ cups Walnuts Place brown sugar, water, butter, salt and spices in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to boil and boil for 1 minute. Add walnuts, and reduce heat to…
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Tomato Head’s Summer Zucchini and Poblano Soup
If you’ve spent anytime at the Market Square Farmers’ Market over the past few weekends, you’ve noticed an abundance of summer squash. This simple recipe for Mahasti’s Summer Zucchini & Poblano Soup is a great alternative to preparing zucchini the traditional summer way – standing over a hot grill. Incorporating poblano peppers adds a slightly…
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Tomato Head’s Pozole Verde
Mahasti’s variation on pozole verde is a great excuse to visit some of Knoxville’s Mexican and Latin American markets for the tomatillos and poblano peppers called for in this recipe. Share your version with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Ingredients 9 cups Water 3 Chicken Breast, bone in with skin 2 Bay Leaves 2…
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The Tomato Head’s Bacon and Cheddar Soup
If you weren’t up early on Saturday tuned in to WBIR, you missed Mahasti presenting what’s sure to become a favorite for gatherings of family and friends. Simple to make, warming and good, this soup’s one to prepare in advance and have on the stove top for snackers while the “big dinner” is in the…