Melon and Prosciutto Salad

source: Mary Crafts-Homer

1 cantaloupe
4 oz prosciutto - crisped in a frying pan
2 cups fresh mini mozzarella balls
2 cups arugula

Dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar
3 Tbsp honey
salt and pepper

Use a melon baller to scoop out cantaloupe balls. Place cantaloupe balls, prosciutto, and mozzarella  on bed of arugula.  Drizzle dressing.

Packable Lunches

-salad in a jar- make salad I a mason jar, put dressing in bottom with heartier ingredients, like chick peas, black beans, etc, layer with lettuce on top so it doesn't get soggy.
-pasta salad in a jar-put a little pepperoni, olives, cheese, tomatoes, in the  bottom of jar with Italian dressing, put pasta on top, shake and mix before eating.
-taco salad in a jar: layer beans, chicken or beef (optional), salsa, sour cream, lettuce, top with a few tortilla chips
-lettuce wrap with chicken salad
-tortellini kebab- with leftover tortellini from night before, skewer tortellini, cheese, pepperoni, tomatoes
-hummus and pitas
-pita or naan bread pizza
-cucumber and cream cheese sandwich, or tortilla wrap
-egg salad sandwich
-make your own grown up lunchable, cheese, crackers, sliced hard boiled eggs,lunch meat, nuts, etc.
-greek pita sandwich: chick peas, chopped lettuce, tomatoes, onions,  oil and lemon juice
-calzone: make or buy pizza dough, cut into small rectangle, fill with sauce and cheese, other toppings if desired. fold dough over and seal edges - bake at 350° for 20 min. Freeze, then just pull one out in the morning to take for lunch - also can fill with ham and cheese.
-plan at dinner and alter leftovers into a packable lunch
-pizza pinwheel- make pizza dough, roll out into rectangle, spread with sauce and cheese, roll and slice like cinnamon rolls - bake and freeze to put into lunch in the morning

Garden Salsa

source: Tami Richardson

6-8 medium tomatoes
1 poblano pepper
1 anaheim pepper
1/2 large white onion
2 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 bunch of cilantro, stalks removed
jalapeño pepper- optional

Roast peppers over gas burner or broil in oven for until skin blisters and is slightly blackened. Remove top and seeds. Put 2 tomatoes and remaining ingredients to blender. Blend until onions and peppers are chopped fine. Add remaining tomatoes and pulse several times until tomatoes are diced.

*The roasted peppers give the salsa and nice smoky flavor and just a little heat. Add jalapeño if you like more heat.

Granola

Source: adapted from Marlene Ellingson


4 cups old fashioned oats
2/3 cup honey
1/3 cup canola oil (coconut oil is good too)
1/2 tsp salt

Heat honey, oil, and salt in large pot. Stir in oats. Spread on greased baking sheet. Bake at 300 for 30 minutes, stirring twice during baking time. Add in nuts or dried fruit to your liking.

*Sometimes I add a few tablespoons of water to the honey and oil mixture to make it a little thinner and easier to stir with the oats.

Tami's Favorite Restaurants

Just a list of restaurants to help me remember what I like!

Close to home -Farmington area-
Sushi Monster (Station Park) DC Roll, Rock n Roll, Salmon Katsu Roll,  Bento Box, Hibachi Beef
the Habit   Super Food Salad

Aubergine- love the mediterranean bowl and keto bowl

Cubbies- super love the Wild Rice and Kale salad

Seven Brothers- love the Panilo Fries

Santorini's like the original bowl

Vessel Kitchen- Hash Hash

Taste of India- coconut lamb, butter chicken

China Platter-

In n Out-  Double double, protein style, no sauce griled onions

Blaze Pizza- Gluten free Art Lovers

North of Farmington-
Zucca's- (Ogden) Risotto (good atmosphere for groups)
Thai Rod Dee- (Layton) green curry! (didn't love the Pad Thai)
Rainbow Gardens- Old favorite from childhood. I usually get vegetable soup and a Mormon Muffin. Also like the Marco Polo, Thomas Divan and Turkey Enchiladas.
Mandarin Garden (Logan) all good
Tandoori Oven (Logan) Best Indian Food I've had in Ut.  
Maddox- Family classic

Idle Isle Cafe- Brigham City
Weller's Bistro- great German food, a little pricey

Salt Lake-
Sweet Lake Biscuits and Limeade- I like everything here! (except for the banana cookies)

Sawadee- Massaman curry
Red Iguana- Tacos Ramon, Red Iguana Combo Plate
Mazza- amazing French fries, Chicken Kebab, Musakhan Wrap
Eggs in the City- Macho Style Breakfast
Eva's- everything
Caputo's- the Soprano, Hot Pastrami, chocolate chip cookies,

 (best ricotta ever at cheese counter)
Moochie's-  ridiculously amazing meatball sandwich
Gourmandise- Eggs and Polenta Benedict is very good. (Sadly don't love most of their food.) Do not try the French onion soup! But it has a nice atmosphere and the pastries are good.
Seigfrieds- I love everything here. The warm potato salad, schnitzel, brats, sauerkraut, red cabbage, desserts.
Spaghetti Factory- childhood favorite Spinach Tortellini, Mizithra Pasta, definitely the house dressing
Tulie Bakery- everything!
Layla- mediterranean, so good. Moroccan Chicken- love the saffron cream sauce, Musakhen, great fries
Spitz-mediterranean, love, love, love, the Street Cart Fries
Grand America, Little America- love both of them for brunch. 

The Laurel- Grand America- love it

Don Joaquin's- love all their tacos and gringas

Mahader- Ethiopian- be prepared to eat with your hands

Doki Doki- Japanese desserts

Hero Hot Pot- So good and so fun!

The Dodo- great lunch spot, banana pie!

Hub and Spoke Crab Benedict

Copper Onion- loved it. Nice atmosphere.

To try: From Scratch, Fillings and Emulsions, Veneto, Cucina Toscana, Handle, Feldman's Deli, Valter's Osteria






Utah County-
Seven Brothers   Paniolo burger, Paniolo Fries, Bruce Irons Burger, Coconut Macadamia Shrimp Salad,  Obsessed!
180 Tacos - loaded house chips, Mexicana Rice (this rice is my current obsession)
The Rising Bun-  (Lehi) Krispie Yum-Aguchi (the coconut sauce is beyond), Tonkotsu Ramen, Mango Waffle (the coconut ice cream is dreamy), want to try the Comrade Fries
Communal- everything is good!
Black Sheep Cafe- was very good- can't remember what I ate there
J Dawgs - like it all
BYU Creamery :) - Kids meal for sure. Graham Canyon Ice Cream, mint brownies, ranch dressing, chocolate milk
Hruska's Kolaches - love it all- blackberry, maple pecan, chicken cilantro

Don Joaquin's- all tacos and gringas
The Chocolate- every dessert



NYC- 

*make sure to check out 2 good 2 go
Amy's Bread - (Hell's Kitchen) Our top NYC bakery. Love it all. I always get a scone, olive twist, plus whatever looks good! Really good hot chocolate.
Yum Yums - (Hell's Kitchen) Good Thai Food. Love the Coconut Curry.
Bleaker Street Pizza - all good
Magnolia Bakery - banana pudding

Eataly- all sorts of fun food
5 Napkins Burgers (Hell's Kitchen, also in Boston) all good
Schmackary's Cookies (Hell's Kitchen)
Pasticceria Rocco- Cannoli!
Cafe Napoli - ( Little Italy) I always get the piccata, but need to branch out. Would also like to try a new place in Little Italy.
Pret a Manger - for a quick sandwich
Levain bakery - cookies!

375 Fries

2 Brothers Pizza cheap and fast

Shake Shack- the kids love it
Katz's Deli

Friedman's - amazing gluten free Reubens!

Avoid Chelsea Market at all costs :)

London-

*make sure to check out 2 good 2 go

Dishoom- best Indian food ever!!!

The Ivy So Beautiful! 

Hummingbird Bakery

Pret a Manger

Churchill Arms- super fun pub serving Thai food

Aromi Caffe- arancinni!!! pistachio cake!!! (Cambridge, not London)
Gordon Ramsey Street Pizza

Sunday in Brooklyn

Japes pizza

Leon

Nandos!

Department Store Food Halls

Bread Ahead

Gails!! the best!

Ole and Steen Norwegian bakery. So good!

Paris-

Just skip the restaurants and eat crepes, pastries, bread, and buy cheese from the grocery store :)

Maison Kayser

Pauls

Boston-

Tatte !!!

Salumeria

Sweet Greens

Legal Seafood

Mikes- Canoli!

Quincy Market

Union Oyster House

Little Italy

Baltimore-

Vaccaros!

McCormick & Schmicks

Little Italy