Bruschetta

A very simple appetizer that gives a fresh taste. By using the freshest of ingredients for any dish, gives the food a better appeal and taste. This is very easy to prep and make becuase of the connivence of ingredients to a normal kitchen. This recipe gives about four servings.
Ingredients:

• 12 slices of Italian bread
• 2 large cloves garlic, cracked away from skin
• Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 3 small plum tomatoes, halved and seeded
• 20 fresh basil leaves
• coarse salt

Steps:

1. preheat the broiler to high 
2. place the slices of Italian bread on a tray and into the broiler
3. make sure that there are black char lines on both sides for presentation
4. rub each piece of bread with garlic
5. drizzle the olive oil onto the sliced bread
6. place the chopped tomatoes in a bowl
7. stack all the basil leaves on top of each other, then roll to form a log
8. thinly cut the basil into green bits and spread among the tomatoes in the bowl
9. drizzle a little bit of oil and a little bit of salt
10. gently toss everything in the bowl to get a nice mix
11. scoop some of the mix and neatly place on toast

I love to eat bruschetta becuase of the fresh tomatoes and olive oil. When I am not eating mozzarella with tomatoes, I'm eating bruschetta at family parties. Its a very easy party pleaser and is with great ease to make more if need be. I hope everyone else can enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

Steak Salad

Extremely easy recipe to follow with minimal ingredients. Almost all ingredients can be found in any household except for the endive. But with meals such as steak that leave people full, this is a good use of the leftover meat that can be used productively for the next day. A delicious but healthy meal that gives you the daily greens and beef.
Ingredients:

• 4-6 oz leftover steak cut thin
• 1small to medium romaine lettuce halved and leaves separated
• 2 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tsp wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 small endive separated
• 1/4 medium red onion thinly cut 
• salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1. In a salad bowl place the romaine lettuce, endive and red onion
2. In a glass small bowl or measuring cup ad the vinegar, mustard and olive oil
3. Whisk all together until mixed thoroughly. Drizzle mixture over greens and mix until all is coated.
4. Add thinly cut steak to salad adding salt and pepper if necessary 

I like to eat this during the summer, the next day after a bbq usually because there is always leftover meat from the day before that can be used. But instead of just reheating the steak, it is incorporated into a healthy salad. I love this becuase it adds variety to life if you need something to spice it up.

Pasta Primavera

A simple and delicious pasta dish. This dish gives the best sides to being healthy, hardy, and delicious. Also the skills needed to prep and create this dish is very minimal becuase there are no complex ingredients or cook style. Many of the ingredients can be found in a normally stocked kitchen.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz. pancetta or bacon coarsely chopped
• half of red onion sliced thin
• 1/4 cup of frozen peas
• 8 oz. of sliced mushrooms (button mushroom/ any)
• 1 medium zucchini, halved length wise then sliced 1/4 in. thick
•  1 lb. of rigatone pasta
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter or 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper to taste 

Steps:

1. in a large skillet saute pancetta or bacon until halfway cooked
2. add mushrooms
3. continue to saute for 5 min.
4. add zucchini and onion
5. simmer until zucchini and onion are soft 
6. warm 4 quarts of water to boil, then add salt
7. cook 1 lb. of rigatone 
8. lower heat in skillet add in frozen peas and cover
9. when the pasta is cooked add 1/4 to 1/2 cups to saute skillet 
10. add butter or cream
11. increase heat slightly
12. mix butter or cream throughly in the skillet to coat the ingredients
13. add pasta and sprinkle cheese

I always enjoy when my dad makes this dish for my entire family becuase there are so many parts of the dish that everybody likes in the family. It may seem cooking this dish is a hard task, but it just requires effort. There is a abundance of flavors also going on, and the bacon or pancetta flavor that is given off makes a tasty dish, becuase so many people love bacon.