What would you do with these (italian) ingredients

[hamster]

We have cherry tomatoes, fresh mozz and basil we need to incorporate into dinner tonight. Our initial thought was sausage (probably hot Italian) for meat.

What would you make? I don't want pasta or pizza, which is all Google brings up. I'm going to the store this afternoon so I can buy more ingredients.

[lizrd7579]

bruschetta

[calico]

I'd probably turn it into a caprese salad with a balsamic reduction as a side to a steak or something.

[mbcdefg]

Buy a nice loaf of crusty bread and make bruschetta.

Halve and hollow out a big zucchini, stuff it with the cooked crumbled sausage combined with your other ingredients (you may need to add an egg and some bread crumbs to bind it - I do this in my KitchenAid mixer and sometimes add a little cream cheese), and either bake it in the oven or wrap it in foil and grill it.

Are you opposed to any kind of pasta at all, or just a hot pasta dish? You could cook some orzo early in the day, toss in a little olive oil to keep it moist, and stick it in the fridge to cool. Then later mix your ingredients with it to make a cold pasta salad.

[hamster]

Jul 29, 2014 8:26:14 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Buy a nice loaf of crusty bread and make bruschetta.

Halve and hollow out a big zucchini, stuff it with the cooked crumbled sausage combined with your other ingredients (you may need to add an egg and some bread crumbs to bind it - I do this in my KitchenAid mixer and sometimes add a little cream cheese), and either bake it in the oven or wrap it in foil and grill it.

Are you opposed to any kind of pasta at all, or just a hot pasta dish? You could cook some orzo early in the day, toss in a little olive oil to keep it moist, and stick it in the fridge to cool. Then later mix your ingredients with it to make a cold pasta salad.

The zucchini sounds good!

I've got a pretty carb heavy lunch, so looking to avoid them for dinner.

[jennybee1018]

Caprese Quinoa Salad! 

This is one my favorites :-) I like to sub in halloumi for the mozzarella but I've had it both ways, and it's good. Great for leftovers too! 

[h]

If I didn't want carbs, I would toss it in a salad with a bunch of spinach, add some grilled chicken, and dress with olive oil and balsamic. Or just make caprese salad as a side for some basic grilled chicken, fish, or steak.

[kadams767]

Panzanella

[LoveTrains]

I would just toss the cherry tomatoes with cubes of mozz and some balsamic. Then add in some chopped basil for a caprese salad or put it on top of spinach or arugula for a salad.

YUMMMMMMMMMMM.

[lishie]

I'm doing bastardized italian tonight. I had home made chicken salad already, so I'm doing chicken salad sandwiches with a capreses salad side. I roasted a ton of grape tomatoes until they burst with a balsamic drizzle. I'm going to top spinach with the burst tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and a balsamic/honey reduction and serve that as a side to the sandwiches.

[genet313]

Ditto the PPs re: bruschetta or panzanella or a simple tomato salad (which is what I'm eating for my lunch!)   Slice a few cucumbers and red onions and you're all set.

Otherwise, if you want to avoid carbs you could make a frittata with those ingredients.  I'd make the frittata with the egg, cheese and basil, and then separately roast/saute the cherry tomatoes quickly and top the frittata with them, like a chunky tomato sauce.

[mbcdefg]

Spaghetti squash in place of pasta? I've never made it myself.

[thumper55]

Side dish:  Roast some marinated zukes and yellow squash with the tomato .  when it's still warm, add the basil, then chunks of cheese so it's soft and warmed, but not melted.

For extra greens,  throw it on top of a bed of spinach sauteed with a ton of garlic .

[Deleted]

Panzanella?