Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Grilled haloumi with watermelon is one of my favorite summer combinations. If you're never had haloumi, it's a semi-hard, brined cheese from Cyprus. I love doing a quick grill on it. For this easy salad, I used the Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette from  Out of the Weeds * as my dressing on the greens, then topped it with slices of watermelon and grilled haloumi. Ingredients salad greens salad dressing (I used the Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette from  Out of the Weeds *) haloumi cheese, thickly sliced watermelon, sliced fresh parsley for garnish Procedure Grill haloumi on a grill pan on the stove or on an actual grill. You don't need to grill it too long - just enough to warm it and get the grill marks. While the cheese grills, toss greens with dressing and plate individually. Lay slices of watermelon on top of the greens. Top it all with the grilled haloumi. Garnish with fresh parsley. Thanks,  Out of the Weeds *   - just one of our #HotSummerEats...

On this, day three of  Hot Summer Eats , I created a non-lettuce salad with beets and fennel from my CSA box. Then I used the Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette from  Out of the Weeds * as my dressings. So easy, so delicious. The best part: you can roast at night and assemble your salad the next day...so you're not roasting in the middle of a hot summer day. My boys love beets. How could they not? They are sweet and, as D giggles about every time, "they turn your pee pink!!" I ngredients beets (while I roasted several, I only used 4 for this salad) olive oil freshly ground salt 1 large fennel bulb, trimmed tomato vinaigrette (I used the Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette from  Out of the Weeds *) fresh chopped parsley or other herbs + some for garnish Procedure Beets Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Scrub and trim the beets, then roll them in olive oil and sprinkle them with salt. Lay them on a baking sheet. Roast until they are fork tender. It de...

Earlier this month I hosted an 8-day online event celebrating food and romance - #TripleSBites. Along with 19 other bloggers, we shared over 130 recipes. I wanted to give my readers an easy way to view the recipes from each sponsor. Here are the recipes posted using  Out of the Weeds 's  Beet Vinaigrette. Thanks, again, for sending product to the bloggers and for providing a wonderful prize package for our readers! Check out everything from roasted ahi to salad. These recipes are listed in alphabetical not chronological posting order. Enjoy! All  of the  Out of the Weeds   Recipes... Beet Vinaigrette-Marinated Ahi with Cocoa-Dusted Asparagus by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Bulgur Wheat Beet Salad by Dancing Veggies Dressed in Vinaigrette Asparagus and Arugula Salad with Candied Bacon and Gorgonzola by Famished Fish Finicky Shark Seductive Tossed Salad by Amy's Cooking Adventures Slow Cooker Chicken Salad Sandwiches by The Spiffy Cookie ...

This is a virtually effortless appetizer that's as tasty as it is simple. I had planned to make my own vinaigrette as a marinade, then a bottle of beet vinaigrette arrived from one of the event sponsors  Out of the Weeds  and my dish was decided. It was even easier than I anticipated. Thanks, Robin. Just for fun, here are the (purported) aphrodisiac qualities to this appetizer... Beets : When I visited the ruins of Pompeii, I saw frescoes of beets on the wall of the brothel. In Greek mythology Aphrodite ate beets to augment her beauty. Ancient Romans believed that drinking beet juice was a love potion of sorts. But there may be some science in relation to this myth: naturally-occurring nitrates in beets can increase blood flow and beets also contain high amounts of boron, which is directly correlated to the production of sex hormones. You decide. I just love the pink color they lend to dishes. Chocolate or Cocoa:  Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, which ...