Healthy Cooking


By Chef David Pianka


Roasted Vegetable and Hummus “Burger”


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love July, the warm weather, the beach, the patio at Papacelle, basically just everyone is relaxed and outside having a good time. The recipe I am showing you today is perfect for the easy going hot summer day. It is one of the easier recipes I will show you, perfect for those warm summer days where you just want to be outside and bask in the sun. The key to this recipe (besides the freshness of course) is how you cook


your vegetables. It is important to caramelize the vegetables correctly in order to bring out the natural sugars and create wonderful depth of flavor. As with all of our recipes you will notice that the recipe will be simple and will have very few ingredients. Because of this simplicity, the freshness and quality of each ingredient will be extremely important.


Dish: Roasted Vegetable and Hummus “Burger” Category: Entree Serves: 2 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes


Preparation:


1. I love making my own hummus, it is simple, requires little time and is fresher and tastes better than the store variety. Below is the list of ingredients you need for homemade hummus, it will make about a cup or so. All you need to do is put all the ingredients in a food processor except the olive oil and blend until creamy, then drizzle in the olive oil slowly, when finished add salt and pepper to taste.


• 1 clove garlic • 1 8 ounce can chick peas w/ juice • 1T lemon juice • 1T + 1t tahini • 2T tablespoon olive oil


- Cut your vegetables and keep them to the side while you heat up a large pan on med-high heat.


Panzanella Item


½ red pepper 2 slices of red onion


½ zucchini sliced lengthwise (see recipe)


Sliced hearty Italian bread 1 stem thyme


½ yellow squash sliced into rounds Hummus 1


Suggested Substitutions Any vegetable Any vegetable Any vegetable Any vegetable


Your favorite sandwich spread Any bread you like rosemary


2. Saute your vegetables for 3-5 minutes until golden in color on one side, flip and do the same for the other side.


3. Spread your hummus on your bread and assemble sprinkling thyme leaves on the hummus before finishing.


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