DAY Recipe

Start with vegetable sticks and dip from the supermarket. Warm tortillas and a plate of sliced red onion, orange and avocado are nice sides. To end, sprinkle rum and brown sugar over fresh pineapple chunks. Look for the coconut milk in the Asian foods section of the grocery store.

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INGREDIENTS

1 lb ground sweet Italian sausage
1 medium sweet onion , chopped
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced bell peppers , red, green whatever
1 (28ounce)can diced tomatoes , do NOT drain
3-4 cups beef broth , depending how liquidy you like it
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (19ounce) cannellini beans , rinse and drain, Progresso makes 19 oz size
salt , as needed to taste

DIRECTIONS

In a large soup pot, brown the sausage with the onion, breaking up the sausage as it cooks.Drain off fat and [...]

This would also be good on broiled sea bass or red snapper fillets.

Makes about 1 1/3 cups.

INGREDIENTS
1/2cup soy sauce
1/4cup asian fermented black beans,* rinsed well, drained
1/4cup rice vinegar
3tablespoons water
3tablespoons (packed) thinly sliced pickled ginger*
1tablespoon chopped peeled fresh ginger
3garlic cloves, [...]

Bente Birkedal-Hansen of Bethesda, Maryland, says that Azalea Restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama, does a great job with catfish, serving the whole fish with an Asian-style black bean sauce. It would make an impressive main course at a dinner party.
If whole catfish are difficult to get at your local supermarket, order them from the fishmonger and [...]

INGREDIENTS

250 g halloumi cheese , sliced
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
400 g borlotti beans , drained and rinsed
100 g cherry tomatoes , halved
100 g baby spinach
1/2 cup fresh basil , torn if leaves are large
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
400 g tuna , drained

DIRECTIONS

Pat the haloumi slices dry. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat.When hot, add the haloumi, in batches, and cook for 1 minute on each side or [...]