Bruschetta

As I said in the previous post, I will give you my bruschetta recipe.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 2 minutes

Ingredients*

Bread

1 tomato

2 cloves of garlic

1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil

6-8 fresh basil leaves

Cooking

1. Wash and dice** the tomatoes

2. Mince*** the garlic

3. Chop the basil

4. Put it all in a bowl

5. Cut the bread into small, thin slices

6. Brush olive oil on****

7. Lightly toast the bread

8. Put on the toppings in the bowl and enjoy!

* Feel free to add any ingredients that you think would be good. For example, I have made this recipe, but put in cucumber

** Dicing means to cut something into tiny cubes

*** Mincing means to grind

**** This is easiest with a cooking brush

Ciao Bella

This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants in New York city. They have great food, great service, and good prices. My favorite dish on the appetizer menu is bruschetta. For those of you who don't know, bruschetta is toasted bread with olive oil on it, and tomato and garlic on top (I'll elaborate more later because I have decided to give you guys my recipe.) Ciao Bella will give you the best bruschetta in New York City! They give you a piece of light toasted bread, that is piled so high with tomato and garlic and basil and mozzarella that you can't see the bread! It's a little big for an appetizer so I would suggest splitting. For the entree, they have usual Italian things; pasta, salads etc. I recommend the grilled chicken salad, which is basically your basic salad, with perfectly grilled chicken on top. For dessert, they have wonderful things! Gelato, chocolate volcano etc. The chocolate volcano is great! teaming hot, melted chocolate in the middle of a small cake! Yum! Ciao Bella is located at 87th street on Lexington Avenue.

Hash Browns

For those of you who have had these, I've heard wonderful reviews about them. I, personally think they're wonderful.

Prep time: 20 minutes-30 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

3 Idaho potatoes

1 tsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Cooking

1. Peel your 3 potatoes

2. Cut them into quarters

3. Grate them *

4. Squeeze all the water out of them with paper towels

5. Set them on a tray

6. More 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan on high height until it has reached a boil **

7. Put in the grated potatoes, making sure it is no more then 1/2 an inch thick in any place

8. Season them with salt and pepper ***

9. Once it is a golden-brown on one side, flip it****

10. Once it is golden-brown on the other side, put it on a plate and Bon appetite!

* Just a little tip, when I do it, I use my food processor with the grater insert in

** You know when the oil has reached a boil because it will shimmer

*** Potatoes don't have a lot of flavor, so use a lot of salt

****If you can't flip it in the pan, flip it onto a plate

Hi

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Okay then, I think I've covered the basics.