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Spring and Easter Recipes Collection – We have gathered a list of Spring and Easter-themed recipes on Life’s Little Sweets, including cupcakes, candy, snacks, and more!
These Fresh Spring Rolls have vermicelli, cooked shrimp, carrots, cucumber, basil, mint, & cilantro all wrapped up in a rice wrapper. They are delicious when dipped in our easy peanut sauce recipe, plum sauce, or your favorite dipping sauce.
Whether you’re looking for warm soup recipes for the change of seasons, or comfort food to keep you company during the refreshing days of spring, you’ll find plenty of food inspiration here!
Nettle Pesto has foraged, wild, stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), fresh garlic, extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan cheese (or substitute vegan Parmesan cheese, if vegan), Kosher salt, and fresh ground black pepper. It's vibrant, vegetal, and loaded with vitamins and minerals. Try this Nettle Pesto on your favorite pasta, on toast and it's a great sauce to go with chicken, fish, meat, or vegetables.
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Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine has Grown In Idaho Super Crispy Shoestring Fries, pearl-size Mozzarella balls, hot, homemade beef gravy and topped with chopped fresh-from-the-garden basil & Italian parsley, with a sprinkling of fresh ground pepper.
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Hi Everyone, a bowl of crispy, delicious shoestring French fries, with pearl-size Mozzarella, covered in hot beef gravy and topped with chopped basil and Italian parsley - this, my friends, is the Summer version of Poutine.
I have been eyeing poutine recipes for months but always feeling like I can't "get around" to making it. I don't know why, it's certainly not hard! It has just three components: Fries, cheese curds and brown gravy.
Thoughts like, "where am I going to get cheese curds in an American grocery?" crossed my mind and then, "Yeah, I can make it but it wouldn't be authentic enough." Well, guess what? You can enjoy a poutine recipe, make it happen and make it YOUR way for your region of the world - so I did!
I covered my poutine recipe in fresh basil and Italian parsley that I grew in my garden. The fresh herbs add a fragrant, crispness that cuts through the gravy and crunchy Fries.
The pearl-size Mozzarella goes perfectly with the fresh basil and Italian parsley.
The star of the show are the Grown In Idaho Super Crispy Shoestring Fries in this Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine dish. I learned that Grown in Idaho potatoes are 100% grown in Idaho (you can see the Grown in Idaho certification mark right on the package) and has been around since 1950.
I also got Grown in Idaho Super Crispy Crinkle Cut Fries too, as you can see in the photos. I found them easily in the frozen potatoes aisle at Shop Rite.
I want to let you know that for a limited time you can SAVE $1.00 on ONE (1) Grown in Idaho Product at Shop Rite stores with digital coupon. While supplies last.
You can get more Grown in Idaho recipe inspiration on their website, Facebook, Instagram
Let's start off about Poutine, do you know about it? It's traditional dish out of Canadian province of Quebec. It is defined as a dish of French fries, topped with cheese curds and then a brown gravy (beef or a combination of beef and chicken gravy).
Okay, so we live in America and I have to say, I do not usually see "cheese curds" in the grocery store, I know we have them but it's certainly not a common American grocery ingredient.
So what's the next best thing? Enter pearl-size Mozzarella balls. They are close in shape and size, it's a soft, white cheese which makes it a perfect substitute.
I want to also mention that you could try goat cheese, queso fresco or another mild-flavored, fresh, soft, white cheese - made to be in small, curd-size shapes. If you have other suggestions, I would love to hear in the comments below. I would love to try more versions of poutine - the more, the better!
If you make this Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine and love it, please give the recipe a rating in the recipe card below and let us know in the comments below, thank you for reading and following along.
Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine has Grown In Idaho Super Crispy Shoestring Fries, pearl-size Mozzarella balls, hot, homemade beef gravy and topped with chopped fresh-from-the-garden basil & Italian parsley, with a sprinkling of fresh ground pepper.
*You can double the amount and make the entire bag, just make sure to double the amount of the other ingredients.
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Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
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