Welcome to Recipe Swap, a new series created to put a 21st century twist on the age-old practice of swapping recipes with friends and neighbors. Last week, Patch asked its Facebook readers to share their uses for eggplant, and before that zucchini, red bell pepper and avocado. From avocado-based desserts to stuffed peppers and a dozen different grill options, readers offered up a variety of recipes used and loved by their own families. This week we turn our attention to tomatoes – the tangy fruit that masquerades as a vegetable. Amy Lockard: Roast them under the broiler with olive oil, salt …

Welcome to Recipe Swap, a new series created to put a 21st century twist on the age-old practice of swapping recipes with friends and neighbors. Last week, Patch asked its Facebook readers to share their uses for zucchini, and before that, red bell pepper and avocado. From avocado-based desserts to stuffed peppers and a dozen different grill options, readers offered up a variety of recipes used and loved by their own families. This week we turn our attention to eggplant – a vibrant veggie found just about everywhere this time of year. Note: EVOO is short for extra virgin olive oil. Shannon …

Welcome to Recipe Swap, a new series created to put a 21st century twist on the age-old practice of swapping recipes with friends and neighbors. Last week, Patch asked its Facebook readers to share their uses for red bell pepper and before that, avocado. From avocado-based desserts to stuffed peppers and a dozen different sandwich combinations, readers offered up a variety of recipes used and loved by their own families. This week we turn our attention to zucchini, as requested by Patch reader Rene Bonnette Ruhlman. Bread/Pancakes Jean Marceau Springer Zucchini Bread! Springer prefers the …

Welcome to Recipe Swap, a new series created to put a 21st century twist on the age-old practice of swapping recipes with friends and neighbors. Last week, Patch asked its Facebook readers to share their uses for avocado. From avocado-based desserts to a dozen different sandwich combinations, readers offered up a variety of recipes used and loved by their own famlies. This week we turned our attention to the sweet red bell pepper. Salads and Sides Bev Clark Try making California Cole Slaw -- it's my new favorite take-to-a-potluck recipe. Lots of good veggies including red and green bell …

Introducing Macomb Patch's first installment of Recipe Swap, a new series devoted to America's favorite pastime – eating. Like many of you, I adore food and love to try new recipes. But I can only watch the Food Network so many hours a day, which leads me to rely on the creativity of friends and family to turn me on to new ways to eat my favorite foods. While enjoying my salad with avocado last week, I reached out to Patch readers on Facebook with this post: Avocado is supposed to be a super food. But I can't think of any way to eat it other than salad. What do you do? The response was …