{"id":1973,"date":"2007-06-25T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T19:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/06\/25\/when-its-too-hot-to-cook\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:40:12","slug":"when-its-too-hot-to-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/06\/25\/when-its-too-hot-to-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"When It&#8217;s Too Hot to Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was tasty and easy to make. The smell of frying basil was heavenly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/623180751\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1089\/623180751_ae943d9a34.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"tomato bean basil salad\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tomato, Bean, and Fried Basil Salad<\/strong><br \/>\n11 oz. cherry or grape tomatoes, halved<br \/>\n14 oz. can of mixed beans, drained and rinsed<br \/>\n1\/2 cup of fresh basil leaves<br \/>\n5 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\nsalt and ground black pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>Put the halved tomatoes and rinsed beans in a bowl. Tear the basil leaves and put with the oil in a small pan. Cook gently on medium heat for about a minute, until the basil sizzles and begins to color. Pour the basil and oil over the tomato bean mixture, add salt and pepper, and mix them all together. Cover and leave to marinate at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. You may top with fresh uncooked shredded basil leaves if desired. Serves four to six.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was tasty and easy to make. The smell of frying basil was heavenly. Tomato, Bean, and Fried Basil Salad 11 oz. cherry or grape tomatoes, halved 14 oz. can of mixed beans, drained and rinsed 1\/2 cup of fresh basil leaves 5 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil salt and ground black pepper to taste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-arts","category-miscellaney","category-recreation"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11283,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions\/11283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}