If you thought making rice out of Cauliflower was amazing, just wait until you try Cauliflower Tortillas! They are simple to make with the tips I am going to give you and super scrumptious! Honestly, they are great eaten on their own as you will probably notice as you nibble away while cooking them. But, eating them as a taco is pretty incredible! Not to … Read more Guilt Free Tacos made with Cauliflower Tortillas!
I receive the most luscious navel oranges and tangerines from my Talley Farms Fresh Harvest CSA boxes. They are super juicy, both sweet & tart, and absolutely scrumptious! Although divine eaten alone, they create sensational recipes when paired with other ingredients. The meal I created to showcase them was with recipes I adapted from Insalata’s Mediterranean Table cookbook (can be found in my Delish-Dish amazon.com aStore link … Read more Orange is the Star in this Heavenly Meal!
I truly love Cauliflower! It is one of the most versatile vegetables around. I love it in soups. I love it in gratins. I use it in tarts, in salads, with pastas and grains. I make it like mashed potatoes for a healthier alternative. And now, I have discovered how to use it as rice! I just made Cauliflower Fried Rice and it was fantastic! … Read more Cauliflower: One of the Most Versatile Vegetables
Since I’m not a big dessert eater, I prefer making sweets that can serve multiple purposes. This Lemon Scented Blueberry Bread is a wonderful example of something that goes equally well as a breakfast side, a snack with afternoon tea or as a dessert topped with extra berries and a dollop of creme fraiche. The lemon juice in the recipe offsets the sugar keeping it in … Read more Citrus Berry Bread for Breakfast, Snack or Dessert!
As a chef, one of my favorite things to do is to introduce (or re-introduce) people to ingredients. It is inspiring to hear, “I’ve seen those in the store before, but never knew what to do with them”, or “I never liked these before, but this is really delicious!” Well, wait until you try this Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad with Crispy Shallots. It is sure to … Read more Don’t think you like Brussels Sprouts? Think again…
My Valentine’s feast needed a romantic, elegant soup to start the meal. With sweet orange carrots and fresh tasty fennel from my Talley Farms Fresh Harvest CSA box, I was stocked with the essentials for this smooth and subtle, purely delectable Carrot & Fennel Soup! The key to this soup is to slowly cook the vegetables to allow them to reach a deep rich flavor. You want … Read more Smooth and Subtle describes this delectable Carrot & Fennel Soup!
Tagine, the Moroccan stew, shares its name with the terra–cotta pot it’s traditionally cooked in, whose neat conical lid promotes convection and even cooking. I purchased my tagine from World Market and it is an oven-only tagine, different from the flame top versions that you can purchase at a much higher price. Everything I have made in my tagine comes out moist, tender and succulent. This fish … Read more A Fragrant and Heavenly Moroccan Fish Tagine
I was recently inspired by my visit to a Vietnamese restaurant to try my hand at spring rolls. They are so fresh and healthy tasting and can be filled with a variety of items that you may have on hand. Enhanced with yummy dipping sauces, they are absolutely scrumptious. So join me in the theory that it doesn’t have to be spring to eat Spring Rolls! For my fillings, I used a … Read more It doesn’t have to be Spring to eat Spring Rolls!
An explosion in natural color, this food is almost too pretty to eat! Packed with vitamins and antioxidants, and brimming with flavor is my Citrus, Beet & Fennel Salad. Adapted from Bon Appetit, it is a salad to delight your senses. Simple to prepare, and can be done in stages. I roasted the beets a day ahead; cooled, peeled and sliced them to store in the refrigerator overnight. … Read more Food That is Almost Too Pretty to Eat!
One of the best new discoveries I’ve made is Padron Peppers. They are so delicious and simple to prepare, it’s easy to get stuck serving them the same way over and over. However, the fickle side of me just won’t allow that, so I had to start getting versatile with padron peppers! Padron Peppers are small peppers (about 5 cm long), with a color ranging from bright green … Read more Getting Versatile with Padron Peppers!