Ready for a change in your diet? Don’t worry, I’m not talking low-carb, all-raw or juice-only. No, i’m talking about broadening your menu by taking small steps towards including lesser known ingredients. How about adding barley to your array of whole grains served at your dinner table. Think it’s too exotic? Wait until you learn more about what makes this little grain so powerful and versatile. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Barley Bonanza”
Month: October 2014
Fashionable Food Trend: More Veggies
If you keep score of my posts, you’ll notice that I like to change it up. The one thing that is constant, though, is my pitch to eat more vegetables. And it looks like I’m not the only one as more and more professional chefs and restaurateurs turn to nature’s bounty to enrich their offerings and make not only great-tasting but also healthier food. Come and Cook with Us! Continue reading “Fashionable Food Trend: More Veggies”
Upgrade Your Mornings with a Pumpkin Spice Latte
Have you noticed that as soon as the days start to get shorter, pumpkins pop up all over town. In every form, color and at almost every meal. Mind you, I love pumpkins but I also wouldn’t have dreamed to go as far as drinking it in the morning. Well, things can change and I am proudly proclaiming that I, too, have joined the army of PSL fans. Not the commercial version featured in the full-page ads of major national newspapers, but the one made at home. Delicious and definitely full of fall-evoking flavors. Come and cook with us. Continue reading “Upgrade Your Mornings with a Pumpkin Spice Latte”
From A to Za’atar!
My mom has always loved the ocean. Lucky for us, as it meant that we spent at least a few weeks a year enjoying time on the beach. We travelled all over the Mediterranean sea, primarily Italy, Greece and Turkey. Growing up in the mountains, this was a special treat. I still remember a dinner we had in Cefalú, a small fishing village along the northern coast of the island of Sicily. Sizzling on the grill were delicious lamb sausages that had a particularly interesting flavor that really spoke to me. It was tangy, aromatic and full of a complexity foreign to the Italian and Tyrolean cuisine I grew up with. I immediately fell in love with that unique taste but only much later realized that it was za’atar. To this day, sweet childhood memories return whenever I eat this spice mixture. Let me introduce you to the lovely flavor that is za’atar. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “From A to Za’atar!”
Mighty Melanzane
Whenever Doug, my husband, returns from a trip, I like to welcome him back with a dish I know he likes. He usually wants “something with lots of vegetables”, probably to make up for the steaks and burgers he has on the road. One of his absolute favorites is melanzane alla parmigiana, a typical Italian dish featuring eggplant. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Mighty Melanzane”
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