Fennel Friday is HERE and we have been playing with fennel salads this week much to my delight! Putting raw fennel in a salad is crunchy, aromatic, tasty and good for you – so what are you waiting for? Start creating some spring salads for lunch, dinner and in between! The Fennel and Blood Orange [...] Read more »
Spring is almost here and the selection of fresh spring veggies that is available with more frequency just makes me DROOL and it also makes me want to make salads … lots and lots of salads! Super healthy, lightly dressed and bite after bite of guiltless crunchy pleasure … that is a fennel and asparagus [...] Read more »
I love cooking but I am not a baker or pastry person, unless we are talking about consuming it. Then, I am all about dessert and pastries but don’t ask me to bake them. In preparation for this Fennel Friday, I found a recipe for a Creamy Gorgonzola, Fennel & Pear Tart that called to [...] Read more »
I have a passion for garlic. It’s all my Dad’s fault – as an example, I just stopped by his house and simmering on the stove was a pot of blacks beans, pork and 15 cloves of garlic. Now some people would think that the 15 cloves of garlic was hyperbole but no. There are [...] Read more »
I made the Quinoa and Black Rice Salad with Cumin recipe for a beach gathering a few weeks ago. It was a hit – the Full Moon was a hit too! We had a lovely cold front that came through here in South Florida and temps were in the 60′s and skies were clear – [...] Read more »
I bought the Southern Living November 2011 primarily for this recipe. Yes, I could find it online but I love to mark up my magazines and put post it notes in them and review my stack every now and then. Thinking ahead to the Feast of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve, I thought this [...] Read more »
I grew up with some of the most amazing chopped antipastos in the world. Ingredients were picked up at the Italian Market in Philadelphia and the Italian markets in our area (northern Delaware) and then tossed with olive oil and vinegar and consumed with fresh loaves of Italian bread. YUM. and then YUM again. It [...] Read more »
I had a craving the other night for grilled peppers – those sweet and smoky treats that go so well with virtually any grilled protein or make a wonderful appetizer. I love seeing the char marks (and tasting them) on the peppers – they taste good and enhance a presentation as well. This morning, as [...] Read more »
