A healthy, creamy, authentic Greek yogurt Tzatziki sauce recipe, made with garlic and cucumber, the perfect condiment for grilled chicken, gyros, burgers or as a dip with pita chips at a summer garden party. No sour cream ever! Ready in about 10 minutes, it can be made with whole milk or non fat organic yogurt, totally your choice. Creamy Greek Yogurt + Cucumber + Garlic + Lemon = Perfection! The secret to an extra creamy tzatziki sauce lies in making sure you drain the cucumber well after ...
Appetizers
Our collection of easy appetizer recipes we love and enjoy often. Hope you'll also find something here that tickles your taste buds. ~ Florentina
Italian Antipasto Platter
An Italian style antipasto platter loaded with thinly sliced meats, smoked salmon, marinated veggies, crostini and cheeses. I’m totally convinced this is the ultimate way to entertain you guys! Hello Super Bowl party at the shack! The Antipasto platter or “ before the meal “ course might as well be your entree in our home! Filled with mostly store bought ingredients, like thinly sliced prosciutto wrapped around sea salt grissini, salami, roasted peppers, olives and artichokes. Easy, ...
How to Make Crispy Brussel Sprout Chips
Crispy baked Brussel Sprout Chips with just a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt. Healthy, paleo, vegan, easy to make and loved by all! I have found a whole new love for Brussel sprouts you guys, and tough I’ve made these chips 3 times last week, I can honestly say I just couldn’t keep up with the demand. So you can forget about finding a way to store them, because those babies won’t even get a chance to cool off completely. They were literally gone as soon as they came out of the ...
Seared Scallops Recipe with Orange Rum Sauce
Quick and easy seared scallops recipe with a silky orange rum and butter sauce. Tuesdays are for easy dinners like this pan seared scallops recipe I whipped up for us today! Perfectly seared in my cast iron skillet, these wild scallops are swimming in the silkiest orange rum sauce, made right in the same pan. I came across some gorgeous wild scallops at the market and I just couldn’t resist grabbing some. They aren’t only delicious and nutritious, but also incredibly fast to cook. And ...
Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe ( Italian )
Stuffed Tomatoes or Pomodori alla Lucani, a lovely Italian dish from Basilicata made of baked sweet tomatoes stuffed with a toasted bread crumb and pine nuts mixture. I have the loveliest Italian stuffed tomatoes recipe for us today. You guys, I just can’t let go of the tomatoes season quite yet, especially as we just harvested a nice batch of grandpa’s heirlooms. We’ve been living on his cucumber tomato salad all summer long, but to make a meal of things I decided to stuff some as well. There ...
Fig Jam Recipe ( Easy )
An easy homemade fig jam recipe, a divine marriage of sweet purple figs, tangy pomegranate and exotic Madagascar vanilla, sweetened with just a touch of wild honey. Let's talk about my obsession with figs and this easy fig jam recipe I threw together yesterday. I would like to brag about the fact that I actually picked every single one of those figs with my own little hands, like a boss! Thank you for the applause teeheehee I had to do it myself before mister Nutty the squirrel ...
Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Pizza Recipe
Easy grilled fig and goat cheese pizza made with my rustic thin crust pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet fresh purple figs and caramelized onions. If your taste buds are into purple figs and goat cheese, and you fancy pizza as much as i do, then i got us the loveliest grilled fig pizza appetizer today! I am on a goat cheese kick right now, it started with the goat cheese crostini and tomato tart, and I simply can’t get enough. Also, it so happens that fig harvest is here. ...
Tomato Tart Recipe with Goat Cheese & Puff Pastry
A simple tomato tart recipe made with flaky puff pastry sheets covered in whipped goat cheese, then layered with the finest heirloom tomatoes and fresh herbs. A sheet of store bought puff pastry, a creamy goat cheese that I whipped in my food processor with a little olive oil, plus freshly picked heirloom tomatoes and herbs. Seriously, the easiest tomato tart recipe you will ever make! I beg to argue it s also the best, but hey I might be a little partial so don’t take my word for it, ...
Italian Tomato Bruschetta Recipe
How to make authentic Italian tomato bruschetta recipe, the classic appetizer with fresh basil, heirloom tomatoes plus many toppings ideas! What is Italian bruschetta ? A grilled slice of crusty bread rubbed with garlic and brushed with a good extra virgin olive oil, then topped with your favorite things. In my case: heirloom tomatoes which are the absolute best tomatoes for bruschetta. Basically a rustic open-faced sandwich, one of my favorite things I grew up eating. In other words: ...
Tomato Burrata Caprese Salad
This Burrata Caprese salad recipe is for those days when you have the finest heirloom tomatoes sitting on the kitchen counter, but can’t decide between fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese to pile them over. The struggle is real! So you naturally reach for the finest soft cheese on the planet, right? And you make a tomato burrata salad served over fresh basil pesto, like a boss! Because If you have perfect tomatoes, you most likely have a little bit too much fresh basil that needs to be used ...