Who feels like having some immunity chard soup with leeks and lovely carrots ? This happened because I am really counting on my soups to deliver as much nutrition as they do flavor, I try my best (with few exceptions), to not load them up with heavy cream. We all know that the best way to stay healthy throughout the colder months is to boost up our immunity system. Some of the healthiest foods on the planet: chard, leeks, parsley and parsley root, come together with their supernatural powers to ...
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Heirloom Roasted Carrots Recipe
A simple heirloom carrots recipe, roasted on a bed of citrus and herbs, finished with a dab of orange butter, sea salt, parsley and thyme! Heirloom Roasted Carrots Quickly tossed in olive oil and seasoned with simply a good pinch of sea salt, these rainbow roasted carrots are best served hot and crispy, caramelized at the edges, straight out of the oven sprinkled with fresh herbs. The tiny dabs of orange butter melt from the heat of the carrots into the silkiest smoothest touch of sauce, a ...
Garlic Spinach Recipe
One of my favorite items on an Italian Restaurant menu is the sauteed garlic spinach recipe. Not everyone gets it right, especially if they use frozen spinach, but when they do it's absolutely fantastic, not only in flavor but also packed with nutrition. Popeye clearly knew a thing or two about big muscles and healthy eating. Spinach is without a doubt one of the healthiest foods on this planet of ours, loaded with vitamins our bodies need to thrive. At home, I whip up this sauteed garlic ...
Truffle Mushroom Polenta Gratin Recipe
Rustic Italian Truffle Mushroom Polenta Gratin! It's back to school and back to comfort food, so what better way to start the week than with this creamy truffle mushroom polenta gratin with caramelized onions ?! Before you know it the holidays will be here and we have to get ready for when company arrives. So let's test some delicious recipes you will want to share at your holiday table. I keep it simple and rustic even for special occasions, and this peasant dish of mushroom polenta is ...
Chive Pesto Potato Salad Recipe
A simple summer chive Pesto Potato Salad that is creamy and healthy, no mayo and no yuckies, sprinkled with toasted nuts! Just fresh onion Chives cut from the garden buzzed up together with extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts or pepitas, a little zing from red wine vinegar. Then I tossed that with golden baby potatoes ( you could use the red ones too) cooked al dente, so they hold up together to the pesto Sauce. If your Chives are in bloom, by all means sprinkle some of those gorgeous purple ...
Broiled Cherry Tomatoes
Broiled Cherry Tomatoes Someone once said that the simple things are always the most impressive. Especially when it comes to food in my opinion, and since it is tomato harvest day at the shack I threw a bunch of them under the broiler with some fresh thyme. Perfect little addition to sauces, pasta and risotto even sandwiches but most importantly healthy and delicious. Or do as I do and sprinkle them on top of a bowl of soba noodles coated in Mango Chimichurri Sauce ! Heavenly ...
Crispy Garlic Roasted Cauliflower Recipe
To die for crispy garlic roasted cauliflower with lemon and thyme, tossed with smoked paprika, sprinkled with panko bread crumbs for extra crunch and covered with a blanket of custardy eggs. This might come as a surprise but I have decided to become a full time vegetarian. I know, I know, maybe more like a vegetarian-pescatarian, for now anyways, who knows… ask me again in a few months and I might tell you different. It is not my intent to preach here nor convert anyone, this is simply what ...
Orange Salsa Recipe
Being that it is orange season and we are blessed to have a loaded tree in our garden, I decided to make a quick orange salsa perfect for a weeknight dinner and even game day. I mean, don't you just wanna dive into that with a bag of chips right now ?! Me too! I like to use blood oranges in this salsa , but really any orange variety works here. Use a mix if you have them. This is without a doubt, a taste as you go recipe, so make sure to balance the final tartness and sweetness of the ...
Latin D’Lite – Mango, Avocado, and Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing Recipe
There's nothing like the feeling of holding a book in your hands. That fresh smell off the press and the sound of crisp turning pages; nostalgic and romantic. I had the pleasure to spend a day with my friend Ingrid Hoffmann, host of Univision's Delicioso and Cooking Channel's Simply Delicioso. She brought me a copy of her new book " Latin D'lite " , and I spent a day getting lost in all the beatiful photos and inspiring recipes. To sum it up for you I choose the word "Inspiration ", Latin ...
How To Caramelize Onions
A simple guide on how to caramelize onions at home with wine, beer or balsamic vinegar. Honey is totally optional but it adds a nice sweetness I love. Caramelized Onions Can you even believe it's almost Christmas time? I feel so unprepared I am looking for a legal way to push it back a few months. Instead of making my Italian wedding cookies and Tiramisu, I am baking pizza and perfecting the art of caramelized onions. Since onions contain a lot of natural sugars, if done right you won't ...