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Steamed Cauliflower Florets with a Balsamic, Caper & Anchovy Dressing

October 30, 2020

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For those of you who live in Italy, or have visited Italy, you will surely have noticed how delicious the vegetables are on restaurant antipasto tables. The vegetables are served at room temperature…the ideal temperature for flavor to come out to its fullest. Sometimes it’s hard to tell exactly what flavoring restaurateurs have used because…

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Filed Under: Course, Cuisine, Elements & Ingredients, Recipes, Recipes, Seasonal, Weight Watchers

Spring Ravioli: Stinging Nettle and Ricotta Filling with Spring Peas, Fava Beans & Asparagus

May 15, 2020

Spring Ravioli: Stinging Nettle and Ricotta Filling with Spring Peas, Fava Beans & Asparagus

I’m still strongly in foraging mode, and stinging nettle is abundant. Along with seasonal spring vegetables I’ve thrown all these ingredients together to make a wonderful spring ravioli recipe. We’re in that magic moment of springtime when there’s an abundance of newly harvested fava beans and spring peas, and wild asparagus. It’s wonderful to be able…

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Parboiled Baby Turnips Sautéed in Olive Oil and Garlic

April 25, 2020

Parboiled Baby Turnips Sautéed in Olive Oil and Garlic

Springtime is the perfect moment to find beautiful baby turnips. You won’t always find them in the market but when you do grab them and whip up this delicious Parboiled Baby Turnips Sautéed in Olive Oil and Garlic dish. You may think turnips don’t appeal to you and that their flavor is too strong:  think again!…

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Farro Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

December 12, 2019

Farro pasta with fresh tomato sauce, a delicious whole-grain pasta alternative!

Farro pasta with fresh tomato sauce is a luscious whole grain pasta dish! Sometimes the best pasta dish is the simplest: just a basic tomato sauce with olive oil, tomato, and garlic. Actually it’s the pasta dish we have most frequently. I confess that generally I prefer a standard egg pasta over anything else, but…

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Filed Under: Course, Cuisine, Elements & Ingredients, Recipes, Recipes, Specialty Italian Foods, Uncategorized, Weight Watchers

Farro, Gorgonzola, Arugula & Tomatoes

November 22, 2019

Farro, Gorgonzola, Arugula & Tomatoes

Farro, Gorgonzola, Arugula & Tomatoes just happens to be one of the easiest, most delicious and nutritious recipes you can throw together in a flash. Farro is absolutely one of my favorite grains; it has a chewy consistency and almost nutty flavor, and it’s absolutely delicious almost any way you prepare it! I especially love…

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Cameroni farro pasta with pioppini mushrooms, peperoncino and tomatoes

October 12, 2019

Farro pasta with pioppini mushrooms

Cameroni Farro Pasta with Pioppini Mushrooms, Peperoncino and Tomatoes has amazing flavor and a great textured farro pasta. I can’t seem to give up eating well in the interest of shedding a few pounds so I’m always on the search for ways I can have both. Every once in awhile I come up with a…

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Filed Under: Course, Cuisine, Recipes Tagged With: Farro, mushrooms, pasta, pioppini

Fennel, Orange & Olive Salad

February 6, 2019

Fennel orange and olive salad

  There’s nothing like the fresh crunchy flavor of fennel bulbs and they’re a perfect ingredient in this fennel, sliced orange and olive salad. I put fennel in just about any kind of salad; use a to slice fennel paper thin for your salad. Fennel tends to turn brown so toss the fennel slices in…

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Pioppino mushroom soup with pancetta, spring peas, and green onions

October 29, 2018

Pioppino mushroom soup with spring peas, pancetta and green onions; make in just 20 minutes!

So often what I make for lunch evolves right then and there with ingredients I have on hand and from the garden. Today was one of those days. It’s starting to feel just a tad on the chilly side, the sky is gray and rain for the next week is in the forecast so I’m…

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Filed Under: Course, Cuisine, Recipes, Seasonal

Preserved Lemons

February 25, 2016

Preserved Lemons In Jars are great for making chicken tagine

I first tried preserved lemons last spring in San Francisco and loved them immediately. What attracted me to preserved lemons was finally having a new recipe to help me use the dozens upon dozens of lemons our trees produce every year. I love limoncello, who doesn’t, but we make it every year. I’m always racking my brain to come up…

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Banana Oatmeal Cookies

March 15, 2013

Banana oatmeal cookies

I’ve finally gotten myself into the mindset of shedding a few pounds and I’ll be honest it isn’t easy. My entire life revolves around food and I seem to move seamlessly from one food experience into another. Whether I’m running a cooking program, out to dinner, photographing food or at the market there never seems…

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