A Foray into the Mediterranean Diet
An account of my Mediterranean Diet experience for a food therapy course.
An account of my Mediterranean Diet experience for a food therapy course.
A flavorful, fragrant ragu for pasta is the perfect use for dark-meat chicken, particularly when you don't much care for the taste.
Antipasto pasta salad may be tasty, but it pales in comparison to gooey, chocolatey s'mores cupcakes with toasted marshmallow meringue frosting. The perfect treat for a third birthday celebration!
An incredibly labor-intensive dish, fresh pasta (my own egg-free version with garbanzo beans!) is filled jelly-roll style with ricotta, kale and ham, boiled like a sausage, and then sliced and baked with a rich tomato…
A short discussion of farmer's market meat options and how it led to a meal of braised oxtail ragu, homemade gnocchi, and more importantly, some sublime roasted dragon beans.
Spins on two Italian-American chicken classics---slow-braised cacciatore and breaded chicken parm---with a side of raw kale slaw with apples and sunflower seeds in a sweet, tangy dressing.
My attempts to cook focaccia bread successfully on the stove-top.
Wild salmon is served with a thyme beurre blanc and some delicious little patties made from fennel fronds, of all things.
A quick summer pasta dish that can be served hot, cold or room temperature, tossed with peas, zucchini shreds, and a homemade pesto of fennel fronds and mint. A great way to use up those…
Prosciutto-wrapped salmon was the main course, but hearty white bean ragout and home-baked bread stole the show. A drizzle of balsamic reduction ties all the Italian elements together.
The February 2010 Daring Baker's challenge featured that coffee-lover's dream, tiramisu, with homemade ladyfingers and mascarpone cheese. My version substituted vanilla and chai teas for the coffee and Marsala wine, since we don't drink either.
The November 2009 Daring Bakers challenge featured a classic Italian dessert, cannoli. I dipped the edges of my crisp cannoli shells in chocolate and coconut, and filled them with vanilla, chocolate and banana cream made…
A delicious stewy Italian soup made from homemade pasta and the elusive fresh shelling beans, in this case purple-tinged rattlesnake beans.
This whole meal is composed of just a few pantry staples---the pasta's pomodoro sauce is made with canned tomatoes, ricotta cheese and dried basil, and the popovers just use flour, eggs, milk, and Parmesan cheese.
This has become my basic meatball recipe for serving over spaghetti, along with any number of flavor variations.
The May 2009 Daring Cooks challenge featured Zuni Cafe's ricotta gnocchi. Mine used freshly made ricotta and a simple sauce of tomato paste, capers and butter.
This is the first edition in a compilation of recipes that were tasty or interesting, but not enough to get their own post in a timely fashion. Bowties with sausage, tomatoes and cream; chicken breasts…
The March 2009 Daring Bakers challenge featured the lasagne of Emilio-Romagna, complete with fresh spinach pasta and slow-cooked ragu bolognese, the latter made with a blend of meats I ground myself. This lasagne is light…
A lovingly crafted Valentine's Day meal of cannelloni with slow-cooked ragu bolognese, fresh pasta, and homemade oatmeal-buttermilk rolls twisted into love knots.