Doing the Splits
A plethora of ways to make use of the humble split pea, from the familiar to the fanciful.
A plethora of ways to make use of the humble split pea, from the familiar to the fanciful.
A great basic recipe for grain-free mixed vegetable fritters; use whatever leftover veggies you have on hand for a quick dish that you could serve for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Here I have topped the…
An account of my Mediterranean Diet experience for a food therapy course.
A week's worth of dinners cooked in my mom's absence, mostly with a Mexican influence; and a recipe for watermelon salsa.
Playing blog catch-up with some light meals based on local produce from our home garden and farmers' market.
Fancy food for weeknights: garlicky prawns, pan-seared steaks, and cheesecake. What more could you ask for?
The August 2009 Daring Cooks challenge was a Spanish rice dish related to paella, featuring cuttlefish, mushrooms and artichokes. My pantry-friendly variation used dried porcini mushrooms and shrimp.
These grilled shrimp skewers, served over spinach salad with feta and tzatziki dip, were bursting with flavor but in need of some tweaks in presentation.
A take on a spicy Cuban shrimp dish highlighting tomato and bell pepper, nicely balanced by a pot of cooling coconut rice.
A request for fried coconut prawns turns into shrimp and noodles served in a Thai-inspired broth.
Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls filled with chilled shrimp, rice noodles and raw vegetables make an ideal light summer meal.
Fresh raviolis with a filling of pureed fava beans, potato, scallion and goat cheese, served with a creamy herb sauce and a garnish of sauteed shrimp and more fava beans.
I love the combination of tomato, cream, and bacon, and oddly enough, it pairs beautifully with shrimp.
In sifting through puppy pictures we’ve taken in the past month, I happened back across a few weeknight pasta dishes that I’ve made, and which we were pretty pleased with. It hardly seems fair to…