Food for the Ravenous Soul
May has been a great month with some exciting new projects appearing on the horizon and when I consulted with the Drunken Goddess (my inner wino), we agreed that BUBBLES were in order for this #WineWednesday! It is good to have multiple personalities that can all agree. A gorgeous bottle of Moscato d’Asti from Antica [...] Read more »
Darlings, life has changed for all of us. NOW … we can drink our donuts. The ever awesome folks over at Mama Walker’s™ have released a new line of Breakfast-Inspired Liqueurs and sent them to me for review and creation! The Drunken Goddess is running amok! And we won’t talk about waking up with a glazed [...] Read more »
Happy Fennel Friday! We have a Superfood theme going for Fennel Friday this week – Quinoa and Fennel recipes! I cannot think of a combo that could make me happier – nutrient and flavor packed, you can pair so many things with fennel and quinoa. I decided to share a recipe for Fennel Pollen scented [...] Read more »
ALL HAIL HALOUMI! Haloumi … a briny, semi-hard cheese from the island of Cyprus that is made from goat and sheep milk. And it is briny … did I mention that? But briny in a delicious, OMG, eyebrows popping up kind of way. The makings for this dish was a bit of a perfect storm. [...] Read more »
There are a few reasons that I can think of to eat fennel in a salad: fennel is perfect for a mandolin, fennel is good for digestion, fennel tastes good, May is National Salad Month, Fennel Friday is featuring fennel salads this week and (drum roll, please) … Foods from Chile shared this delightful recipe with [...] Read more »
It seems like lately that I cannot get enough beets. Since my good friend and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Lakshmi, calls my beet craving an “Intelligent Craving”, I will be excited that beets seem to be winning over the glazed donuts. Intelligent, indeed. Fennel Friday has arrived and when looking at my munching this week, Beet Chips [...] Read more »
It’s no secret that all of the Goddesses are huge supporters of Foods from Chile, so we were tickled to kick off a new project and share some recipes from our friends that we cooked up to share with YOU. Chile has an opposite agricultural season to the USA so when some of our favorite [...] Read more »
A few weeks ago, I got a very special delivery from a friend here in South Florida – FIYAH Jelly – her homemade Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper Jelly! I was entranced by the color (aren’t you?!) and the promise of Scotch Bonnet Peppers. For those of you that are not familiar with Scotch Bonnet Peppers, [...] Read more »
Spices are … quite literally … the spice of life and can take a normal recipe to SUPER POWER with a few sprinkles. I love that about cooking. Recently, I received a fascinating spice from Mom’s Gourmet (an Artisan Spice Blend company in Ohio) called Brown Dog Riba-Riba Rub. This intensely flavored delight is a [...] Read more »
It seems a bit sacrilegious to post the recipe that I had scheduled for today since it IS Meatless Monday. So, I decided to post the recipe in two parts and save the carnivorous munchings for tomorrow. Scrambled Eggs are serious business in my world – I love to mix veggies, meat, herbs, quinoa and [...] Read more »