Food for the Ravenous Soul
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 »
What better way to celebrate Memorial Day weekend than by honoring our troops and helping to raise money to support them? For all of my South Florida readers, Whole Foods (my Happy Place) and Forgotten Soldiers Outreach (that does incredible work!) are hosting a Memorial Day Weekend Cookout Event that is raising money for our [...] 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 »
The Hungry Goddess is not was not a baker. In fact, after a baking disaster as a young child and a few more inedible attempts, I just accepted that baking was not my thing. Both of my Grandmothers were bakers par excellence from homemade cakes to compotes to breads so I decided not to let my [...] Read more »
The Hungry Goddess is a Confirmed Carnivore. I love my veggies but meat figures into several meals a week. And don’t even get me started on bacon or pork belly. I have made a concerted effort to cut down my red meat intake but I now have a new love – BISON STEAK. I had [...] 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 »
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 »