Food for the Ravenous Soul
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 »
This was originally posted by me over at Foodies Unite but I thought I would like to share since we are all about SOUPS AND STEWS this week! I adore making soup. I love prepping all of the ingredients, I like getting all the flavors to come together and I love the smell of goodness [...] Read more »
Fennel Friday is HERE and we have been playing with fennel fruit this week. Pairing citrus and just about any fruit is a no-brainer – they mesh wonderfully! Putting raw fennel in a salad is crunchy, aromatic, tasty and good for you – so what are you waiting for? Start creating some salads for lunch, [...] Read more »
The deep, cold depths of Winter are usually given over to hearty stews, pots of steaming soup … winter comfort foods to stave off the big freeze. My taste buds are also craving Spring … even the memory of Spring and what better way to celebrate Spring (and Fennel Friday) in the midst of Winter [...] Read more »
Risotto makes me happy; cooking it, eating it, standing over it and coaxing all of that delicious flavor into those teeny little grains of arborio rice. I can eat it warm or cold – straight from the fridge is gorgeous and I like it in the morning, afternoon and evening (and sometimes at midnight!). Today [...] Read more »
This dish always brings me to Christmas time in Venezuela. Eating melon wrapped with prosciutto is a time honored tradition along with eating red grapes with seeds for fortune and good luck in the new year. For Fennel Friday, I added a new twist, using an insanely sweet honeydew from the farmers market. On top is a small [...] Read more »
The mini lemon goat cheese caprese was made as an ode to the passing summer season. The mini caprese is a nice way to use some of the beautiful tomatoes at the peak of their sweetness. The fresh basil and the lemon Montchevre goat cheese rolled in Pollen Ranch fennel pollen combine to make a [...] Read more »
We have been enjoying a bit of a coool snap here in South Florida and yes, occasionally cooler weather does occur down here. We get to wear socks and maybe a long sleeve t-shirt AND eat soup as it was meant to be eaten! Fennel in soup is a no-brainer – I swap it out [...] Read more »
Fennel Friday is today and we are sharing one of our recipes from the archives that is perfect for the Roasted Fennel theme of Fennel Friday! Lamb is a great holiday dish and I am ready for a great lamb roast! To take your roast to droolworthy levels – add Citrus Fennel Sea Salt and [...] Read more »