Red Bell Pepper Chutney
This lovely, bright chutney makes a wonderful accompaniment for meat or cheese! The peppers tone down the sugar, and the sugar peaks the pepper flavors...you're going to love it!
Read MoreFresh Coconut Cake–Make it Patriotic!
This luscious cake uses fresh--or fresh, frozen--coconut and has to be made 2-3 days ahead of serving so all that moisture soaks into the cake, making it one of the best cakes you'll ever eat!
Read MoreIs it pesto? Is it hummus? I don’t know! But it’s yummy!
I recently rehydrated several batches of dried beans in my pressure cooker…and forgetting to set the timer, I accidentally overcooked my cannellini beans so they were quite mushy. Now what was I going to do with these mushy beans? Cannellini beans, sometimes called White Kidney Beans, have 15-17 grams of protein and 12 grams of fiber in a cup of cooked beans. When paired with a whole grain, they form a complete protein and that’s the kind of food we like to eat, healthy and tasty! So what am I going...
Read MoreWhat’s new? Here’s my New Year’s Update
The flu, and then the holidays, have kept me from posting for several weeks. Perhaps you were so busy yourself that you hardly noticed I’d gone into hibernation! I was so disappointed that I was not able to my “end of the year” post about the darling gingerbread houses I made… My Good Husband had even taken all of the photos of the process… …rolling the dough… …cutting the shapes… …assembling the houses… …and decorating them… Alas,...
Read MorePoached Pears Step-by-Step
Poached pears. The perfect dessert. Healthy. Warm (in the winter), or cool (in the summer). A little bit sweet, but not too. And easy to make! The first time I enjoyed poached pears was when my neighbor, Mariangela, brought them to our Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago. As you probably already know, Italians usually have fruit at the end of their meals, rather than rich American-type desserts. Part of their famous Mediterranean diet that is healthier than ours. Every since Mariangela brought them to our dinner,...
Read MoreMy Thanksgiving Menu 2012
We had a great Thanksgiving…hope you did too! We invited eleven Italians to join us for dinner, none of whom had ever seen a whole baked turkey, except in the movies, and they were quite impressed! Here’s a summary of the dishes we enjoyed together… Do you remember those Cheese Ball appetizers from the ’70s and ’80s? Well, those recipes never made it to Italy so for the Italians, this was a whole new thing! Actually, I think they’ll be making a comeback, at least at MY...
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