Food, Travel, and Cooking!
A gift from the lemon curd gods for sure! I use it as a filling for Phyllo Cups with blueberries, or for individual tarts using frozen prebaked tart shells. If you have time on your hands, make individual phyllo cups using mini muffin pans! If I’m going to use blueberries I often substitute lime zest for […]
I find phyllo cups to be an extremely handy thing to have on hand to put together an appetizer or a quick dessert. They store well in the freezer and can be used for sweet fillings and savoury fillings. Not a bad thing! If you decide to make a bunch and use the whole package […]
This is one handy recipe! When I make up a batch, I’ll use some for tortillas and freeze the rest to use for other things, like making appetizers using phyllo cups filled with the heated mixture and topping with guacamole or as as a filling for a burrito…thinking it might be tastu with a fried […]
This is a refreshing salad that goes well with Greek or Moroccan marinated chicken, beef, lamb or whatever suits your fancy! If you aren’t familiar with orzo, it’s a rice-shaped pasta and is readily available. As for the lentils you can use regular green or brown ones or du Puy lentils or if you are […]
It’s summer and that means zucchini and lots of it! Something I love is marmalade. My friend Chris Brown makes amazing marmalade but sadly he now lives and owns a bakery in Matsuyama, Japan so it’s a rare treat when he comes to town and gives us a jar. Years ago I was given this […]
Fire up the barbecue! Sitting outdoors enjoying the foods of the Mediterranean, the scent of gorgeous spices wafting through the air! I like to serve these “meatballs” with a Greek salad, but you can simply chop up tomatoes, cucumbers and onion and put them on top of the “meatballs,” drizzling with the yogurt sauce. Either […]
This tasty salad is of Lebanese origin. I like to serve it with all sorts of Mediterranean dishes. I find it’s especially welcome on a hot day! Good with barbecued chicken, lamb, beef or even fish. When I decide to serve pita on the side, I don’t put it in the salad and sometimes I like […]
An annual ritual in my kitchen is to make this lovely, light, late summer sauce with my own sage and plum tomatoes purchased from the “Tomato Whisperer” at our farmer’s market. The sage works so well with the sweetness of the tomatoes. I prefer to make homemade spaghetti or tagliatelle for this yearly treat, but […]
It’s birthday week! A bit of tradition has been created for my birthday over the last few years and that would be a large, perfectly aged, prime rib steak on the bone. My husband takes charge of all the preparations, picks up the steak from the butcher, seasons the steak, barbecues it until it’s a […]
Continuing my” research” on tarts, perhaps to the detriment of some waistlines but for a really good cause! We love lemon and fruit desserts in our house neither of us are big into chocolate for some reason, besides, it’s a good way to get my husband to eat fruit. I know what you’re thinking, what […]