I bought a rather eclectic cookbook filled with not so ordinary vegetarian recipes recently titled Naturally Vegetarian. Recipes and Stories from my Italian Family Farm by Valentina Solfrini. I have never found an Italian cookbook dedicated entirely to vegetarian dishes until this one. In Valentina’s book is where I found this beautiful article on flavored honeys. Continue reading Flavored Honey
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Curried Zucchini Soup with Capsicum & Potato
The family loved loved this zucchini soup when I made it with flavorful spices, peppers and potatoes. Rani even requested a few times that I make this soup again. I told her I’ll make it as many times as she wants when we receive our giant zucchini from Karen Aunty’s veggie garden 😃. Continue reading Curried Zucchini Soup with Capsicum & Potato
Cauliflower, Bell Pepper, Potato Soup with Fresh Picked Herbs
With Spring in full swing, this is a wonderfully light and flavor packed soup made with fresh herbs.
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Simple, savory, sweet and scrumptious, this pasta is a breeze to make with as little as 5 ingredients – red peppers, garlic, pasta, salt and olive oil.
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Mixed vegetable minestrone soup, what’s not to like about this Italian favorite? Chock full of vegetables, Italian herbs, legumes and pasta all cooked in a tangy tomato broth always hits the spot at any time of the year.
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This recipe makes a large generous cake and uses a generous amount of zucchini. You know we are swimming in garden zucchini right now. This is a perfect recipe to use up a couple of zucchinis or three. Its light and spongy with the lovely flavors of orange and cardamom. Give it a try!
Continue reading Zucchini Orange Cardamom CakeLeek and Mushroom Egg Curry
As its spring and big fat leeks are in abundance at the Farmer’s Market I made a leek and mushroom egg curry for dinner one evening.
Continue reading Leek and Mushroom Egg CurryAll Natural Colored Easter Eggs
Easter is around the corner. You know what that means? Colored eggs of all sorts – chicken eggs, chocolate eggs, jelly bean eggs – all eggs in a wide variety of colors. Here is a way to color your chicken eggs the all-natural way so that we can actually eat the eggs right after its been colored. I hate to waste food, so for years I felt bad when good hardboiled eggs were used to color and make designs with regular paint color – and then when I found out the eggs just got thrown away after all the fun, I just couldn’t bring us to color any. By coloring eggs the all-natural way we can actually eat the eggs after we have fun coloring them. Continue reading All Natural Colored Easter Eggs
Bernardo’s Mexican Mashed Pinto Beans with Fresh Cilantro and Lime
My gardener Bernardo shared this pinto bean recipe and it has to be one of the most delicious and easiest dishes to make. Continue reading Bernardo’s Mexican Mashed Pinto Beans with Fresh Cilantro and Lime
Mexican Fried Rice Two Ways
Here are a couple of recipes for Mexican fried rice – one with spices and one without. Give each of them a try and you may find you like them both!
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