Moroccan Carrot and Garbanzo Bean Salad
As I mentioned in my previous post with the Pomegranate Walnut and Apple Salad, I have been so fascinated with Moroccan foods, particularly with these salad plates. The display of colorful, healthy salads, for me, would be a meal in itself.
Pomegranate Walnut and Apple Salad
I’m trying really hard this year to slow down and enjoy the holiday season, eat light and healthy and enjoy every day. I seem to do fine with eating healthy because it’s just the way I eat, but the hard…
Vegan Pumpkin Minestrone
We are having some beautiful fall weather in South Florida! When fall comes to Florida, it’s more of a pretend season. It will be 80 degrees and locals will pulling out their boots, light sweaters and scarves…pretty silly looking to the…
Bloody Halloween Red Lentil and Beet Soup
I bloody love Halloween. And I love this soup. In fact, it will make a reappearance in December for a gorgeous red Christmas soup, minus the drips and fake bloody hand. Halloween wickedly crept up on me this year. I’m usually…
Baked Eggplant with Tomato and Vegan Mozzarella
How quickly time passes… last week I was vacationing in the beautiful surroundings of Italy and now…well, it’s all a cherished memory as I work my way back into the daily routines of my life. Yet, I brought back a different…
Arrivederci Positano!
My heart is breaking…I’m waiting for my driver to take me to Rome, desperately trying to capture every sensual pleasure I see around me. The aromas that fill my villa from freshly baked bread from a not so far away…
In the Cucina
How I spent my vacation in Italy…in the kitchen! I’m the woman who gets excited over receiving a kitchen appliance for Christmas. Wrap a big bow on a Viking range and I will kiss you all over. Remodel my…
Pretending to Not Be a Tourist in Italy
Whenever I dreamed..fantasized…about going to Italy, I must embarrassingly admit it was not about seeing incredible architecture, ruins or days of non-stop touring to pack in as much as possible. No, my dream was to live among the locals, spend…
Pizza Making
My first cooking class, pizza making with Chef Raffaele. I was joined by only one other woman, Brenda, from South Africa. She also is traveling alone and I believe we have the same classes for the rest of the week.…
Santa Maria Assunta
My itinerary listed today as my day off. Initially when I read that, my busy, to-do list, non-stop personality, went into panic. Back home a day off meant from work, but chores and to-dos of my normal routine…
