This soup is a variation of the Tuscan bean soups from the Tuscany region of Italy. Along with cooked white beans, I made it with onion, carrots, celery, garlic, farro, ripe tomatoes and tomato pulp, herbs and lots of fresh spinach. To keep it all tasty and Mediterranean, I sautéed the vegetables, herbs and farro […]
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This gazpacho is light, velvety, tasty and cool. It’s the perfect mid-day meal during the heatwaves that many of us are experiencing these days. I recommend adding some roasted garlic cloves. Roasted garlic lends a smokey yet milder taste than raw garlic and it blends well with this soup. In this recipe, I added 5 roasted […]
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Kale is one of the healthiest foods around. It really does pack a punch: Vitamins A, K, B6 and C, calcium, potassium, copper, manganese and more. I often make a kale, quinoa and lentil salad – as a side dish or a main meal – because it is easy to put together and versatile. You […]
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If you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen but want to make something exotic and flavourful, curry paste is the answer. Just adding a few tablespoons of paste to your ingredients will give you a dish that tastes like its been marinating for hours. Curry paste can be used for making […]
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I love adding artichoke hearts to a dish or eating them whole. And they are good for you. Ideally, it is better if you can boil or steam fresh artichokes and scrape out the hearts, though this can be time-consuming. An alternative is to buy the artichoke hearts that are marinated and ready to be used. […]
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Happy St Patrick’s Day! 🍀🍀 I made this green smoothie this morning to celebrate my Irish roots. I didn’t measure the ingredients as I didn’t intend to post a recipe on my blog today. I’m very much an unmeasured or intuitive cook who likes to create with whatever ingredients I have in my kitchen or […]
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