Good food feeds the soul
I have the perfect holiday treat for your holiday dinner this year. It’s a Basil-Infused Lime Curd Tart with Cranberry Orange Compote, complete with drizzles of dark chocolate, whipped cream and more fresh basil. Not only is it DELICIOUS but it looks like the holiday on a …
It’s the season of delicious and delightful treats. The trick is not being naughty and overindulging in all the yummy treats. Easier said than done. Recent research from Associated British Foods determines that the average American eats around 7,000 calories on Christmas day. That’s not counting …
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev’rywhere you go, Take a look in the five-and-ten, it’s glistening once again With candy canes and silver lanes that glow.” It seems I have a new Christmas song stuck in my head each day now. Although …
My recipe for Whole Grain Salad with Cranberries and Soyatash is great anytime of the year but it does look so seasonal with plenty of red and green for the holidays. It’s also a nice break from all the heavier foods served during the holiday …
What better way to warm up than with GINGERBREAD? Ginger is so warming, there’s snow falling and it’s almost Christmas, so it’s definitely time for gingerbread. Day 10 of the Simply Sophisticated Cooking 13-Day Holiday Challenge’s DIY food gift kit is Gingerbread Biscotti. This homemade …
My Oatmeal Honey Whole Wheat Bread with Sunflower Seeds recipe is so tasty. And healthy! I just love the slightly sticky sweet of the honey drizzled on top with the toasted oats. The bread is also sturdy enough to be used as sandwich bread. This Oatmeal …
I love chili, especially when it’s cold outside. It’s so filling, leaving you filling warm and comfy inside. Most chilies involve meat but my recipe for Black Bean, Lentil and Barley Vegetarian Chili skips it. Nor does it need it. The textures from the beans and barley …
Our first experience with Ciambelle Cookies or Italian Wine Cookies was at a little restaurant in Rome. As we finished our meal, the waitress refilled our wine glasses with red wine and placed these little plump cookies on our table, telling us to dip them …
If fudgy, chocolate cookies are your thing, then you’re going to love Day 8 of the Simply Sophisticated Cooking’s 13-Day Holiday Challenge homemade food gifts. It’s all about Dark Chocolate, Orange and Almond Cookies. The texture of these cookies is like a mixture of fudge and …
Give the gift of yummy bread this holiday. Day 7 of Simply Sophisticated Cooking’s 13-Day Holiday Challenge is Homemade Wheat BreadSticks with Garlic Butter. They taste similar to the Olive Garden BreadSticks. Top with a little garlic butter and they taste similar to the Olive …