Special Birthday Restaurant from my Bucket List
Frontera Grill, Chicago Quite the birthday!
Venice, Florida
Venice is a small town, with great shopping, including free accessible parking, many restaurants with in/outdoor seating, and an authentic French bakery. You gotta love the Alligator-shaped Baguette from Croissant & Co.
Vegetable Therapy
Start 2017 with awareness—"in" vegetables are beets and sauerkraut. Think color and fermented veggies.
Recipe for Tomato Fennel soup
Convincing Tomato Fennel Soup Dinner was rushed one evening, so I was not in the kitchen when Roy served himself soup. Later, he commented on the delicious tomato soup. He now admits he is open to fennel recipes. Ingredients: 2 small fennel bulbs 2 tablespoons extra...
Drink your Watermelon!
A tall glass of watermelon juice can relieve muscle soreness thanks to the melon's high levels of L-citruline, an amino acid. Tampa Bay Times, May 28, 2015
Tomato Fennel Soup
'Tis the season for Tomato Fennel Soup—red, easy and delicious.
It’s a Beautiful Day!
Drop the screens and the nasty TV ads—gaze at the sky, clouds, and tonite the moon and stars.
Stem or Bloomin’ Broccoli vs. Broccoli Rabe
Stem or Blooming Broccoli is sweet and tender, fairly new in the grower repertoire as seeds are just being developed. Looks like Broccoli Rabe but oh so not bitter and still the lovely plate look. Pan roast in small amount of oil until just beginning to brown; hit...
Dreaming of Beans and Greens…
Escarole is the "greens" of choice for most Beans and Greens. Grown/harvested in the fall there is less bitterness in the leaves. Of course, add lots of garlic and your choice of beans. YUM!
Cauliflower Galette-French Term for an Open Face Tart
Easy crust with added ground flax seeds. Uniqueness comes from raw cauliflower mixed with fresh basil, salami, fontina cheese and a little olive oil baked inside of dough at high temp. The smaller pieces of cauliflower are tender and the larger pieces have a...