Category: summer
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Ricotta and peach crepes
You will probably see from my posts that I don’t bake a lot. The reason for that is I am not the cake, cookie, biscuit type of person. If I had to chose between a savory dish and piece of perfect cake, I would take the savory dish. 100% of the time. But this doesn’t…
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Lemon basil pasta with baked salmon
I have been making this pasta for about 20 years….. I am sure everyone coming to us for dinner had this at some point :). It is an amazingly flavorful dish which is the direct result of fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and basil. The sauce itself is something like a cross between a pesto and…
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Summer bruschetta
OK. So I keep saying this. Good food starts with the best possible ingredients. The reason I am an advocate of farm fresh, farm to table or farm to fork cooking apart from the fact that I want to support sustainable farming, is the taste, look and most of the time simplicity. When you have amazing,…
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Tips on how to make a plate of salad look stunning
When I made this salad last week I thought about writing a quick piece giving you some tips on plating. Sometimes we think we are not capable of doing something. And why? Just because we never tried. At culinary school I didn’t get much advice on plating. I know, it is hard to believe…. And…
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A day in the world of plant based, raw cooking
Do you think this plate of food looks appetizing? Would you like to eat it? I most certainly hope your answer is yes. Plant based raw cooking is not only about chewing on carrot sticks and drinking smoothies. “It is a diet comprising naturally grown wild or organically and sustainably raised fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds…
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Strawberries
Strawberries…. Depending on where you live they are in season in spring and early summer. They are not here forever. And if you never bought them directly from a farm, or picked your own, you don’t know what you are missing out on…. SoCal strawberries are famously good. And we have probably the best farm, Harry’s berries in…
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Mediterranean lamb burger
I was totally not thinking about putting this on my blog. But when my husband said it was so good that in a restaurant he would pay 30 bucks for it…… I thought oh well, others might like it too. Since I was not thinking about sharing this, I will have measurements only for the patties…
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Smoky tomato gazpacho with condiments
This soup was one of my entries to the easy summer eats. I love soups. And even more so I love tomatoes. When I was a kid I was really into tomato soup. My grandma made the most amazing one. Then one day she came up with this crazy idea that she would make it…
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Just another market day
Without any further ado just a few photos of the beautiful produce at the market yesterday.
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Summer salad
This salad celebrates some great summer fruits peach and watermelon. The sweet watermelon and the tart and sweet peach need some contrast in the salad. So I added crispy prosciutto and a hard, salty cheese ricotta salata. It is a variation of ricotta and it is dried and salted. For the vinaigrette I used the juice of…
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