A Recipe for Roasted Peanut & Sesame Seed Nut Butter with Homemade Fresh Strawberry Jam Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have always been one of my top comfort foods and it is still my favorite combination of all time. As a child, my sandwiches were always either grape or strawberry jelly with smooth peanut butter….
A Recipe for Dragonfruit, Blueberry, Strawberry, Orange Juice, and Banana Smoothie. Like everyone else around the globe, I have not been running many races this past year. However, I do have fond memories of a local race that is spectacular: The Charlie Post Classic. It’s a beautiful, meaningful race, that honors a local runner and…
Locals Only…Charleston Edition Vol. 2 Introduction: Eating local, seasonly available items always has a special appeal to me, partly because it is how my ancestors in Italy and Greece ate. Before the days of globalization and widespread availability of speciality food items in many countries, people only had access to what was grown seasonally from…
A Recipe for Fattoush Salad featuring fresh local produce & toasted bread over mixed greens. Fattoush is a type of bread salad native to the Levant region and said to have originated in Northern Lebanon. It typically consists of tomatoes and in season vegetables, fried leftover bread, and fresh herbs and spices. Not only is…
A Recipe for Kamut, Sugar Snap Peas, Asparagus, & Cherry Tomatoes tossed in a Lemon-Miso Mustard Galangal (Ginger) Vinaigrette While I was researching facts for this post, I stumbled across a story about the rediscovery of an ancient grain that is probably the stuff of legend, but still a great tale. Khorasan wheat, or available…
When Life (Or Your Mom) Gives you a Bag of Lemons… My mom came over toting a humongous bag of lemons. Seriously, lots of lemons. Thankfully, I love lemons and the weekend was coming up which means one thing in my house: PANCAKES…. Lemons always remind me of Italy, especially the Amalfi Coast. My husband…
A Recipe for Campfire S’ Mores Pie & Parfait The Star Wars saga always strives for balance within the force. What better way to balance the “Light Side” Strawberry Ice Cream Pie than with rich dark chocolate? My girls and I had fun using our graham cracker pie crust recipe, our favorite dark chocolate pudding,…
A Recipe for Strawberry Vanilla Ice Cream Pie with Graham Cracker Crust In the spirit of May 4th, happy Star Wars Day! On this day, Star Wars fans tend to celebrate a grassroots holiday with the phrase May the Fourth Be With You. The phrase was first issued publicly on May 4th, 1979 in an…
A Recipe for Mango Salsa. Every spring I wait patiently for the first appearance of Ataulfo mangoes at the store. As soon as I spy them, I buy a box and start making mango salsa. Ataulfo mangoes are often called Champagne mangoes due to their smooth, velvet like consistency and juicy sweetness. They are grown…
A Recipe for Portabella Mushroom Burgers with Sun Dried Tomato Miso Spread and a Side of Mustard Potatoes Did you know that the name Portabella is believed to be a marketing scheme? These mushrooms were once so unpopular due to their gargantuan size and unappealing color that they were almost unsellable. In the 1980s, the…