In this post: Tunisian Lentil Stew with Crispy Chickpeas (slow cooker recipe) This hearty and healthy Tunisian Lentil Stew with Crispy Chickpeas couldn’t be easier to make – it’s delightfully simple and comes together in a flash. Some days are destined for slow cooker meals, …
Quick Pesto Chicken Soup with Ravioli and Poached Egg
In this post: Quick Pesto Chicken Soup with Ravioli and Poached Egg This Quick Pesto Chicken Soup with Ravioli and Poached Egg is one of my best tricky recipes for nailing a comforting, complete meal with minimum muss and fuss. I tap some of my …
Tortellini in Parmesan Broth
In this Post: Tortellini in Parmesan Broth Tortellini en Brodo – or, tortellini in broth – is at once a comforting bowl of soup and an interesting and somewhat different way to enjoy pasta. This is undoubtedly a universally pleasing recipe, beloved by people of …
The Secret to a Great Roasted Tomato & Artichoke Soup
In this post: The Secret to a Great Roasted Tomato and Artichoke Soup What’s my secret to a great roasted tomato and artichoke soup? What is the trick to creating the best-tasting, most deeply flavorful bowl of warm-you-from-head-to-toes goodness? That’s an easy one, my friends. …
“Secret Layer” Spinach & Artichoke Ribbolita
I was lucky enough to enjoy my first bowl of ribbolita in its very motherland. I was in its country of origin … in the proper region of the country of this iconic dish’s origin, in fact. That’s a cool thing to me; something I …
Summer Melon Soup & Sunrise Toast
Summer. It’s dog days aren’t quite upon us here just yet, but you can sense their impending arrival. The low, lazy hum of the bugs outside my bedroom window creates the score each morning now, making room for additional bandmates … the lawnmowers, ice cream …
A Quick-Fix Ramen Recipe
Ra. The god who created everything. Representing sunlight, warmth, growth. In ancient Egypt, Ra was known as the Sun God and was a most powerful deity – central in his positioning in the Egyptian pantheon. Worshipped more than any other God, the pharaohs would often attach …
The Essentials: Soup, Salad and Sandwich
October 3, 2015 Today, it rains. It rained before I rose this morning, it is raining as I write these words, and it will rain long after I’ve retired for the night. Or so the weather people told me as I sipped my tea this …