This chilled summer soup is really gorgeous. What makes it extra special is the use of heirloom tomatoes at the peak of their season. Topping the soup with a few non-traditional ingredients will make this recipe the stunning standout at your next dinner party or special occasion meal. Of course, any in-season variety of plump, ripe tomatoes…
Best Baba Ghanoush
There are many different styles of Baba Ghanoush – and many different add-ins. Levant (Eastern Mediterranean) styles often mix in diced onions or tomatoes, and Egyptian and Israeli styles include tahini, lemon and even hard-boiled egg. Lebanese versions may include pomegranate seeds and/or syrup. Iranian styles often add cumin. Some of the dishes are…
Kale & Red Lettuce Caesar with Cara Cara Orange
Caesar Salad is probably my all-time favorite salad. A lovely blend of flavors and textures. I thought that you probably couldn’t improve on a simple Caesar, until I had a taste of my sister-in-law’s salad she had ordered in a restaurant in San Francisco. It pushed the ‘tradition’ envelope – and that’s what I really…
Tandoori Tomato & Cashew Soup
I recently had a glut of tomatoes I needed to use up and I was just going to make my standard cream of tomato soup, when I thought – hey, why not make something completely different? And while the purists out there may well scoff at something glaringly untraditional, my feeling on these matters is,…
LEMON HUMMUS
There are as many different hummus recipes out there as there are ways to spell it, and I love to experiment with different flavor combinations on this classic appetizer. Sometimes, though, simple is best and this hummus really stands out on a meze platter. It is just a regular hummus, but using a few different…
This Food & Travel Blog is all about my love of fruits and veggies, and about using as many as I can during the course of the week - whether at home or abroad. In fact, you could say I'm mental for veggies!
