
It’s wonderful when we have the time to make pasta and pasta sauce from scratch, but let’s face it, we just don’t always have that kind of time. Tonight was one of those nights, so Kemal quickly made us a wonderful pasta full of our favorite veggies. He also cut up some chicken franks and … [read more]

Making your own pasta sauce from scratch is really easy to do…just takes a little time. It’s well worth the time though because the sauce tastes divine…way better than what you buy in the store. The sauce that Kemal made from scratch tastes richer and has so much more flavor. Wish you grab a spoon … [read more]

We were recipients of a free organic rotisserie chicken yesterday, and so we used it to make a cajun chicken pasta this evening for dinner. We usually make our alfredo sauce with feta and goat cheese, but we had some pepper jack cheese in the fridge that needed to be used first so we made … [read more]

Have you ever seen the film, “Like Water for Chocolate”? It’s a foreign film that was released in the early 1990’s, and if you’re passionate about food and cooking and enjoy a good love story, I’d highly recommend this film. Throughout the entire movie, the heroine is cooking all kinds of wonderful meals that affect … [read more]

I love tzatziki sauce on just about everything. It’s wonderful as a dipping sauce for kabobs, matches perfectly with falafel, and goes great with gyros. It’s also goes great with fish…much better than tarter sauce I think. In addition, it also enhances the flavor of mixed baby greens when you use it as a dressing … [read more]

I’ve been in the mood for pears lately, and initially, I was planning to make a pear cake. But I wanted something a little lighter so I decided to make some poached pears. There are many of interesting recipes out there, and most of them involved poaching the pears in red wine. I’m sure the … [read more]