I’m always on the lookout for food ideas that seem to fit easily into the Mediterranean type of diet, and this Cannellini Bean Recipe (or white kidney beans) with Broccoli Rabe and Lemon fits the bill. I stole (literally) this … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Last year I shared with you my mom’s tradition of baking bread and delivering it to neighbors on the Feast of Saint Joseph the Carpenter. Sicilians and other Southern Italians celebrate this Saint’s day every March 19th. I was browsing … Continue reading
Herbs, spices and other seasonings are a natural and healthy way to add a lot of flavor to your recipes without adding a lot of extra calories. With a little practice, you can create an endless variety of delicious recipes, … Continue reading
Continuing with our March theme devoted to Rice let’s take a look at one variety that many don’t consider a rice at all. Read on as we discover ‘Wild Rice.’ Wild rice, or “manoomin,” an Ojibwe word roughly translated to … Continue reading
Get To Know Your Rice Varieties With more than 40,000 varieties worldwide, we thought we’d keep our sanity by narrowing the list down to those we most likely could find in a store. To begin, let’s look at a few … Continue reading