The No Cook No Bake Cookbook: Tofu Carpese Stacks and Fig Chia Jam

Breakfast Brunch Recipes, Cookbooks, Dairy Free Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Its a scorching hot and humid summer heatwave, the 7th day in a row, and you just spent your day traveling to and from work in an hot steamy airless packed subway and bus.  There is a respite for a few hours at work, thankfully there is AC there. When you do get...

Blackberries Three Ways: a main course

Drink recipes, Main Course Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes

Pick one fruit or vegetable and prepare it three ways. These were the directives we were given for this month’s Creative Cooking Crew challenge. Since it is summer there is no shortage of options. The tough part is actually picking that one ingredient. My...

6th Blogiversary: Raw Pesto Spaghetti

Cookbooks, Main Course Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Quite another milestone! June 14th was my 6th Blogiversary. Every year I am so grateful and surprised to see how my passion for food and desire to share my discoveries only gets stronger and stronger. I am so proud to be part of this great community of friends and...

Coconut-Spiked Pork with Quinoa and Peanuts

Cookbooks, Exotic World Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Main Course Recipes

When we were kids everyone could eat anything without any allergies or complications. Well maybe we were not aware of it as much back then – or we were too young to realize – but food intolerances are definitely on the rise. I do count my blessings that I...

Brie Brazil Balls & Lentil Loaf in Tapioca Crepes with Brazilian Salsa

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

Brie Brazil Balls & Lentil Loaf in Tapioca Crepes with Brazilian Salsa is my answer to the folowing challenge: BLT Sandwich WITHOUT bacon, lettuce and tomatoes! The new Creative Cooking Crew hosts really seem to have racked their brains in the last months to...

Carnitas: the Mexican pulled pork

Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

I will keep this post short today. And I will share with you something kinda private because writing and chatting about it is therapeutic. Yesterday my father had heart surgery. It was scheduled since last fall so not due to any emergency but still it is a nerve...