Tag: arugula
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Culinary Therapy: Risotto
I love to make risotto. As I have written on my blog previously, I find it therapeutic. The act of stirring, adding broth, and stirring some more is soothing at the end of a stressful day. It encourages mindfulness because it’s hard to do much of anything else when you are making risotto. I don’t…
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Pork Tenderloin and Watermelon-Tomato Salad
Enjoy the remaining flavors of summer with this healthy and refreshing combo.
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Bubbling Bliss
Pizza is often a family favorite on busy nights. Although we occasionally phone our local restaurant for takeout (light on the cheese, of course!), it’s easy to make your own delicious pizza—while controlling the fat. Making pizza dough used to intimidate me. I invariably added water that was too hot or cold—producing a leaden mixture…
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Inspired Cooking: Part II
Earlier in the week I blogged about a meal that my husband and I shared at one of our favorite restaurants, Gamberi alla Arugula, a delicious entrée combining shrimp, arugula and diced tomatoes in a garlic white wine lemon sauce over pasta. I mentioned that I would try to replicate the recipe in a lighter…
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Inspired Cooking
Last night we ate at one of my favorite restaurants, Ristorante Fieni’s. When you enter the small BYOB restaurant and are seated in one of several cozy rooms, you feel like a guest in someone’s home. The most heavenly aromas of simmering sauce, garlic and seafood drift from the nearby kitchen, as servers attentively treat…
La Dolce Vita: Our Heart-Healthy Culinary Journey 