Delicious and Healthy Quinoa and Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers

Seeing the coming and going of peppers in the supermarkets is bittersweet.  You wait all summer and by this time you sort of get sick of them because all you see is peppers EVERYWHERE.  But I sort of feel bad thinking that because I know that in a few months I’m going to wish I… Read More

Perfect Pasta Making

“Why waste your time making it?”, I could hear my mom telling me.  “Why don’t you just go buy it at the store?” Strange question coming from someone like my own mother, who always made everything from scratch, even chocolate chip cookies, when all we wanted were Chips Ahoy. I remember pondering the same question… Read More

Farfalle with Tuna, Tomatoes, Olives and Onions

This is another one of my super simple recipes.  I like to keep key staples in my pantry and fridge (but that’s for another blog post) and this is one of those recipes that take no time and can be done when you have no food in the house. Funny enough, I did grocery shop… Read More

Easy Holiday Entertaining Tips

There are always a few stigmas about entertaining that may have you steer clear of inviting guests over for the holidays.  Entertaining can be easy and fun if you just take a little bit of time to plan. For some reason, this saying always comes to my head: A minute in planning saves 5 in… Read More

Sweet Potato Gnocchi

For 8 people 4 sweet potatoes  1 egg 1 tsp salt 1 tub (500 g) ricotta cheese 6 cups flour plus more if needed… Read More

Garden Eggplant and Tomato Pasta

​ So when you’re out on the water, you want to come back for lunch and prepare something that requires very little time to prepare so that we can refuel and get back to having fun! Oh and did I mention that this recipe uses our garden/in season eggplants and ripe tomatoes to give a… Read More