Olive Oil Recipes

Pressing tree-ripened olives extracts a flavorful, monounsaturated oil that is prized throughout the world both for cooking (particularly in Mediterranean countries) and for salads. Today's marketp...

Pasta - Penne Rosa in Tomato-Cream Wine Sauce

Sharing with you 15 minutes, easy and delicious pasta recipe which will sure make a spot in your personal Italian Favorites cookbook - guaranteed. This is probably how I started making Italian food at h...

Mixed Wheat Bread Spiced with Pistachios-Olives Pesto

Sharing with you aromatic, nutty and flavorful breakfast mixed-wheat bread with Pistachios and Olives. I wanted to make savory breakfast bread with part whole wheat and part all-purpose flour. My whole...

Rice and Spinach Omelette

Today is breakfast recipe day. I just shared with you Morning Strawberry Breakfast Smoothie and this pretty looking Rice and Spinach Omelette was served with this smoothie yesterday. I felt everyone des...

Lemon Orzo Pasta Salad with Olives and Tomatoes

Summers scream for lite and healthy flavors and this orzo salad marks the start of eating lite at my home. This rice-shaped pasta is common in soups, but is also great for a variety of main courses or s...

Kale Salad with Sweet Pear and Black Chickpea Sprouts

This Kale salad with sprouted black chickpeas is packed with healthy fiber, calcium and iron. Raw bean sprouts are rich in digestive energy, protein and especially black chickpea sprouts are good source of fiber and iron. And kale is already a super vegetable as you all know. All-in-all, this salad is...

Party Friendly Rosemary Focaccia Bread Bake

Sharing with you Traditional Rosemary Focaccia Bread, suitable for family get-together, especially lunch parties when you do not have time to shop for fresh breads from store before event and still you...

Grilled Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos

I first tasted Tequila-Lime Chicken in a local farmer market food fair. We loved the flavor and I decided to sure try it at home. I am always finding different ways to make chicken delicious and appeali...

Ditalini Pasta in Tomato and Shallots Wine Sauce

Sharing with you very easy, delicious and yet very fine pasta recipe - ditalini pasta in tomato and onion wine sauce. This recipe saves me anytime my family demands pasta and I am out of marinara sauce...

Braised Chipotle Tofu Sofritas

Chipotle Tofu Sofritas won me first time I ate Vegan Bowl at Chipotle Mexican Grill and I so-so wanted to make it at home. Hungry for Sofritas, I tried, tested Chipotle Marinated Sofritas and Sofritas V...

Spicy Cilantro Chickpea Hummus

Chickpea is clean base ingredient which you can blend to make gluten-free, delicious and healthy sides. Hummus, a delicious Mediterranean chickpea based dip, is my favorite way to enjoy and serve chickpeas to my guests. But I always flavor my hummus dip to make even more delicious and spicy. Last year...