Tag: cayenne
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Addictive KALE CHIPS
KALE CHIPS! So good, so healthy, so crunchy, so addictive! These are so simple to make, will maintain crunchiness for several days, and can be done in many ways. You can adjust dressing as you like adding more or less spices, adding some kind of nuts or seeds too. a small diversion…I just came back…
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Spiced Black Beans
Black beans are one of my favorite beans to eat. I learned how to cook legumes basically thanks to our cleaning lady Rosy. She is from Peru and loves to cook. They eat tons of legumes in Peru, that is where quinoa is from too. The big fuss about preparing legumes is that you have…
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Beetroot dip
The past weekend was my dad’s 58th birthday. We celebrated by hosting a big sit down party in my dad’s new apartment. The house is pretty small for 35 people but since there isn’t that much furniture yet, it was a perfect time to organize a dinner party. Tables had to be rented to seat…
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Split Pea-Pumpkin soup
I’m in love with pumpkin right now. I guess because we don’t eat it all year around but that’s with a lot of vegetables too when they are in season. It’s so comforting and delicious and also very versatile; you can eat it just by itself, cook it in the oven, use it in a…
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Pasta w/ Cime di Rapa
One typical pasta dish from the south of Italy is “Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa”, orechiette are the small shell pasta which name means small ears. The cime di rapa are this vegetable that translated in English means turnip greens but they are not. Its more of a relative to broccoli. it is mostly green…
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Homemade Chili powder
Fresh chili/red peppers are on their last days here. We bought a plant of red peppers last summer and it’s done so well. I first dehydrated red peppers this past summer and was so surprised by the outcome. So much better than bought chili pepper flakes or cayenne powder. Not just the vibrant color but…
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