My RECIPES

Fresh Cherry Compote

What is Fresh Cherry Compote? Compote is simply fruit slowly simmered in water , sugar and spices. A lot of recipes for compote use either lemon juice or orange juice to add a sour acidic finish . On cold rainy days like the one I’m having today it’s such a

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Shaved Fennel Salad with Pomegranate

  Before I moved to Italy I had fennel three or four times in my life. Fennel wasn’t something I’d stumble upon at my local Trader Joes or Ralph’s. In 2015 when I came to Italy for my feature dance tour I was served a shaved fennel salad as a

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Thai Curry in a hurry

Good evening it’s dinnertime around here  who’s ready for some Thai curry ! There are five different types of Thai curry I grew up with that my mother and father always cooked. My mother is Thai and my father is English /Dutch. My father was in Thailand during his two

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Healthy Easy Tacos

My favorite easy healthy go to meal is tacos. Everyday is a great day for tacos and they are non existent where I live in Italy.  We have a taqueria that just opened up in our piazza so I’m going to do a drive by and check them out  I

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