Category: First Course
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Broccoli and Spinach Flan
Green makes you grow muscles This is a broccoli dish that even all those broccoli-haters out there love (well at least are prepared to eat under coercion). I can attest to this through vigorous scientific “blind” taste tests….i.e.. not telling my broccoli-disparaging husband and kids what was in the flan. I only told…
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Caramelized Onion Frittata
The frittata recipe that only mother-in-laws know This recipe is a favourite of my mother-in-law, who learnt it from her mother-in-law. Who knows….maybe it’s a secret recipe passed down only by mother-in-laws. In which case, I shouldn’t be sharing it with you and will probably be struck by lightening as soon as I…
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Caponata: Eggplant Surprise From Sicily
All the good foods in Sicily Ahhhhhh…..Sicily, I miss you already, and I’ve only been home a day. The food, the people, the food, the scenery, the food……..oh, and did I mention that the food was good?! I was amazed to find all sorts of specialties that I’d never even heard of, and…
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Spinach Frittata
What to give to people who hate spinach so that they will eat spinach So, what can you do to get people (especially the young kind!) to eat spinach. Well, I’ll let you in on a secret: this frittata is it, and not only will they eat spinach when it’s hidden in an…
