by Michele Redmond | Sep 16, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
I ate honeycomb for the first time at the Royal Highlands show in Scotland where it was called cinder toffee. I adopted a Scottish accent after the first bite. I’d eaten honeycomb-covered chocolate bars in London, but fresh-made honeycomb had heady aromas of caramel,...
by Michele Redmond | Aug 16, 2018 | Home Featured, Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Serves 6 as a complete meal with the pasta option A delicious mix of tangy, spicy and savory ingredients makes Puttanesca sauce (sugo alla puttanesca) a meal-time habit that can be made from your pantry. This popular Italian sauce commonly pairs with pasta but...
by Michele Redmond | Aug 5, 2018 | Health and Food Culture, Le Blog
Parents rarely get to brag that their children regularly make the family meals using lots of new ingredients. However, TV cooking competitions for kids give the illusion that they often whip up complex meals quicker than their parents can google the recipe. Some...
by Michele Redmond | May 30, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Add macaroons to your dessert menu to master a classic French treat with Italian origins that’s surprisingly quick and easy. Macaroons (mac-uh-ruinz) based on coconut, look and sound nothing like the butter-cream filled almond cookies macarons (mac-kaw-rhone except...
by Michele Redmond | May 23, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Tomato-based salsas offer familiar flavors and textures, but bust out of that comfort zone with a sweet, tangy pineapple ginger salsa for a zippy dip and fun side dish or garnish. Flavorful heat from chile peppers, garlic, scallion and ginger are balanced by the...
by Michele Redmond | May 3, 2018 | Health and Food Culture, Home Featured, Le Blog
Dance it or eat it, but either way salsa boosts your mood, makes you hot and burns extra calories. Chile peppers in salsa contain chemicals that trigger heat sensations and cause your body to expend more energy–a metabolic effect called diet-induced...
I’m Michele Redmond, a Food Enjoyment Activist and Chef Dietitian, helping make cooking and food enjoyment your solution to living well.