by Michele Redmond | Home Featured, Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Creating a BBQ sauce recipe is basically asking for a culinary throwdown. With parts of our country owning different styles and declaring theirs as the best, I tread on hallowed ground. However, when I get a craving for BBQ, these are the ingredients that hit the...
by Michele Redmond | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Lazy, Lighter Chocolat Chaud—Hot Chocolate with French Airs It snowed in the desert on National Margarita day. Neither event makes sense—a beach-boozy drink celebrated in winter and snow-covered cactus. Instead of tequila, my beverage is based on chocolate liquor—the...
by Michele Redmond | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Easy homemade Honeycomb for a Flavorful Sweet Treat 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,...
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Artichoke Puttanesca–Forget its Saucy Reputation 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...
by Michele Redmond | 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 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Pineapple Ginger Salsa Recipe 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...
"Let's connecting pleasure to wellbeing by making eating well and cooking easy" Dietitian Chef & Food Enjoyment Activist Michele Redmond