Roasted eggplants – Baker and Spice style
Roasted eggplants – Baker and Spice style is what I believe to be melt-in-your-mouth eggplant perfection. Good roasted eggplant is actually harder to achieve than it looks and whilst my way of making it was pretty darn good, there was some room for improvement. You see, my original method of getting eggplants caramelized on the […]
Cleanse and re-energize yourself with Pranic Healing – an expert interview
In the past few years, I’ve seen a surge in the number of people using energy healing. What used to be considered weird and incomprehensible by most is becoming a lot more accepted. Girlfriends I know who would not have touched modalities like Reiki, Crano-sacral Therapy, Qi-Gong or Pranic Healing with a ten foot pole […]
My week-long retreat with Dr Joe Dispenza
My week-long retreat with Dr Joe Dispenza was beyond anything I could have imagined. As some of you may know, I am a big Dispenza fan and have been ever since I read his book “You are the placebo”, several years ago, which then led to watching his videos and finally, attending his Week Long […]
Butternut squash and mushroom spinach salad
This butternut squash and mushroom spinach salad will definitely put you in a autumn mood. Butternut squash is just a wonderful ingredient because it adds texture and sweetness that you don’t get from pumpkin or many other types of squash. My personal preference is to roast it in the oven because it is easy and […]
Italian chestnut cake
Amazingly moist chestnut cake
Creamy tarragon chicken
Creamy tarragon chicken showed up on our dinner table regularly when I was a kid. You could be sure I’d finish my plate on those days and often ask for seconds. Much later, when I went to France, my husband and I revisited the recipe – it is traditional French fare – and made it […]
Luscious pear chocolate clafoutis
You won’t be disappointed with this luscious pear chocolate clafoutis. Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert that is somewhere between a cake and a flan. It’s typically made with fresh cherries, but most fruits work, so pick seasonal ones that look the best at your local market. I personally love apricot and plums in the […]
Traditional anchoïade
In Southern France, summer appetizer parties always include a variety of spreads (olive tapenade, tuna rillettes, taramasalata, etc) and one of the quintessentially ” Provençal ” ones is traditional anchoïade, a garlicky anchovy-based dip. It is incredibly tasty and works extremely well with fresh radish, celery, fennel, carrots or simply on little canapes or sliced […]
It’s-a-snap green olive tapenade
It’s-a-snap green olive tapenade really is. As you may know, I am a big fan of dips and spreads because they are a great way of serving vegetables as an appetizer. The green version of this traditional spread from Provence isn’t just easy to make, it also happens to be really tasty and slightly less […]
Managing a negative body image – expert interview
Today, we will be tackling a pretty serious topic that affects a large number of people – especially women: body image. More specifically, why do so many women spend so much time, money, effort and thought trying to change their bodies? Is it for health? Is it for vanity? Will exercising a lot and eating […]