Happy Christmas Eve!! Are you ready? Presents wrapped? Dinner prepped? Cookies baked for Santa? My goodness, I feel overwhelmed just by asking those questions!! I’m pretty excited to be sitting here on Christmas Eve with a nice cup of tea and my to-do list completed, although it wasn’t easy to get to this point. […]
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beef, tomato and pearl pasta soup

almond cake with poached peaches and coconut cream
Peaches. I think I wait all year long just for ripe and juicy peach season. My favorite is eating them plain, and stuffing as many in my face before the season is over. I’m quite the peach glutton. So when my counter was supporting a couple of (ahem) pounds of ripe peaches, the challenge was […]

homemade nocino
The Nocino is finally finished and ready for drinking!! Although I will have to wait until this baby joins our family to fully enjoy a glass, I did take a sip and it’s pretty tasty!! I’m still so amazed when I think about the first time someone decides that they will try a new food […]
eat your veggies – vegan & vegetarian goodness

crispy sugar snap peas with dukkah, mint and sea salt

grilled artichokes with lemon-basil aioli

roasted asparagus with capers and lemon
let’s get started – appetizers and hors d’oeuvres

grilled okra with chipotle dipping sauce

pumpkin gougeres with rosemary and sea salt

miso tofu ranch dip




















