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Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta: Cooking from the Pantry

May 14, 2020 By Laura 2 Comments

Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta

Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta is a great vegetarian pantry dish, flexible to what you have around.  Guys I had these pictures ready to go over a month ago. It’s weird the way this pandemic has made some people more productive and some of us it seems to have frozen. This isn’t entirely true… 

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Filed Under: Arugula, bulgur, grain bowl, Middle Eastern dishes, mushrooms, onions, pantry cooking, vegetarian, wheat berries Tagged With: caramelized onions, dill, feta, grain bowl, grains, Mediterranean, mushrooms, pantry cooking, shelled wheat

Greek Chicken Stew with Cauliflower

November 17, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Greek Chicken Stew with Cauliflower is a healthy and flavorful meal that showcases the bright flavors of the Mediterranean.  I know I have gone a little cauliflower crazy, but it is so flexible, so healthy, and unlike, for example, zucchini (another go-to vegetable I love) my kids love it too.

Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, couscous, dried fruit, Greek Cuisine, olives, stews Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, dried fruit, feta, feta cheese, Greek, Mediterranean, olives, raisins, stew

Citrus Olive Oil Biscotti with White Chocolate Chunks: #CreativeCookieExchange; Review of Ciao Biscotti

March 17, 2015 By Laura 20 Comments

Citrus Olive Oil Biscotti with White Chocolate Chunks

Citrus Olive Oil Biscotti with White Chocolate Chunks are the perfect after dinner pick me up; orange, lemon and anise evoke the flavors of islands in the Mediterranean. Keep reading for other great cookies with white chocolate! I was provided a copy of Ciao Biscotti by the publishers in exchange for an honest review, Affiliate… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookbooks, cookies, Italian, lemon baked goods, oranges, reviews, white chocolate Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, anise, biscotti, citrus, Creative Cookie Exchange, extra virgin olive oil, Greek, Italian, lemon, Mediterranean, olive oil, orange, Ouzo, polenta, white chocolate

Steak Salad with Romesco Dressing

October 12, 2014 By Laura 3 Comments

Marinated steak is grilled to perfection and served over greens with roasted peppers and onions. A tangy Romesco dressing ties it all together. Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I would not normally post about recipes from the same cookbook 2 posts in a row, but this cookbook… 

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Filed Under: almonds, beef, oranges, Salad Dressing, salads, sauces, Spanish cuisine, steak Tagged With: almonds, beef, flank, healthy, Mediterranean, onions, orange, peppers, piquillo, Romesco, salad, sirloin, smoked paprika, Spanish, steak, tenderloin

Chicken Thighs Braised in Blood Oranges with Sherry and Meyer Lemon

February 5, 2014 By Laura 9 Comments

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Blood Oranges, Sherry and Spices

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Blood Oranges with Meyer Lemons and Sherry is the perfect pick me up dinner for winter! Warming, slow cooking, yet bright and cheery with citrus to combat the grey days, this meal is pure comfort food! Oh snow days. Shockingly they have become the norm. I saw a tongue in… 

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Filed Under: chicken, Farro, oranges, Pistachios, slow cooker, Spanish cuisine Tagged With: blood oranges, chicken, chicken thighs, Farro, lemon, Mediterranean, Meyer lemon, oranges, pistachio, slow cooker, Spanish

Weeknight Ground Beef Stroganoff with Rosemary, Yogurt and Mushrooms

May 11, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

I have a real fondness for fusion-esque twists on midwestern comfort food. Maybe it is my way of satisfying both my midwestern, traditional upbringing and my completely international adult palette. Or maybe I just like the unexpectedness of it. Truth be told, this particular dish is not shockingly unexpected to me given that I grew… 

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Filed Under: beef, ground beef, mushrooms, pasta, yogurt Tagged With: beef, egg noodles, ground beef, Mediterranean, mushrooms, pasta, rosemary, Russian

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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