I’m often asked about healthy fats – and how they can be appropriately used and while I’ve written on the subject of healthy fats and oils before, it never hurts to revisit the topic. In my kitchen, I use a wide variety of fats and oils – some of which I use exclusively for cooking while [...]
a recipe: staititai [ancient greek sesame & honey pizza]
October 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
Staititai, sweet, tart and perfumed by sweet bay and fragrant olive oil, is, perhaps, the ancient grandfather of modern day pizzas. Soured spelt dough is first fried in olive oil, brushed with even more oil and topped with crumbled ewe’s milk cheese, sesame seeds and honey. The combination of whole grain spelt flour coupled with ewe’s [...]
Recipe: Olive Oil Ice Cream with Blood Oranges
April 6, 2010 By 19 Comments
Olive oil ice cream with blood oranges, inspired by these olive oil recipes, recently found its way to our kitchen with our first bottles of fresh, raw milk for the year. In this recipe for olive oil ice cream, the inclusion of a good quality unrefined, extra virgin olive oil is essential. The flavor of [...]
Vote for Your Favorite Olive Oil Recipe
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Earlier this month, I asked you to submit your very best olive oil recipe to February’s Clean Your Plate Challenge. And we had some beautiful entries – each recipe offered something unique, so choosing finalists for the challenge proved difficult, but we settled on four finalists: Olive Oil Gelato, Olive Oil Ice Cream, One Quarter [...]
Clean Your Plate Recipe Challenge: Olive Oil
February 5, 2010 By 21 Comments
Olive oil. There is nothing quite like a fruity, complexly flavored olive oil – teeming with antioxidants, polyphenols and vitamin E. It’s sacred, mystical – weaving its way in and out of Mediterranean folklore and myth. Homer referred to it as “liquid gold,” and rightly so – it imparts a beauty to foods and supports [...]
Labneh or Yogurt Cheese
October 1, 2009 By 34 Comments
Labneh – a yogurt cheese of middle eastern origin – is remarkably versatile and very easy to make at home. Alternately known as lebni, labni or laban, labneh is found all across the middle east where it’s popularly rolled into small balls, served with unrefined extra virgin olive oil and used as a condiment. [...]
Wasabi Mayonnaise
May 9, 2009 By 9 Comments
Fresh, homemade mayonnaise is a real treat and, when made with good quality ingredients, it can be deeply nourishing. Unrefined, extra virgin olive oil provides vitamin E and monounsaturated fats while the addition of raw, pastured egg yolk provides omega-3 fatty acids, lecithin and enzymes. This recipe makes approximately 1 cup of wasabi mayonnaise. [...]
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