Butter Up, Butternut

Soothing butternut squash soup

Ingredients; olive oil, butternut squash, sweet potato, carrot, potato, yellow onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, white wine/cooking wine, vegetable stock, cream, white pepper & sea salt

The smell of comforting earthy sweetness

Peel & cut root vegetables into pieces

Roast with olive oil, whole cloves of garlic, bay leaf & thyme in 430 degrees F

Butternut squash soup catches the colors of autumn

Cook the roasted root vegetables  herbs with white wine/cooking wine, vegetable stock & cream

Mix into a smooth creamy soup & season with white peppar & sea salt

Roasted pumpkin seeds add crunch & nutty flavor

Leafy Tea

Black tea - a Halloween & autumn warmer

Caribbean Dream

Pineapple & passion fruit dessert - like a warm summer breeze

Passion fruit - really a berry & a lovely source of vitamin-C

Dream Caribbean

Split & hollow out the passion fruit seeds, mix with vanilla powder, cane sugar & rom and heat until the sugar has dissolved

Cut pineapple, sprinkle with cane sugar & almond flakes and grill in oven at 430 degrees F

Fried Red Tomatoes

Fry it up - as in beefsteak tomato & feta cheese

Sliced beefsteak tomato - remove all seeds

A goat, a sheep - pieces of  feta cheese

Double breading à la grecque

Mix breadcrumbs with black pepper, salt, garlic powder & dry herbs - parsley, thyme & rosemary

Turn beefsteak tomato slices and feta cheese pieces first in flower, then in beaten egg & finally in the breadcrumb mixture

Deep fry in cooking oil on 350 degrees F until crispy & golden

Drip off on paper towel

Climb That Tree, Broccoli

What's cooking, Broccoli!

Soup me up!

Ingredients soup: olive oil, yellow onion, garlic, leek, broccoli, vegetable stock, white wine/cooking wine, bay leaf, yogurt/crème fraîche/cream, parsley, white pepper & sea salt

Sweet Potato, Sweet As Can Be

Oven cooked sweet potato brings flavor to a variety of dishes

Sweet potato - not just any potato

Place peeled & sliced sweet potato in a baking dish with olive oil, thyme, black pepper & sea salt and bake at 450 degrees F

A handful of peeled garlic cloves might make their way

Sweet potato - the sweetest of them all

Spicy Character Lentils

Red lentils turned into strong character porridge, stew, soup or call it what you like

Ginger, garlic & red chili pepper - an Asian pantry staple

Red lentils anytime - breakfast, lunch or dinner

Ingredients: cooking oil, ginger, garlic, red chili pepper, red bell pepper, red lentils, lemon grass, lime leaves, vegetable stock & coconut milk

Chop and sauté vegetables & spices

Add rinsed lentils, vegetable stock & coconut milk

Let simmer until al dente

Dilute with vegetable stock to desired consistency

According to Ayurvedic medicine, ginger tea does wonders

Ingredients: freshly sliced ginger & hot water

Pretty Pink Pomegranate

Greek yogurt with pomegranate, cardamom & vanilla

Ingredients: Greek yogurt, stevia, liquid honey, lemon juice, pomegranate, cardamom- & vanilla powder

Separating pomegranate seeds in water makes an easy task

Mix tutti in a blender or with a mixer

Decorate with pomegranate seeds, toasted walnuts & liquid honey

Serve, enjoy & be well

Pomegranate - a gorgeous vitamin C booster