Tag: summer

Blood Orange Granita with Ginger and Orange Mint

Blood Orange Granita with Ginger and Orange Mint

  Is it time for the backyard BBQs yet? With friends and food, pretty dresses, sweet smelling breeze, smoking grills and lazy swaying branches? Granitas are just perfect for such times! Crunchy, frosty, vibrant with juicy fresh fruits, it is as much of an adult’s 

Blood Orange – Ginger Mousse

Blood Orange – Ginger Mousse

Fresh, full of shine and life, and with the vivid crimson flesh, these exquisite blood oranges are the treasure we found this week; the first of this year. I find them too beautiful to eat.

Oven-Dried Tomatoes: Homemade

Oven-Dried Tomatoes: Homemade

One would think it is too late to preserve tomatoes.  But I did it and now I have a jar full of dried tomatoes soaking in olive oil. Homemade at its best; within the easy reach whenever I need it.

Fresh Strawberry Basil Ice Cream

Fresh Strawberry Basil Ice Cream

I promise this is the last of the basil saga; at least for now. But really how can I help it?

Angel Hair Pasta with Mushroom, Basil and Fried Egg

Angel Hair Pasta with Mushroom, Basil and Fried Egg

Featured in the Foodiecrush’s Basil- Enhanced Pasta Recipes &  the Kitchn – Delicious Links I will call this my “sunshine lunch”, and I will tell you more in a little bit.