Sweet potatoes, only distantly related to potatoes and not in the nightshade family, are high in fiber and some vitamins. They are easy to grow, hence the reason we plant so many in our garden. This year we had a fairly large crop of orange skinned/fleshed and purple skinned/white fleshed sweet potatoes. I’ve been mostly […]
Food
Pain d’Epices
Happy New Year! May 2018 bring you health, wealth and happiness. Thank you, dear readers, for joining me here at Capturing the Seasons. I look forward to sharing my many coming adventures with you. Several years ago before Christmas, I was browsing through the delicatessen of a fancy department store when a man with a […]
Lentil Soup with Harissa
There is just something warming about having a pot of soup simmering away on the stove top on a chilly evening. On the weekends, I’m more inclined to spend time chopping and stirring and making an elaborate soup. But during the week, I need something that won’t take forever to prepare. Lentils are something I […]
Holiday Baking
It’s become somewhat of a tradition for me to bake a large amount of Christmas cookies over the weekend and then take the leftovers to work the following Monday. I love baking and love making different kinds of cookies, but there is no way we would be able to eat all of them. My colleagues […]
Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie
My sister had a minor breakdown when I told her I’d be making my pumpkin ravioli for Thanksgiving dinner instead of the traditional meal. She quickly told me all she really wanted was mashed potatoes, green beans and Brussels sprouts. Oh and by the way, for dessert she had found this luscious pumpkin cheesecake recipe […]
Culinary Cruise Down the Rhine
Two years ago we traveled up the Rhine river, enjoying a gourmet meal prepared by Nenad Mlinarevic. This autumn we joined the gourmet festival cruise again and enjoyed a meal prepared by Tanja Grandits and Rico Zandonella (both with 2 Michelin stars each). My sister first introduced me to Tanja Grandits’ cuisine after she had […]