Tag: Sides

Cauliflower purée with parmesan and thyme

Cauliflower purée with parmesan and thyme

Few recipes are as easy to make – not to mention as low in calories – as this cauliflower purée. Gently boiled in milk with a bundle of fresh thyme, the cauliflower acquires a delicate flavor and silky texture. With just over 100 calories per serving, this recipe is as […]

Maple-glazed Brussels sprouts with chestnuts

Maple-glazed pan-roasted Brussels sprouts with chestnuts

These perfectly shaped petit cabbages are irresistible when pan-roasted. Sweet, nutty and slightly crunchy, they’re intensely flavorful tiny packages. But when you add a drop of maple syrup to the pan, their sweetness gets intensified, making them even more delectable. Roasted with whole chestnuts, the Brussels sprouts acquire an earthy […]

Watermelon radish

Slow-roasted radish roots with fennel

If you want to experience a truly fabulous radish, then take the time to browse your local farmers’ market or farm stand. There are many varieties available these days – radishes come in all sizes, shapes and colors, with flavors ranging from crisp and sweet to a little hot and […]

Cooked quinoa

How to cook quinoaGet the perfect flavor and texture from your quinoa, every time

Quinoa is a super food! It is a complete protein with an abundance of Lysine. It’s also packed with essential minerals such as manganese, magnesium, iron, copper and phosphorous. Viviane Bauquet Farre shares her recipe for how to cook quinoa the perfect way with step-by-step photos and instructions. The recipe also shows you how to rinse the bitter and slightly toxic saponin that naturally coats the seeds before cooking it.

Fresh peas with basil and mint

Fresh peas with basil and mint

One of my favorite childhood activities was to shell fresh peas, sitting at my grandmother’s kitchen table. The bigger the pile, the happier I was because I’d devised a little reward system: for every ten pea pods I’d shell, I’d eat the content of the next one!