A Caprese salad, meaning “Salad of Capri” is a simple Italian salad made with fresh, sliced mozzarella cheese, sliced tomatoes and basil seasoned with salt and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. It is made to resemble the colors of the Italian flag and presented on a plate in a stacked manner; mozzarella cheese,…
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Shrimp, Cockles & Chorizo with Spaghetti
Whenever the weather is warm and sunny I seem to always gravitate to some type of a seafood meal. It’s light, tasty and quick to prepare. So there is not much time spent over a hot stove, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful weather outdoors. Better yet, if you have an outdoor eating area, why…
Spicy Beef Tacos & Tomatillo Salsa Verde
If you want a healthy and nutritious meal that has a nice kick to it, this is your recipe. But patience is the virtue here. You will have to slowly braise the meat for 3 hours, so make some time and watch a movie while this sends an amazing, mouthwatering aroma into your home. Beef…
Mini Eggplant Pizzas
Who doesn’t love pizza? It is such a delicious, cheesy, gooey, comfort food that most will splurge on this for their weekend night meal. We either order in, go out, make it ourselves or go to friends or families home and celebrate with pizza. Yum! But this delicious, cheesy and gooey food also comes with…
Clams, Shrimp, Spinach and Tomatoes with Linguine
The temperature suddenly went from 55 degrees to a humid 90 degrees in NYC and no one feels like turning up the heat in their kitchen. You have to eat, yet everything sounds very heavy and too hot to prepare. But….seafood! Seafood is so quick and easy to prepare and is packed not only with…
Gazpacho Soup
With the temperatures soaring and the humidity very high, no one wants to turn up any type of heat in the kitchen. No worries, you don’t have to! You can still prepare a healthy meal, packed with vitamins, nutrients and anti-oxidants in no time and without any heat! Just prepare this delicious Gazpacho soup…
Bruschetta
Every time I make Bruschetta, it reminds me of Positano, Spring, fresh, blooming flowers, a warm breeze and a lazy afternoon. That’s what beautiful food does, it just takes me away to some beautiful, relaxing place. (In my mind, that is). These are such delicious complimentary flavors, extra virgin olive oil, aged Parmesan Cheese, fresh,…
Margherita Pizza
Mushroom Margherita Pizza People who know me know that I love going to the farmers market. Today I met some of my friends at the farmers market and as we wandered around I purchased some beautiful vegetables. My favorite purchase was the heirloom tomatoes. Right now there are so many colorful heirloom tomatoes that I…
Yvette's Gourmet Kitchen 