by Joseph Yacino | Oct 21, 2024 | eat healthy, fort lauderdale, good for you, healthy, healthy diet, palm beach, pasta, personal chef, roast vegetables, south florida, spaghetti, summer, summer cooking, vegetarian, veggies
Made with penne or rigatoni, this recipe becomes a great picnic pasta salad to serve at room temperature. For extra-hearty appetites, add halved bocconcini (small balls of fresh mozzarella), crumbled Feta, or goat cheese. Ingredients Ingredient Checklist ¾...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 8, 2017 | aubergine, eggplant, healthy vegetarian, imam eggplant, recipe, recipes, vegan, vegetarian
Translated literally this means the Imam (a holy man) Fainted. I guess lying on their sides the stuffed eggplants look like a passed out Imam. Many included fresh tomato and cinnamon. This one does not. It was on the Isle of Crete that I learned the Turkish...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 5, 2017 | cabbage, chou farce, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, recipe, stuffed cabbage, vegan, vegetarian
Be sure your barley and split peas are cooked prior to beginning this recipe. To save time, you can cook your barley in a pressure cooker or use ‘quick barley’. Ingredients: 1 large head of cabbage 1/2 cup barley/118 ml/78g, cooked (other grains can be used such as...
by Joseph Yacino | Jun 29, 2017 | fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, quinoa, recipe, recipes, salad, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian
The first time I encountered quinoa I was living with my cousin in Manhattan on the lower east side. She was not the most handy person in the kitchen. When I walked in she yelled from her bedroom that the air-popper may be broken as she tried to “pop” the...
by Joseph Yacino | Jun 7, 2017 | bean, beans, fava beans, peas, recipe, recipes, st joseph, vegan, vegetarian
It seems that St. Patrick’s Day is the only real celebration most people think of when it comes to the month of March. Being of one half Italian heritage, another important day in March is The Feast of St. Joseph. St. Joseph is known as the the patron saint of the...
by Joseph Yacino | Jun 7, 2017 | anchovies, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, pasta, recipe, recipes, tomato, tomatoes, vegetarian
Serves 4 1lb/450g pasta, cooked according to package directions al dente (to the tooth) 2 tbsp/30ml olive oil 5 cloves garlic, chopped ⅛ tsp/.5ml red pepper flakes 1 cup/225ml onion, diced 1 bulb, 2 cups/450ml fresh fennel, cut into bite sized pieces 2...
