This little dessert or afternoon tea pastry is just perfect on a beautiful summer day when peaches are in season, and are sweet, ripe and juicy! They are a cross between my Peach Flat Cake and my Orange Polenta Petits Fours. The mixture of ground almonds and stone-ground polenta gives these Peach Almond Polenta Squares a unique texture and flavor that blends so nicely with ... Read More »
Lemon Pistachio Portabello Mushroom Caps
This is the vegan version of my popular Lemon Pistachio Chicken. It's just as delicious and "meaty"! I mean, take a look at that picture-WOW! Like the original, it is quick and simple: Just make sure to have all your ingredients ready to go on your kitchen counter beforehand. The pistachios create the creaminess of the sauce and the wine, combined with the fresh lemon juice ... Read More »
Chickpea Calentica
Calentica is the garbanzo bean or chickpea flour version of cornmeal polenta. It is such a wonderful, nutritious, protein-filled go-to simple "base" to use with any topping you'd like! Originally, Calentica was one of those street food sold in the streets in my family's hometown of Oran, in Algeria. It was cheap, easy to make and could feed and delight a hungry family. So, ... Read More »
Bean Pot au Feu
This is a vegan remake of my Turkey Bean Pot-au-Feu...sans Turkey! I just make it with lots of French cannellini beans (you can also use great Northern beans) and it's just as yummy and satisfying! I like to cook it in a slow-cooker so that all those wonderful Provencal flavors blend in slowly together. It's a perfect stew on a cold wintery night! Bean Pot au Feu ... Read More »
Vegan Pancakes
Fluffy, moist, thick yet light: All a yummy pancake should be...and these are vegan! I have tasted vegan pancakes before and um, yeah, OK, they were good, but I was never impressed--Well, not anymore-- I cannot believe I achieved it! I think the secret for their fluffiness is the whipped-up aquafaba that I use in my batter. It's simply drained liquid from canned beans ... Read More »
The Truth about Food!
So many of you ask me everyday questions about food--about gluten, about lectins, about coconut oil, about soy, about this or that diet, is this good for me, is this bad for me... and of course I try to answer best I can, always by going to my personal source of knowledge, my brilliant husband, world renown nutrition expert Dr. David Katz! Now I am so excited to announce ... Read More »
My New Position at DQPN!
My dearest beloved Cuisinicity fans! You may be wondering where I disappeared to, this last year, and why you haven't seen my clutsy self in videos cooking away for you (not to worry, I will be back in full swing very soon, I have a ton of new recipes to share with you!) ...well, now I can tell you! I have joined my honey, aka brilliant world renown nutrition expert Dr ... Read More »
Our Culinary Trip to Sicily with Oldways!
July 2020 update: I am so excited to be teaming up again with my wonderful friends at Oldways for their Sicilian heritage cooking webinar (This time, from my kitchen in Connecticut)! Click here to register...the spots are filling up fast! What a magnificent trip this was! David and I just got back last month from Sicily where we were honored to co-host Oldways 2018 ... Read More »
All Your Questions About Healthy Eating Answered (Finally) !
OH MY GOODNESS, for those of you who have been asking and begging to know answers about what constitutes a healthy diet and what's what, without all the silly propaganda and misinformation out there.... ...You have GOT to read this article! "Mark Bittman and Dr David L. Katz patiently answer pretty much every question the NEW YORK MAGAZINE could think to ask about healthy ... Read More »
Come Join David & Me for a Culinary Tour in Sicily!
As the year 2018 peeks around the corner, I have a wonderful announcement to make: This coming Spring, David and I will be bringing our love of Mediterranean food to one of the places where it was born: Sicily, Italy! I would love to extend my personal invitation to all of you who have followed us all these years, to join me and my husband, Dr. David L. Katz, MD, on ... Read More »
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