Pasta is not necessarily evil. Non-Italians have a misconception of pasta and serving sizes and some of us believe that Italians break their fast with pasta and have night caps with a side of pasta every single day . Not so! Italians eat a lot of vegetables and a wide array of dishes which are…
Archives for July 2011
Easy Breezy Ginger Lemon Iced Green Tea & Middle Eastern Mint Lemonade
These drinks make the intense Middle Eastern summer heat actually bearable. There is something about the crsipness of lemon that imparts all the wonder of summer. Citrus is for summer and with these two drinks, you will see why. We use both the lemon juice and zest in this Middle Eastern specialty. This drink reminds…
Low Carb , Gluten Free Burger with the Bun!
This post was inspired by a friend who is also on the low-carb path to better health, who absolutely LOVES burgers, but due to her avoiding flour, she has pretty much been eating her burgers as a salad (without bun) than as a sandwich. Since it was her birthday recently, and it is in the…