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Petra Mediterranean Restaurant has amazing pita bread! Really, the food is great but the bread is incredible! Of course, hot, freshly baked bread is always delicious and this is Petra’s calling card. I almost always stop by Petra’s when I’m in San Luis and have a grilled vegetable sandwich on a freshly baked pide. Very often I also buy a stack of bread to take home to scoop up Hummus or Labneh or to make Vegetable and Hummus Pizza on Pita Bread.
This is a seriously delicious, easy to prepare, healthy and delicious light meal or snack. Adjust ingredients or swap vegetables to your liking and enjoy.
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When I was a kid, artichokes were a regular part of our diet. One of the wonderful things about living on the Central Coast is the bounty of fresh produce available to us and artichokes grow well in the valley. I just naturally assumed that these wonderful thistles were a part of every diet.
Years later, soon after I met Mia, the very first meal I cooked for her was pork chops and artichokes stuffed with stove top stuffing. Mia admitted that she had never eaten the heart because her mother told her she wouldn’t like them. It was then that I learned artichokes were considered a “special treat” unlike in my home. [...]
There is an absolutely wonderful sauce served with Schwarma in Lebanese Restaurants. I love it! Lebanese Yogurt Garlic Sauce is not only a must on Shwarma but makes an exceptional dip with vegetables and flat bread. Garlicky and satisfying this dip is based in healthy yogurt and is very easy to make.
I usually use fat free, Greek Style Yogurt because it is creamy, delicious and very good for you. Yogurt Vegetable sticks such as red peppers, celery, carrots and snap peas are each equally at home with this wonderful dip. [...]
The most wonderful time of year is when fresh tomatoes arrive in the garden but just a bit before that some pretty darn good ones arrive in the store. Tomatoes are wonderfully delicious, sweet and juicy and full of good for you stuff.
Extremely simple to prepare and a real treat is a fresh tomato pie. Flaky pastry filled with tomatoes and topped with cheese makes for a wonderful light lunch and is perfectly complimented by a salad of Spring greens. [...]
 Fresh beets are a delicious, naturally sweet, and very good for you vegetable that should be a part of any diet. High in folates and betacyanin, the stuff that give them their intense color, beets are powerful for fighting cancers, reducing cholesterol levels and fighting heart disease and reducing inflammation. Anyone of these benefits should make them a must have part of a healthy diet. [...]
This salsa is one of the fastest, easiest to make and delivers in the taste arena. People always ask the same question – is it hot? I don’t know, really I don’t. For me this is a mild salsa. I know people that would say it is hot but then we have friends who think black pepper is hot. You really just have to try and see. If you like mild then start with one of the chilies and test. Add more chilies to get to the heat level that is comfortable for you. [...]
When I was a kid my mom would sometimes buy, either frozen or canned, Mexican Style Corn. As a kid I thought it was great! Corn with red and green things in it to give it that Fiesta look. Mexican Style Corn is was not. Later I discovered Elotes which are truly Mexican Style Corn and it is delicious! [...]
I’ve said it before, shrimp sells! People like shrimp, they are always impressed by them. Tender, succulent, sweet shrimp are great for salads, sandwiches, stir fries, dips and more and one favorite of many is Shrimp Tempura. [...]
I love to stuff tomatoes, eggplant and zucchini as either a delicious side dish or a light meal. The idea of stuffing a vegetable reduces the effort at serving time as you cook and serve both the starch and vegetable in one dish. The possibilities are nearly limitless when choosing vegetables to stuff; small tender onions, tomatoes, courgette, aubergine, potatoes and sweet peppers.
My basic stuffing for vegetables is rice and vermicelli and gently spiced with paprika and cayenne. If you are not able to find Fideo Cortado in the Latin Food section of the market then use vermicelli and break it into pieces about 1/2 inch long. The stuffing can be made ahead, the vegetables stuffed and then baked about 40 minutes prior to serving. [...]
Since my earliest memories, I can remember Green Bean Casserole at the holidays. I believe the original recipe was developed in the 50′s to boost a brand or two and it caught on. The casserole is comfortable and brings back warms holiday memories. I must admit, there is no other time of year I would eat [...]
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