Latest Food Blogs from Al Dente Gourmet
Broccoli + Green Apple Juice {A Boost of Energy}
About four years ago J. gave me a juicer for my birthday, and I got so excited that I started juicing up every piece of fruit and vegetable in sight! Apples, pears, oranges, pineapples, spinach, cucumber, parsley ... yes, everything that I could juice!I started out following the juice recipes from the juicer's manual, then over time I decided to start experimenting, mixing and matching fruit and vegetables more according to our taste. And after...
{Confessions of being Lactose Intolerant} And Vanilla + Coconut Muffins + Lemon Syrup
First of all, my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by the tragedy in Boston. Much love and strength. I am a Lactose Intolerant. I?ve been diagnosed lactose intolerant since I was very little. Growing up with this intolerance to lactose wasn?t easy, particularly because lactose free products and non-dairy milk alternatives were simply not accessible on those days. {Fortunately now there is a range of lactose free and...
Chickpeas and Vegetables Lettuce Wraps + Sweet Chilli Sauce
A new month has started! Can you believe it! We're entering a new season here...Autumn, but it doesn't feel quite autumnal yet. Cold breezes, sunny mornings and afternoon showers.Yes! a few more weeks and the beautiful crunchy yellow leaves will decorate the sidewalks again. So we have been eating a variety of cold and warm meals.Warm foods on the semi-cold evenings and satisfying light lunches on sunny days. And lately we've been...
Email Subscriptions + Google Readers + GF Connect Followers {+ feautured on the be@home website}
Warm Milk with an Sprinkling of CinnamonI suppose you?re aware about Google Reader shutting down on July 1, 2013. If not you can find more information here. Yes, Google Reader will shut down their services. This is affecting a lot of bloggers already {including myself} ! This situation led me to put an end to Feedburner, and since feedburner is part of the Google services, I rather take action now, before is too late and everything becomes...
French Toast Sandwiches {Spinach + Onion + Mushrooms + Cottage + Tomato}
The one thing that I really enjoy during Easter season is time. Public holidays are well spent in our home.We always try to remind ourselves about 'the importance of having time to' since one does not always have the chance to have spare time to freely do what one wishes. A handful of experiences from the past taught us to value 'time' more, and to take good advantage of it when an opportunity like this is presented. Time to do things we really...
A Touch of Green
Recycling Weather hasn't been very nice here. One morning may be warm, sunny and gray and stormy in the afternoon. A combination of summer and autumn just in one day! The weather transition of March has started.However, I just wanted to share with you these photos of my recycled short drinking glasses.Yes, some of them began getting chips and small cracks and instead of throwing them, I decided to use them as little flower vases.They now...
Delight & Relax {Chai Latte}
Late afternoon tea, is something that we really enjoy in our home {cafe con leche "coffee with milk" , Mate con Leche "Infused Yerba Mate with milk} But lately, we have been indulging our selves with many cups of Chai Latte. The fragrance of this simple and exquisite beverage, fill our home of wonderful aromas and the afternoon becomes a delight. Shooting and fresh. Calming and flavorful. A delightful blend of spices that could warm...
Starting our Day + Plums in Balsamic Syrup
We?ve been busy during these last couple of weeks, working, organizing,cleaning and re-organizing our home. This weekend I finally bought myself a {much needed}cabinet, and now I can finally have all my 'precious' little things stored and organized.I?ve also startedsewing! Yes, that?s something that I?ve wanted to do for a while but I didn?thave the time and inspiration to do it. I started making linen napkins thisweek and I finished the last...
Three Times Roses
Flowers I hope you had a wonderful and lovely weekend. I've taken these pictures last week, during a very warm day, just a day after Valentine's Day. I knew I had to photograph these beautiful Roses before they began to turn brown and wilt away. As you can see in the pictures there's a couple of the Roses that already started to get wilted. But they still beautiful to me...{J. would like me to tell you that he gave me these Flowers...
Blueberry + Orange Muffins {With Wholewheat Flour}
HappyFebruary! After returning home from our last trip up north, a lazy baking weekendfollowed. Sunday morning felt fresh and sunny, and with it the urge to bakesomething sweet, something delightful. And quick breads are always a wonderful option to me.I had some blueberries and wholewheat flour waiting to be used, so needless to say that blueberry + orange muffins became part of our morning breakfast! The fragrance of fresh baking and...
