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Friday, April 6, 2012

Passover 2012 Can you feel the Love!!!

FESTIVAL OF FREEDOM

Pesach, or Passover in English, is one of the best known and my favorite Jewish holidays, as much for its connection to Jewish redemption and the figure of Moses as for its ties with Christian history (the Last Supper was a Passover seder)

Family, friends and food make this evening a wonderful time to spend together

But lets' focus on the food-

1st stop...

http://whatjewwannaeat.com/ is a great blog by Amy. It is a wonderful one stop to find awesome and tested recipes.

I used Amy's Charoset- It was wonderful.

Charoset

Recipe type: Holidays, Side Dish

Author: Amy

Prep time: 30 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients

6 apples (I used Gala)
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup Manischewitz wine

Instructions

Peel, core and chop apples.
Add walnuts and mix.
Add cinnamon and sugar and mix again.
Add honey and wine and mix
up one last time.

NEXT... The Family and Friends...

Taste for Life:

Recipes for eating and living better from “The Happy Diabetic”
We’re changing the way you eat one recipe at a time.

www.happydiabetic.com

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Great Spring Eats

Shrimp Scampi of Love!

What’s in it?
4-5 slices of fresh tomatoes;
2 oz low fat feta cheese
2 sprigs of basil; fresh or 1 t dried
1 t. virgin olive oil
Dash cracked pepper Lime wedge
4 large fresh shrimp, cooked or raw
1 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced

Let’s put it together:

1. Wash and slice tomatoes crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, 4 slices per tomato. Arrange the slices on the plate.

2. Cut fresh basil leaves into strips and top each tomato with basil. Drizzle 1 t olive oil over the tops and add cracked pepper

Shrimp preparation:

1. Heat the 1 t olive oil until hot, add the shrimp cook for approximately 3-4 minutes. Turn the shrimp. Place the shrimp on top of the tomato, basil,

2. Top with the low fat Feta Cheese and a squish of lime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGxT2fwxSyE

Taste for Life:

Recipes for eating and living better from “The Happy Diabetic”
We’re changing the way you eat one recipe at a time.

www.happydiabetic.com

Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Wine Spectator at Greystone Restaurant- A visit to my Alma mater West Coast

OK...Keep in mind you visiting a working kitchen staffed by students. Highly trained professionals to mentor and teach the students also supervise the Restaurant. Now if this was a medical school I'm not sure how it would work, I would not recommend Harvard Medical use this model.

With that said... my experience was unbelievable!!!

Napa Valley has more than its fair share of great culinary destinations but if you're looking for something different from your typical 4 star restaurant, I'd recommend checking out Greystone, which is located on the campus of the Culinary Institute of America and as such, the restaurant features student chefs in an open kitchen honing up on their technique and presentation of their impressive dishes. 

We landed in SFO late. We had hoped to hit a couple of wineries Gary Vanerchuck recommended. But as it turned out we arrived in Napa around 3:00 instead of 11:am. We were beat. So we headed to the hotel. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn at American Canyon. PERFECT. It was reasonable and just down the road from Napa. So.. we took a nap and headed to Gravestone @ the CIA.