The Colonel would never agree as we have found a healthy alternative to fried Chicken; Tortilla Chicken Drumsticks. Meaty organic drumsticks are coated with crusted tortilla chips that have been seasoned with cumin seeds and spicy paprika and then baked until crispy and golden. Served with a light salad of white corn, cherry tomatoes and parsley. A meal even your kids will love, after all, what kid does not want chips with their dinner?
Recipe
Lightly seasoned lamb shanks are roasted until the meat falls off the bone and served with baby potatoes and favas beans in a minty creme fraiche sauce. Pure comfort food.
This is not the orange pasty mac and cheese out of a blue box. This reinvented classic is made with Mascarpone, Asiago, and Fontina cheese with ramp pesto. After dressing traditional elbow pasta with the creamy mixture it is put in the oven to bake until golden brown. Perfect with a nice green salad, crusty baguette and a glass of Pinot Grigio.
Not your traditional Pesto recipe but equally as tasty. The ramps give this pesto a slightly spicy taste which goes very well with toastedpine nuts and asiago cheese.
Fava beans otherwise known as broad beans, faba bean, or field bean are native to North Africa and South Asia; but, they do grow very well in European countries as well as the states. It is believed that the Fava became part of the Mediterranean diet around 6000 BC or earlier. The Fava is very versatile, you can fry them and salt for a snack, add them to stews, or even eat with breakfast, the choices are really unlimited, just use your imagination.
Do you have a favorite salad? You know the one, you see it on a menu and you always order it. For me that salad would be the French treasure Frisee with Lardons. It is always my go-to for lunch and even sometimes dinner when we eat at a French Bistro. I find the salad …