RECIPES – Page 13 – Real Foodies

8 MYTHS ABOUT BOOZE … debunked by an expert!

Home of Hangar One Vodka and many other tasty spirits. One of the most fun and relatively cheap day trips you can take in the Bay Area is to St. George Sprits, home of the famous Hangar One vodka. My husband and I took the Ferry over to Alameda and we walked a kinda long and somewhat desolate path to a big old ex-military hangar that houses one of the best distilleries in the US. I would say, the world, but I don't know much about distilleries around the world. Click here to get the low down on [...]

By claudia|2018-10-03T09:57:08-04:00December 20th, 2012|

SQUASH MY INSPIRATION!

Ok, perhaps a bit of a cheesy title, but how else am I going to get you to read your veggies? I didn't grow up with squash, well, other than overcooked zuchini. I vaguely remember eating spaghetti squash about 10 years ago, but it wasn't until the last 5 years that I discovered how incredibly wonderful different varieties of squash really are. Butternut squash was probably the first to come on the scene with such tasty dishes as butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce and butternut squash purees and soups. I remember when main stream America was obsessed [...]

By claudia|2018-10-03T09:59:45-04:00November 8th, 2012|

DIY, Wild and Crazy Chocolate Nut Clusters of Joy!

Several years back, when I was in my honeymoon phase with San Francisco and needed to try EVERYTHING, I went on a tour of the Charles Chocolate factory in Emeryville, California, which for most of you who don't know, is Just 10 minutes over the Bay Bridge across from San Francisco. Charles makes delicious chocolates and were at one point, the original chocolatier of Google. I applied to be the official puppeteer of Google, but was quickly rejected. I want to tell you about my favorite part of the tour and that was when all of us tour goers were [...]

By claudia|2018-10-03T10:01:24-04:00October 10th, 2012|

KILLER 20 MINUTE TOMATO PAN SAUCE

Truth be told... the week was ending and there was no new and fabulous post in sight. Sometimes I write things in advance, but many times, I donut. So I am basically telling ya what I had for dinner tonight. Anyhoo, I have taught this recipe six times to my Cooking Matters classes and each time, everyone raves about how srcum-dilly-umptious and simple it truly is. What is fabulous about this recipe is that you don't need much on hand to pull it off and you can use it with pasta, on top of a protein like fish or chicken [...]

By claudia|2018-10-03T10:02:11-04:00September 21st, 2012|

TZATZIKI, RAITA and some dancing.

I love Tzatziki. I have loved it every since I was a little gal when I would eat it Gyro places at malls (pronounced yee-row). I even used to make it when I actually worked at the Gyro place at the mall in Alamogordo, New Mexico*. We always called it the Greek yogurt sauce or simply "the yogurt sauce". Strangely enough, even though I made it in bulk at Gyros at the mall, which we called the "hall" cus it was so small, I never tasted home made Tzatziki until I met my great friend Shannon. She makes a mean [...]

By claudia|2018-10-03T10:12:30-04:00August 22nd, 2012|