hotandhealthyliving.com Growing up, my mom frequently made crepes from scratch. More often than not, she made the crepes for her cheese blintzes (which, by the way, were absolutely amazing!!) Regardless of what she made them for, we always ate crepes as a sweet breakfast-y brunch food. It wasnt until recently I realized you can also eat crepes as a savory lunch or dinner food. In my Whole Foods Diet Cookbook I make crepes for a homemade manicotti that is to-die for delicious. But, I just the other day got the idea to use the crepes from my manicotti recipe for something similar to taco night, using crepes instead of taco shells. In case youre not familiar with taco night, its a family-friendly dinner idea where you put out a bunch of ingredients and let everybody fill their own taco shells buffet-style. Kids love it! (by the way, if you are going to do Taco night make sure you use a healthy taco shell such as Garden of Eatin brand). You can be super creative with the fillings. Although Im doing more of a Mediterranean theme today you can go Mexican with pinto beans, salsa, shredded cheddar cheese and rotisserie chicken or vegetarian with seared tofu and roasted veggies, etc. The possibilities are endless As for the crepes, you can make them a super healthy whole food by tweaking the traditional recipe just a bit. Instead of using regular all-purpose flour (which is a highly refined empty calorie carbohydrate) I use white whole wheat flour. The white whole wheat flour has … Video Rating: 4 / 5
The Greek-Mediterranean Diet is the healthiest in the world. Discover the grains, greens, fresh, seasonal recipes and more with Diane Kochilas. That’s it for your Greek Salad & Mediterranean diet. Well-known Greek food expert and award-winning author DIANE KOCHILAS and photographer VASSILIS STENOS own and operate the THEGLORIOUS GREEK KITCHEN COOKING SCHOOL and DV FOOD ARTS CONSULTING. We run cooking classes and organize culinary tours in Greece for recreational and professional cooks. We produce specialty books and other food-and-wine-related literature for a wide variety of clients and independently for the tourist and other markets. Diane consults on Greek cuisine for restaurants, retail outlets and producers of fine Greek foods. Vassilis Stenos offers an extensive archive of food and travel photographs of Greece. Name: Diane Kochilas Well-known Greek food expert, consultant, chef, and author Diane Kochilas has written 12 books on Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. She is the consulting chef at Pylos, one of New York’s top-rated Greek restaurants. Diane divides her time between Athens, Ikaria, and New York. In Athens, where she’s lived for the last 15 years, she is the weekly food columnist and restaurant critic for Ta Nea, the country’s largest newspaper. Diane writes frequently for the US food press and appears regularly on American television. Her books: The Food and Wine of Greece, The Greek Vegetarian, The Glorious Foods of Greece, Meze, Against the Grain (good …
In the clip, watch as the creative minds behind Pixar’s hilarious animated-adventure talk about the challenges in bringing CG food to the big screen. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Sweet, chewy Mediterranean-style dish from Dr La Puma lowers cancer risk and prevents tooth decay. The vitamin C in lime juice helps you absorb the iron in raisins, and the olive oil helps you absorb the bright, beautiful beta carotene in the carrots. Get the complete recipe here: www.chefmd.com .
“Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet” is a fully realized book on the necessities for starting a heart-healthy Mediterranean diet. Every 34 seconds an American dies of heart disease! Who will be next? Everyone needs to read this book. Mediterranean Diet fully published book by Emilia Klapp, R.d., B.s.
Raw food author and chef Jennifer Cornbleet shows you how to make a delicious raw dinner side dish with kale, red peppers, pine nuts & olives. From her DVD, Raw Food Made Easy. Produced by Larry Cook.