This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ReadyPasta #CollectiveBias Make the most of the end of season harvest with this Fresh Garden Sauce served along side Barilla Ready Pasta for a simple, delicious meal. The scene is a familiar one. It’s the end of the…
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Salsa Fresca
Welcome summer with the vibrant flavors of this Salsa Fresca alongside Mission Organics® Tortilla Chips! All opinions are entirely my own. “Learn to love change,” we are taught, and yet we, as a species, have evolved to hate it. Change represents the unknown and the unexpected – that which is beyond the ability of our…
Summer Pesto Fettuccine
Savor the taste of summer with this seasonal classic bursting with fresh flavors and bright colors! There are some things that just go hand-in-hand. Take for instance peanut butter and jelly or cookies and milk. How about Lucy and Ethel or Ben and Jerry? I think you’ve got the idea. There is a long list…
Sweet Summer Succotash
This summer succotash is bursting with the season’s freshest ingredients from sweet corn to ripe grape tomatoes that are tossed with buttery Cannellini beans. It is a refreshing dish perfect alongside any dish! Russel Baker remarked that “Summer has the power to make us suffer and like it.” Her in July-stricken New York, I have…
Whipped Ricotta & Blueberry Tart
There is nothing more positively delightful than a cheese tart with fresh fruit. This Whipped Ricotta treat is a simple, elegant dessert topped with a bountiful amount of blueberries and a sprinkle of turbinado sugar. It’s no secret here that cheesecake is one of my family’s favorite desserts. Nothing quite compares to that rich, luscious…
Spinach, Tomato and Mozzarella Omelette
Start the mornings off with a satisfying and power packed meal. This breakfast omelette is packed with protein, fresh tomatoes and spinach and served alongside a nice cup of Lipton Tea. Marcus Aurelius remarked, “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to…
Margherita Pizza & Giveaway
With Bertolli® Riserva, you can create a gourmet meal in a pinch. Today we’re creating a simple, yet classic Italian dish, a margherita pizza that is fresh and easy. As the great American mind Nathaniel Hawthorn remarked in The Marble Faun, “Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” This ‘shadow’ is at once…
Fava Bean and Tomato Crostini #SecretRecipeClub
Seasoned fava beans and a fresh tomato puree topped on toasted baguettes make a simple & delicious seasonal appetizer. A perfect accompaniment to almost any meal. Like most other bloggers, there is an endless list of recipes that I someday hope to get around to. Everyday, I find something new, whether it be on Pinterest…
French Toast with Blueberry Basil Sauce
Thick slices of Challah bread are soaked in spiced almond milk then toasted to golden perfection. Topped with a fresh blueberry and basil sauce and warm maple syrup this dish is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. My mom makes the best egg sandwiches (no joke). She…
Crab Salad Roll & Cape Cod Chips
Complete your summer tablescape with a fresh and easy crab salad roll accompanied by our post’s sponsor Cape Cod® Potato Chips! Like wine, memories age in the cellar of our hearts, away from the scrutinizing pallet of our mind’s eye. When we recall them, years later, we find that they have somehow sweetened with the…
Roast Veggie Gazpacho
Thank you to the Sverve Community & the Brooklyn Creamery Company for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are my own. This classic comfort dish gets a summer makeover served cold with #BKCreamery for a truly refreshing and satisfying meal! If you have been following along then by now you know that LTG is a…
Fresh Baked Salmon Filet
Baked with a rub of fresh herbs and international spices, this salmon filet is a healthy, delicious addition to your spring menu. I have always loved the color peach. It is not quite pink; yet not quite orange; it is the perfect combination of both. It is a fresh and blissful color that lends to…
An Afternoon with Martha Stewart
“I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with compensation for this post. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.” Living the Gourmet had the pleasure of being invited last Sunday to Macy’s celebrated release of Martha Stewart’s new cookbook, Clean Slate: A Cookbook and Guide: Reset Your…
Roasted Peppers & Eggplant Crostini
As my birthday approaches, I could not think of a more comforting meal than this crostini to bid farewell to a year that has been very good to me. Though this meal is rustic, it has an elegant and sophisticated profile, which is befitting for a birthday, don’t you agree? Happy Birthday to Me!! As…
Spaghetti and Clams with Fresh Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti and Clams are traditional Italian comfort food – it is the kind of meal I grew up on. Tossed together with fresh tomato sauce and some grated cheese, this no-fuss classic is the definition of simple elegance. This is a simple, rustic and enjoyable spaghetti dish. There are so many ways to prepare spaghetti…
White Chocolate & Strawberry Muffins
Homemade strawberry preserve is baked between two layers of white chocolate-speckled batter, and sprinkled with a soft, crumbly vanilla oat streusel. Sweet enough for dessert, and light enough for breakfast with coffee – no matter how you take it, these muffins are bound to be your new favorite. These muffins did not last long. The…
Pizza Party
Two pies – One delicious Pizza Party! Each pie is loaded with fresh veggies, sprinkled with feta and served atop a soft dough baked to crusty perfection! If you follow along on Instagram, then you know how excited LTG was that February 9th was #NationalPizzaDay! We went all out and made two different pizzas. So…
Homemade Spiced Cider
Christmas is at last upon us. That said, we wish to share with you our favorite holiday treat – homemade spiced cider. Cooked in a crockpot, set this up the on Christmas Eve and wake up to a house filled with the warm aroma of spices, apples and citrus. Merry Christmas dear friends. We wish…
Focaccia featuring Grano del Miracolo
Living the Gourmet is pleased to present Grano del Miracolo from Molino Grassi. An ancient grain, ‘Grano del Miracolo’ is the first flour produced via the Italian biodiverse agriculture. Though it was the predominant grain used in Sicily and Molise during the nineteenth century, it was gradually replaced by common modern wheat, which was considered…
Fresh Tomato Sauce w/ Sautéed Zucchini & Spaghetti {Featuring Baglio Di Pianetto Wines}
Living the Gourmet is pleased to present the wines of Baglio Di Pianetto. Inspired by French Chateaux wine, while celebrating the unique qualities and heritage of the Sicilian terrain, Baglio Di Pianetto wines are the result of Count Paolo Marzotto’s visionary take on viticulture, devotion to tradition, sustainability, and professionalism. Baglio Di Pianetto encompasses two…
Chicken Salad with Fresh Salad Greens & Warm Naan
Stonefire naan are baked at extremely high heat, in a tandoor oven, just as they were hundreds of years ago. The extremely high heat produces the big bubbles, airy texture and delicious smoky flavour of an authentic Indian naan. Hand stretched and made with the freshest ingredients including traditional, fresh buttermilk and ghee (clarified butter),…
Baguettes & Crostini
From the moment the yeast began to bubble, the room filled with the aroma of fresh bread in the making, mixed with the scent of summer’s freshly fallen rain gently blowing in from the open windows. Homemade bread has been my biggest challenge in the kitchen. Perhaps it was the humidity in the air. Maybe…
Spaghetti with Anchovy, Fresh Spinach & Tomatoes
There are so many ways to express what you are feeling; cooking a good meal is at the top of the list. Gathering the family with the aroma drifting from the kitchen is one way to bring a tender smile to your face. To see the joy that a simple meal brings is a blessing…
Roasted Pepper with Beans and Macaroni
The table is set; the sun is lazily sinking in the sky. The breeze is comforting and the songs are familiar. You sit down to a meal of flavors and aromas the transport you. The simmering pot on the stove, the grating of the cheese, the fresh basil that lingers on your hands; these are…
