I have to be honest. I kind of cheated on my first bean recipe for this month. The truth is this dish was delicious, but that deliciousness had very little do to do with kidney beans, and honestly not much …

To finish up the month of February, Jennie and I chose a non-traditional recipe to round out our cumin exploration. We found this recipe for Pan-Fried Tilapia with Cilantro Orange Cumin Vinaigrette at the Rouxbe online cooking school website. The combination …

I searched far and wide for a kabob recipe that sounded more delicious than the one we made for Cucina Fresca last year, but in the end nothing sounded more delicious than our own special blend of spices. So for …

For January, the month of leeks, we wanted to make at least one traditional leek recipe. The first thing that came to mind was, of course, potato leek soup. But which recipe to make? My mother solved the problem by …

We can’t help ourselves. We just love cumin, and we couldn’t wait any longer to dedicate a whole month to the pursuit of new cumin knowledge. And so we’ve chosen cumin as our ingredient for February. Let’s get one thing …

Hi friends! No doubt you are all aware that I now live in Virginia and I’m operating out of a new kitchen. I thought it might be time to introduce you. I’m not gonna lie. She’s an excellent kitchen. You …

This month’s ingredient is leeks! To fully explore leeks, we decided to accept Nikki‘s suggestion that we make a leek quiche, and to make it more fun, we both made this recipe from our separate East and West coast kitchens. …

It figures that we would kick off this new project with leeks. They are not so different from the ingredients in our chosen monikers, as leeks are in the same family as both garlic and onion. January’s a cold month, …

Cucina Fresca was all about highlighting our favorite foods and our favorite ways to cook them. Since next year’s challenge will be about expanding our horizons and getting out of our comfort zone, I jumped at the chance to make …

As you may know, Jennie’s family always does a traditional feast of the seven fishes for their Christmas Eve dinner. Well, this year, Mary, one of my other other halves, wanted to do our own version of this tradition. Feast …