Our third recipe for Cucina Fresca: February was Roasted Herb Chicken. We choose to do a roast chicken because we wanted to make a roast chicken as per our goals (see number 15) and we also wanted to tackle another …

We needed a side dish to go with our 5 color chili, so Jennie had the brilliant idea to make corn muffins. We figured it’d be easy enough, so we didn’t do much planning until we found ourselves riding in …

For February’s Cucina Fresca, we decided to venture into the world of chili. You may recall when we made the Pioneer Woman’s chili. That chili was delicious, but it was too spicy for even Corelyn. We also felt it was …

Here we are, mid-February, and yet to post a single Cucina Fresca recipe for this month. Well, have no fear! We’re planning two epic cooking days for this weekend, and I am positively giddy with anticipation. Why? Because. We’re making …

January’s main dish was baked mustard lemon fish. For the fish, we headed to the farmer’s market in search of something white. We saw red snapper, and decided that we would come back through, and if the red snapper was …

January’s Cucina Fresca challenge was based on a few of our challenge goals: 1. Cook fish 7. Try our luck at sauces, from different ethnicity’s and with different bases 12. greens, greens, greens! 25. Seasonal vegetables Our main ingredient? Mustard. …

The vegetable of the month is KALE. Gorgeous green, leafy kale. Just look at how beautiful it is. Last week, we got some in our magical CSA box. Gleefully eschewing all responsibility for recipe creation, we threw some on a …

Ladies and gents, family and friends: The time has come to announce our plan for 2011’s challenge. We’re calling it Cucina Fresca, which translates to “Fresh Kitchen” in Italian. The votes have been tallied, and a vast majority of you …