The Best Kale Greek Salad

The Best Kale Greek Salad

I am going to share one of my easiest salads to make when you need a full meal or a side salad.

I love a delicious Greek salad but am allergic to red onions so I found a way to pack a lot of flavor into a Salad using ingredients that are delicious and healthy! This salad is packed with Vitamin A, C, K & Fiber from the Kale, Tomatoes, Cauliflower rice & Pomegranate seeds. Also protein from the Feta cheese & Greek Yogurt Tzatziki Dip

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Amsterdam - Where to Eat!

Amsterdam - Where to Eat!

The Food:

The food here was delicious. I had a lot of eggs  & lobster and I was OK with that!  Once we landed we checked in and headed out to a late lunch. We went to the Libertine which was a 5 minute walk from our Hotel and we both enjoyed soft boiled eggs with tomatoes, cheese in a skillet and a piece of garlic bread. That night we had reservations at Soho House Amsterdam since it was a block away from my Hotel and I went Friday night for dinner and drinks.  We sat at the restaurant and both were craving burgers! That was shocking for Veronica since she isn’t really a meat eater but after a day of travel it was much needed. 

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Michel et Augustin “Bake like a French Pastry Chef”

Michel et Augustin “Bake like a French Pastry Chef”

The holidays are coming which means lot of home made treats & cookies! I partnered with Chef Michel De Rovira and Chef Augustin Paluel-Marmont and received their cookbook “Bake Like a French Pastry Chef”. This cookbook which is extremely easy to read will teach me all the skills I need to know to become the most beginner French pastry chef! The cookbook contains recipes and tips to bake delectable cakes, flavorful tarts and flaky croissants.  

In addition to the cookbook I also received a sample of different chocolate flavored cookie squares. One of my favorites were the 4 pack of dark chocolate cookie squares all make in France. 

You could find these yummy cookies at many supermarkets in NYC including Fairway, The Food Emporium, and Morton Williams. 

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&pizza x Fashionably Full

&pizza x Fashionably Full

Who doesn't love Pizza? I know my Italian blood craves pizza and I am so happy to have a great new pizza restaurant located so close to me! NYC has tons of amazing Pizza spots but &pizza is extra special since it is a new fast casual pizza shop where you can order customized pizzas with unlimited toppings! 

&pizza currently has two NYC locations and it is a recommend for lunch or dinner. Also for a limited time a special cotton candy dessert in champagne & rose flavors are added onto the menu, perfect for summer and for a post pizza treat

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Deluxe Green Bo

For Chinese New Year a friend of a friend organized a delicious and cultured dinner in Chinatown at Deluxe Green Bo. I do not often go to Chinatown but I will definitely be going back again. Since I went on Chinese New Year there was so much excitement on the streets and at the restaurant. The restaurant was not the most upscale but it the food was amazing. I ate so many dumplings and loved every bite! We ordered a variety of food, fish, soup dumplings, scallion pancakes, egg drop soup, sesame chicken, vegetables, orange beef and a sesame sticky rice dessert.

Mamma Agata's Meatballs

Mamma Agata's Meatballs

I had most amazing time at Mamma Agata's in Ravello for a cooking class. I went with my family and was greeted by Chiara, Mamma' Daughter, who was warm, loving, and hilarious. She made us feel right at home as she introduced us to everyone! We then met Mamma in the kitchen frying up some eggplant for her famous eggplant parmesan. Once we finished making eggplant parmigiana with Mamma Agata, Gennaro, the husband of Chiara came to take over the cooking. We were treated like family and had delicious lemon cake to start, amazing wines and explored the estate and saw all of the pets! The food was delicious and the experience left many memories.

We cooked eggplant parmesan, meatballs, 3 different sauces, and my fav was the Rigatoni Bolognese 

I must say this was one of the highlights of the trip and we left feeling so fun and so happy!!

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Cronuts

I don't usually have a sweet tooth but when I do I really go for it! One of my favorite desserts and treats is Dominique Ansel's famous Cronut. This treat is a delicate combination of a donut and croissant. This butte flaky crust stuffed with a filling is mouth watering and delicious. The flavor is changed monthly based on seasonality of the ingredients used -  this month is Blackberry Buttermilk and it is a must have if you are around soho! Oh and they are made in limited quantities so you better go early or they will run out

 

Jaclyn's Famous - Five Hour Salad

My Famous "5 Hour Salad" ... which really takes tops 15 minutes to prepare 

Ingredients:

  1. Sun-dried Tomatoes
  2. Jared Artichoke hearts (Or any version of artichokes)
  3. Arugula 
  4. Parmesan Cheese

Instructions:

  1. Pour container of Arugula into a large bowl. This is the base of the salad and the bowl needs to be big enough to mix in the other ingredients 
  2. Chop up the sun-dried tomatoes to be bite sized and then dump them into the arugula bowl
  3. chop up the artichokes to be bite sized and then dump them into the arugula bown
  4. Grate chunks of the parmesan directly into the salad
  5. Dress the salad to taste ** In my version I do not add any additional dressing as the sun dried tomatoes come in olive oil
  6. Enjoy!!