Recipe Makeover
Should you try these two low-fat garlic mashed potato recipes?
***Recipe makeover***
It would never occur to me to eat mashed potatoes without garlic or roasted garlic.
In my world, the two go hand in hand.
If you don’t eat as much garlic as you should, mashed potatoes make the perfect dish to “hide” your garlic.
I always think that no one on the planet needs to be reminded of the incredible benefits of garlic, but then again if that were the case there would be no reason to remind people of the virtues of healthy eating.
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A leaner and healthier meat sauce recipe
I don’t know about you, but sometimes, I actually have massive cravings for spaghetti Bolognese (aka spaghetti and meat sauce).
It’s true that I’ve had my homemade meat sauce with other pasta shapes, but for some reason, I prefer it with spaghetti.
I stumbled upon a pasta Bolognese recipe from Chef Joseph W. DiPerri of The Culinary Institute of America and I know I’m a former untrained personal chef who basically has to thank her ex-Parisian husband for teaching her how to cook (he even had to admit after our divorce that I had surpassed him as a cook), but I’m going to have to react violently to the recipe that was published on Epicurous.com.
It’s true that the only thing Italian about me is my first name and the love I have for my favourite place on the planet and it seems that Chef DiPerri has a more direct connection to the birthplace of La Dolce Vita, but I’m not going to be shy with my objections.
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