Lovonis Lark
recipes + wellness
Chinese broccoli or gai lan, call it what you might or choy sum, another wonderful Asian green, are often served as part of a yum chat/dim sum dish to share. If you ever find yourself at a good Chinese restaurant, ask for some. I digress…Gai Lan is part of the brassica family – think Brussels […]
An oldie but a goodie that never disappoints – chicken marsala. Golden chicken cutlets bathing in a creamy marsala wine sauce with mushrooms, fresh thyme & garlic. Easy to make at home & even quick enough for a bit of a decadent weeknight meal but something a little special to share with guests if you’re […]
Aussie-Style Potato Wedges: Crunchy, perfectly seasoned wedges, they’re part of many pub menus throughout Australia. Just as ketchup is the popular choice to serve with fries in the US, sour cream & sweet chili sauce are the preferred condiments to serve with wedges in my homeland. I like mixing them together, some dip into the […]
Lemon-Glazed Zucchini Walnut Muffins are perfect if you’re looking for some recipes to make use of the abundance of zucchini at this time of year. Muffins are one of the easiest things to bake & the flavor combinations are endless. I make a batch with whatever I have on hand – currently it’s zucchini, then […]
Everything for this Nutty Blue Cheese Spinach Salad, can be prepared in the air-fryer: toast the nuts & seeds, cook the bacon, roast the sweet potato. So simple, no heating up the kitchen with the oven, quick, easy & so delicious. This salad is good. Really good. And everything can be prepped in advanced & […]
These little grilled cheese sandwiches make a perfect snack, lunch or an appetizer. Oozy melty mozzarella, perfectly ripe in-season tomatoes, basil, parm & my favorite, balsamic. Easy to throw together & quick to cook, these will be a hit. I used a rustic Italian loaf of bread for these mini sandwiches. It will depend on […]
A lassi, a drink hailing from Indian & Pakistan, is typically made with fruit – usually mango, yogurt, sugar, sometimes milk, perhaps some spices & water or ice – or both. It is creamy & cooling, helpful after a fiery curry. Until recently I’ve made lassi with the more traditional mango but with peaches in […]
This Italian Cherry & Almond Tart with its buttery, flaky pastry, dark, squidgy cherries & light frangipane filling is a cert to wow the masses & a good way to use up some of the abundance of seasonal cherries. This dessert became one of my old site’s most popular recipes. And with good reason: serve […]
Ciabatta bread thickly spread with homemade or store-bought pesto, sprinkled with mozzarella and baked until the bread is crunchy & the cheese is gooey. Then the warm bread is topped with a spicy tomato, basil and balsamic mixture, sprinkled with parmesan and cut into triangles. The result is the most delicious appetizer to share, lunch […]
If you’re cooking with peaches, whether baking or a savory recipe, chances are you’re going to need to peel the peaches first. You’ll also need to do this if you’re freezing peaches. You’ll want the peaches to be ripe, perfectly ripe. Make a small X on the bottom (not the stem end) of each peach. […]
Sun-dried tomatoes hit the culinary scene in the 1980’s, although I’m not sure how much “sun” the made-en-mass tomatoes ever saw. Their ubiquity led to their demise but they never really went away, they couldn’t, not with that complex, umami flavor – case in point – ‘Marry Me Chicken’. Then in the 2000’s slow-roasted tomatoes […]
Strawberry Polenta Cake is one of the easiest cakes to make. Whisk the wet ingredients together; whisk the dry ingredients together, add to the batter & scrape it into the cake pan. It’s that simple. The polenta/cornmeal, gives the cake a nice dense crumb that is moist & flavorful. The cake is scattered with strawberries […]
