This Mediterranean-Style Cheesy Zucchini, Corn and Tomato Bake offers a beautifully balanced flavor profile. The sweetness from the caramelized tomato paste and the tomatoes contrasts with the tangy, creamy cheese. The zucchini and sweet corn provides a neutral backdrop that soaks up the spices and cheese. The spices being cumin and green za’atar a mix […]
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Cooking With The Flavor Umami
When reading about the description of a recipe there are four recognized basic taste groups to describe it, sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. But there has been a discovery of a fifth taste that has officially been named, umami. This discovered fifth taste is described as having a mild but lasting aftertaste associated with salivation […]
Cooking With Tomato Paste
Tomato paste often finds itself closely associated with pasta and pizza sauces, but its usefulness extends far beyond these common applications. Tomato paste is a super-concentrated cooking ingredient as it is made by cooking tomatoes until you are able to strain the skin and seeds. The meaty part of the tomato continues to cook until […]
Chicken Tortilla Soup
This soup is quick to prepare, very flavorful, and fills the tummy! It’s served with warm toasted yellow corn tortillas. Mexican Tortilla Soup is spicy and will warm you on a cold winter day or any time of the year. This is a basic chicken soup dish, but taken to the next level here at […]
