Healing through cultural food. How the seasons teach us and guide us on what to eat. It’s important to remember our culture as it is the very heart of who we are.
If you are like me and you love seafood you can go onto my youtube channel and watch this episode on fresh seafood.There is nothing as delicious than buying seafood and then going home and cooking it, the best therapy in the WORLD!When I am stressed or anxious I cook and keep cooking until the feelings subside, and I don't think of anything else.I sit with Marco and eat what I have cooked and let things be what they are.Che sara sara is my motto.Let what will be, be in life, there is nothing you or I can do, only let it be, like the beatles song.
Here's a little video on my first book available on Amazon.It's about my family their story of how food is the center of their life. Their recipes, and I share about each one with you.There is 77 recipes of Cucina Povera, I wrote the book just after both my parents died within 8 months of each other.I woke up at 5 o'clock each morning with a flow that I just did not want to finish, it felt that if I stopped I would forget about each one, the details especially.It was so important to me to share it with you, why?Each one sacrificed their lives for the future of their children and grandchildren, they came to Australia just after WW2 and worked.They worked and saved and more, always thinking about the future and planting seeds for the future generations to come.How can I explain to you who they are?By reading the book and finding out for yourself that way you can let me know what you think. I would love your feedback.I imagine that you probably have your own story to tell me, I would love to know.https://www.amazon.com/author/carmelascucinaSalutiCarmela
There are so many wonderful people of Sicily, this is my experience as I travel to Sicily every year. Giovanni is a friend and a unique entreprenuer, this is his Sicily that we share. You can find him on: www.mammasicily.com www.splendidsicily.com www.thesicilianartisanfoundation.com www.giovannivallone.com Enjoy this podcast with this unique Sicilian entrepreneur.
I wonder if you can find out what we have in common? In this episode we dive into what inspires Maggie, her passion and her purpose. Why the community is important to her and her why. Maggie McCormack is an Inspired Coach. Her website is: https://www.theinspiredcoach.com.au Instagram: Maggie McCormack. her podcast: @inspire.in.five.podcast Enjoy this episode I would love to hear your feedback! Saluti Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
What is in season is something we should be asking ourselves every season. Here's the recipe for Jerusalem Artichoke Soup: 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 shallot or leek peeled and chopped 1 medium carrot grated 2 stalks of celery grated 1 tablespoon of Confit Garlic (check out my Youtube on how to make it) 900 grams of Jerusalem artichokes peeled and sliced 900 grams of vegetable stock, remember when you blanche your vegetables to keep the water the minerals are in that water, place it in an airtight container and date it so you know when you made it. 60 ml of coconut cream 30 grams of chives washed and roughly chopped Celtic salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Instructions: Heat the oil in a large saucepan add the shallots or leeks, celery, carrots and garlic and gently saute when the soffrito has softened after about 5 minutes, add the jerusalem artichokes and stock bring to boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently for about 20 minutes or until the soft. Blend the soup into a food processor then place into the saucepan add the cream and season to taste this is a great super soup! For Magic Mind: Go onto the website https://magicmind.com/carmela and in the discount code punch in CARMELA20 and you will get a discount for a limited time offer of 48% on your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase with this code. Try it you don't have nothing to lose, much to gain in clarity, focus and concentration. Enjoy Saluti Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
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You will never look at a lemon again and not see the benefit of what it does for your body and soul Watch my latest video on Youtube, that I made about lemons, don't underestimate a lemon, why we have lemons and what they can do for us, to assist us in our wellbeing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
Hi there, in this episode I share with you my friend Cathy who runs a local radio broadcast called the Daily Mirror Heres the recipe for the croquette: Large knife Cutting board large pot for frying Colander to strain potatoes Potato ricer Medium bowl with egg wash 2 Large bowls one for potato mixture, one for breadcrumbs Large baking sheet with baking paper Slotted spoon 1 kg Desire Potatoes 1/2 cup of Parsley Chopped 3 tbsp Pecorino cheese or Parmesan cheese Proscuitto Crudo, about 4 slices, if you want you don't have to put it in. Mozzarella cheese 2 Eggs 1 for mix, 1 for egg wash 1 tsp Nutmeg optional Bread crumbs Fresh is best or Panko Breadcrumbs Salt & Pepper Sunflower oil or Canola Oil, for frying Wash your potatoes, then cut them in half—no need to peel them for this recipe. Add the potatoes to a large pot with water and boil on medium-high heat for 20 minutes. While the potatoes are cooking, dice the prosciutto crudo and mozzarella. This helps the cheese melt inside the potato croquettes. Cool the potatoes slightly; they need to be warm for mashing. Then using the potato ricer, mash them into a bowl and let them cool for another five minutes. Add the parsley, pecorino cheese, salt, a generous amount of pepper, and one egg into the cooled mashed potatoes. Don't be afraid to add more pecorino if you want! Mix the potato mixture using one hand until well combined. It's time to shape and add the filling into the potato croquettes. Wet your hands, have a side dish with water this will help you to dip your hands into it and then scoop up a portion of potato and flatten it, leaving a dent for the mozzarella and ham filling. Once filled, close the croquette and roll it into a log shape, ensuring the edges are square. Set aside on a tray lined with baking paper. Repeat until all the potato croquettes are formed. Add oil to a large pot and have your stove on medium-high heat. Cover the potato croquettes with beaten eggs and breadcrumbs one by one, making sure they're completely covered. Set aside once you have done this step so they can rest and firm up. Place croquettes (depending on your pan, make sure that they are loose so that they have room to fry) into your hot oil and gently stir as they cook for three minutes or until golden brown. When each one is ready, remove the croquettes with a slotted spoon. Drain each batch on a plate with paper towels and repeat until all the potato croquettes are cooked. These croquettes are street food in Sicily, you can place them into a roll and mangia enjoy! Cathy website is: www.unbosoming.com.au Here Instagram and Tiktok are: DailyMirror. https://www.unbosmoning.com.au https://www.carmelascucinaclass.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
Hi there! Hope you're well. In this podcast I desire to give you the best for your health and well-being. It's the most important thing that we can do to look after our body, mind and soul
In this episode I share with you my morning ritual with Magic mind. http/:www.magicmind.com is an elixir that I take daily every morning. I have been taking it for 10 days and feel the shift in my mind, giving me clarity and focus to assist my day ahead. I want to share with you guys this amazing product. You can purchase this product with my code: CARMELASCUCINA20 and get 50% off! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
Meet my friend Vincenzo Argento. His little theatre is across the cathedral of Palermo, 445 Via Vittorio Emanuele. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this podcast I share with you the conclusion to Rosy's story. It's been a privilege and an honour to write ✍️ my 5th book and share it with you. I hope you enjoy it and that it grows seeds into your life. Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
We are all born with a purpose, sometimes we need it to unfold through the tides of time. In this episode I share with you Book 3 - Purpose. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode of Rosy's story I share with you her journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode I share with you the beginning of book 1. How Rosy was abandoned at the wheel in Polizzi Generosa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode I share with you my fifth book. It's about a little girl called Rosy. She is a foundling of the Sicilian wheel. It's set in the Bourbon era of Sicily 1800's. This episode is the foreword and introduction to the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carmelascucinaclass/message
Rosetta has been a dear friend for many years, she is a beautiful lady and a very talented artist, listen to this podcast on all things Sicilian with Rosetta, I did recording for Splendid Sicily --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
How we live is crucial to our mental health and well-being. Our environment is the key player that directs our daily actions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
I've learned that I need to forgive daily sometimes hourly as it had become an evil harbour of deadly poison. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
This poem is in my first book, Carmela's Cucina Povera, you can purchase it on Amazon. It is everything a Sicilian person thinks about it says it all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
So many have hidden treasures in their soul. Many of us children of migrants have been stunted from speaking our dialect because we have been shamed or ridiculed by others. We should not be ashamed of what we carry inside of us, Sicilian, Calabrese etc, it is a treasure one that must be shared with others, no one wants it to become extinct, if we don't share it or speak
A simple elegant inexpensive nutritious soup from the Roman Gods. What is your version of pasta e fagioli or do you say pasta e fazool? Who first cooked this dish for you? Where are your family from? How long has it been since you ate it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
Finnocchio, fennel a sweet aniseed taste that is used in cooking, salads, teas, hair products, face creams etc. You could not imagine the benefits of this herb! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
A very simple, elegant dish one that you will make for your family and friends when it's summer
Food, conversation and connection was in the last few days there is a very important recipe I want to share with you, it is the Milazzese caponata that my zia Maria has made for decades. Red peppers
Well once again we chat about food. There are so many ways of cooking swordfish, grill, bbq, meatballs (polpetti) fried, oven, skewers (involtini) my memories are rich, the side salad of caponata- fried eggplants, celery, onions, olives, capers, pine nuts, red peppers in a sweet and sour dressing made up from white wine vinegar and sugar makes this summer salad delectable! And then I wander and chat with you about my second son Mathew who is homeless. Oh dear life certainly isn't easy, I could have crawled into a hole and dug myself a deep pit and stayed there, but no I am grateful that I have been able to see this situation with different lenses, it took years for me to see it this way. I will admit that I would rather this way than harming myself. So swordfish and Mathew is this podcast. Happy cooking
The delicious of what the seasons bring into our lives, we reap in return the benefit of wellness, deliciousness and delicacy of the produce. Braised artichokes, broadbeans and peas, if you have never tried this recipe, please do yourself a favour to taste the delicacy it gives you. The produce of this season which is the springtime, everything must be fresh only the peas frozen is okay, in this recipe that I share with you today. This recipe is a product of sweet and sourness of what the earth produces in the seasons. The experience that food brings joy and happiness is truth, try this. You will need: 4 artichokes cleaned and quartered placed in a bowl with lemon and ice water Virgin Olive Oil 1/2 a spanish onion diced 1 glove of garlic crushed 300 grams of broad beans pealed 200 grams of fresh peas or frozen 1/2 cup of mint leaves pecorino cheese lemon zest white wine vinegar of homemade white wine vinegar serve with lemon wedges, grated pecorino cheese and fresh mint leaves, eat with fresh bread, a glass of wine and enjoy! The memories that I share with you are priceless every time I remember it brings back much joy, happiness, and great wealth my way, in return I want to share with you, hoping that you feel that connection that food brings to us. Simple Cucina Povera Food that comes from humble beginnings that migrants bought with them with their own memories, to share with us, the magic of food, that Food is Life. It brings joy to us when we remember the past and share it with our own family and friends. I feel very blessed to have had a childhood filled with richness and one that has created a passionate business in cooking classes with my pupils and clients. Remember if you don't have the garden go to the markets or the local market and ask them to get them in for you. Make a day of it, with a friend or your own grandchild and share the recipe go home and cook it, it will take about 20 minutes to cook, half an hour to peel, and a lifetime of memories to create. Food is life Happy Cooking Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
There is nothing as delicious
What is the recipe for happiness? Believe me there really is a recipe for happiness. We search our entire life, it is there always within us it is about unlocking it, discovering it within. choice, make it a contract with yourself. implement it into your life, make room, for the seed to grow. Create a place where you feel happy and build from there. Build the bricks, like? what makes you happy? find your happy place, stop looking as you will exhaust yourself, everything you need is within. Surround yourself with friends and people who are like minded. Make it a daily ritual where you live happy. Happiness is a state of mind, spirit and body. Continue to make it a choice. Eat happy food. Happiness is weaving the moments of joy and making a tapestry of life in them. Happiness can also be found through people, spending time, with them, be mindful of what it is about them that makes you happy. Listen to your inner self, and ask the questions to yourself. Like: Why do I feel happy when I am with them? What is it about them that makes me happy? How can I take these treasures of happiness and bring them home with me? Build from these moments. Finding purpose in happiness becomes your service to the universe, this is what you came here for. Happiness unlocks the door to gratitude, joy, love, kindness meekness and it becomes your natural state of living. Happiness has a partner called JOY. When we experience joy, we can actually remain in this state, regardless of our circumstances it becomes our choice. Gratefulness is a way of living. Grateful for living, to be grateful at all times in this state we reap joy. This is a gift we give to ourselves. Mantra: Everyday, I will look within, God will unveil and direct my path, this is my journey. Choose Happiness Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
How do you get through the day? Are you a gladiator? Are you in a ring? Are you equipped? What if you changed your mind and looked at your opponent as your teacher? What would happen? Would you learn from it? Are you open to change? What if you could change your thinking
Growing up in the sixties was fun, the summers and weather was great
Taking the time to learn to be still is a challenge for most of us, including myself. Join me as I sit with you and we read scripture, we start with Job: chapter 38 verse 5-14 Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verse 1-15 Matthew Chapter 5 verse 13 John chapter 8 verse 12 When we take the time to meditate on God's word it frees our mind from suffering, we forget about the what is worrying us, and we focus on replenishing our soul. Time to meditate gives us freedom from self, (mind) Living in the present moment we become more relaxed and more alive, joy, love and peace become our confidants. When we take the time to meditate on God's word we remember who we are, and that He is our Father in Heaven and knows that we need him, we are His children. Peace, Love and Joy follow you and keep you in the light of God our Father. Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
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Never loose sight of your dreams. Your dreams are real, they are not something that is not reachable, remember they are yours, no one can take them from you only what you give. Goals are the bridges to our dreams, to succeed. Very simple formula, one that is proven to reach to the heights, we can do this! I believe in you. Carmela Affirmations: I see the dream and it is reality. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode of 101 Ways to Transform the Way You cook
You can have this! We can do this, there is nothing that stops us, except us. When we put our mind to this all things are possible, even eating an elephant in bit size chunks, this too is possible. We can build, so many of us sabotage, build the kitchen you desire, one step at a time and you will accomplish a dream, a cook's dream. Happy Cooking Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode of part 2 I share with you things that are important, these are just my way that I have learned, that I desire to pass on to you. We can do this. Carmela Affirmation: Transformation begins within. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode of 101 Ways to Transform the Way You
This method and technique is simple. We either use, the grill, oven or bbq. This technique requires no water, if you want to use oil, fat, or butter it is up to you. You can allow the juices to absorb in the food through the cooking. This will elevate your position when you learn how to cook, why? Because its very healthy, flavoursome, and the food does most of the work! The oven you can control it, the bbq you can manage it, and the grill is easy. So in this episode we talk and chat about ways to manage our dry cooking. HAPPY DRY COOKING CARMELA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
It's similar to braising but refers to food that has been cut into smaller pieces in stewing the meat it is usually browned over a higher heat, then returned to the pot with other ingredients, such as vegetables, and the liquid to cover the ingredients. When stewing any kind of older meat that is tougher than younger meat, it is important that we remember that this will require time a lot of slow time that is why it's called slow cooked. We will need to blanche it in the pan with some diced carrots, celery onions and oil, then add some red wine, and after our stock, we can use water if we don't have anything else, because the stock is already in the pan and this will create like a gravy its own natural gravy, then we can add our vegetables potatoes, carrots, turnips, etc. Cooking for this is around 2 1/2 hours or more on a low heat. or a slow cooker this is around 8 to 9 hours. Happy Stewing Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
How to sear your meat is to put it into a skillet cast iron pan that is at high temperature. There is a few things to know before you do this, first heat your pan then when it is almost hot not burning add your oil then add your meat this is the technique called searing it is not sautéing. As they are two different things we can almost distinguish the two that are like a tree with different branches in cooking. Its important that we try to do this and learn the difference when we do it a few times we will learn this technique and master it! Happy cooking Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
In this episode I share with you a french cooking technique called Sauté'. It means to jump in French. The french are the benchmark of most culinary techniques. You can trace it all over Europe, the chefs are proud and know about cooking. Sautéing is about adding the meat into a hot pan and almost searing the meat and the juices together so that when you are going to roast or stew, all the juices remain. In this episode, I share with you a passage of Escoffier's book _ Le Guide Culinarie you can buy on Amazon. We will go through almost another 10 episodes where we together will learn the process of techniques. Happy Cooking Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
Our life is a book, with chapters, and we are the steerer in many ways, God is the author, and the finisher of our faith. We have the moments that will weave the way we eat, how we eat, and what we eat.. Honouring our sacred space and creating a platform for our life, will ultimately create a healthy lifestyle. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Transforming us to a new level every time we eat better, healthier and nourish our life. Carmela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carmelascucinaclass/message
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