About Savorra  Jamie DeCaria, Founder of Savorra, is on a quest to eat more real food Join me on my quest to eat more "real food"! I passionately believe in the health benefits of eating food made from fresh, "real" ingredients and I want to share this with others. I am not a gourmet chef, but I have learned a lot about cooking along the way. And the big secret is ... it's not that hard!
On this site you will find SIMPLE recipes for turning fresh ingredients into tasty meals, in less time than you might think.
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I have always loved my mom’s cranberry sauce and she has always insisted that it is so easy to make. Now that I have finally secured the recipe from her–I realize that my mom was right. Isn’t that always the case? I will share the secret with you, and once you try it, trust me that you will never ever go back to that quivering, can-shaped, cranberry flavored food purporting to be cranberry sauce.
Total time: 25 minutes (really) Serves: 6
1 cup water 1 cup sugar 12 oz fresh [Continue reading ...]
Proper stuffing doesn’t have to be so boring and … stuffy. Add a little character with mushrooms, sausage, and pecans. C’mon, all the cool bread cubes are doing it …
Time from start to dinner: 1 hour 30 minutes (45 minutes active time) Serves: 8-12
3 Tbsp olive oil 3 cups chopped celery 2 cups chopped onions 1 cup sliced brown mushrooms 1 pound bulk pork sausage 1 cup chopped pecans 6 cups stale bread cubes (cube bread and expose it to air overnight) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp dried [Continue reading ...]
Welcome to part one of my three part series: delicious Thanksgiving sides that won’t make you crazy. Whether you are preparing an entire Thanksgiving feast, or just preparing one dish to share, everyone can appreciate low stress holiday food. For our first contestant, we have a delicious Squash with Apples. Be thankful for squash that tastes great! Sweetened with maple syrup and apples, plus a touch of spice, this squash will become a Thanksgiving favorite. As an extra bonus, it can be made a day in advance and simply reheated [Continue reading ...]
I’ve finally done it!! A kale recipe that actually made both Ed and I say, “Wow, this is really good,” instead of, “This is not bad, considering it has kale in it.” A recipe so good, it might induce us to proactively go out and buy kale, whereas usually we are just using what was given to us in our weekly produce box.
Kale is packed with nutrients like Vitamins K, A, and C, calcium, beta carotene, and the list goes on. It would definitely be a superfood, but kale [Continue reading ...]
Tonight we conquered a unique vegetable (actually a “tuber”)–the Sunchoke! Ed and I had tried sunchokes once at a local restaurant–we had never heard of them and the server piqued our interest–but, we did not care for them. They were very hard and not super flavorful. So, why try them again? Well, they came in our weekly vegetable box and I don’t like to waste things, so I decided to try cooking them myself.
I must say that my opinion of my own cooking has gone up and my opinion [Continue reading ...]
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