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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This is a perfect salad for this time of winter, when traditional salad ingredients aren’t at their peak. Flavorful oranges and balsamic vinegar bring out the unique sweetness of fennel to make a lively salad that will have you imagining it’s springtime, even if the temperatures are registering below zero.
If you have not tried fennel before, this traditional Italian salad is the perfect introduction. Do not be put off by its scent of anise/black licorice–I am not a fan of either myself. When it’s in this salad, just the [Continue reading ...]
Feeling veggie-venturous? This hearty soup is a great way to sample some winter root vegetables that may be new to you. Go ahead and get crazy… mix in a few rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, or celeriac with your common carrots and potatoes. Even my avowed vegetable-hating father-in-law agreed that the results are delicious.
The first step in this recipe is to make a pot of nutritious homemade chicken stock. Wait, wait, wait, before you stop reading: if you’re new to stock, it’s really not difficult or time consuming. Plus, it tastes [Continue reading ...]
Incorporate some vegetables into your breakfast and make pancakes a bit more nutritious by adding sweet potato. My family loves these pancakes and now prefers them to “regular” pancakes. In fact, my one year old has been known to eat seven in one sitting. She’s growing. My aunt Maria, not a usual fan of vegetables, also gave them rave reviews on a recent vacation, and encouraged me to post the recipe ASAP.
Sweet potato pancakes have a great flavor and are heartier than a typical white fluffy pancake. Sweet potatoes [Continue reading ...]
Mmmmm, juicy roasted chicken. I have loved roast chicken since I was a kid. My dad made a delicious bird using a stand-up vertical roaster, and I had a lot of fun animating the poor plucked, headless bird while it was helplessly standing there (see brief chicken dance demonstration here). Thus began my love for cooking…
This is a new and improved version of the Juicy Roasted Chicken that I made for the Kenmore show in August. You can still get it into the oven in less than 10 minutes [Continue reading ...]
Roasting vegetables is such a simple technique: cut the veggies, pour on a bit of olive oil and seasonings, stir, and throw it in the oven on a baking sheet. And the taste is phenomenal! Roasting brings out the vegetable’s natural sweetness and flavor, the natural sugars caramelize, and flavors intensify as moisture evaporates in the oven. Think Brussels sprouts are repulsive? Try roasting them. My one year old gobbled down about twenty sprouts in five minutes. Carrots, cauliflower, and asparagus are also delicious.
Broccoli presents a bit of a [Continue reading ...]
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