Inspired by the Bold
Simple Flavors of the Mediterreanean
The idea for Sweet Basil started several years ago. I had just finished working for a start-up company and I knew I’d had enough of the corporate world. I had always wanted to strike out on my own and I thought it was time. And, whatever I did it had to include food.
I can’t exactly say when I became obsessed with cooking, but I do know my cooking style was influenced by my grandmothers. They rarely looked at a recipe and used the freshest ingredients around, even foraging for things like fresh greens in their backyards. By watching them, I learned how to take a recipe and make it my own.
So, in my Vermont kitchen, I started concocting this and that, experimenting with the foods I knew, using the fresh vegetables and herbs I grew in my garden. Anything I needed but didn’t grow myself I bought down the road at Dutton’s farm stand. I turned those ingredients into dishes that were filled with Mediterranean flavors and approved by my family and a few very finicky friends.
The dishes I made were inspired by the Mediterranean diet because they were like those my mother made, froze and baked when there was no time to cook from scratch. Nourishing, full of vegetables, savory herbs, and warming spices, they were the kind of dishes I wish I had in my freezer on hectic days.
I launched Sweet Basil with the Vegetable Moussaka and Vegetable Pastitsio I developed in my kitchen that are now selling in grocery stores and food co-ops throughout New England, and there are several more products in the works. I make my all-natural products in a commercial kitchen in Townshend, Vermont and I hope you enjoy my products inspired by the Mediterranean diet as much as I love making them for you!
Eat Healthier
with The Mediterranean Diet
More than any other diet, the Mediterranean diet places a higher emphasis on plant foods.
Vegetables, whole grains, and legumes to make up all or most of a meal. And, these foods are almost always cooked with
olive oil and plenty of flavorful spices.