This quinoa salad with avocado, cherry tomatoes and feta is a healthy salad – perfect for anytime of the year. It’s light, flavorful and filling. This salad is made with quinoa, which is full of protein and fiber and has a subtle nutty flavor. Next, add creamy avocado, sweet cherry tomatoes, salty feta and crunchy walnuts….
Strawberry Crisp
This strawberry crisp is an easy, crowd pleasing summer dessert. It’s a simple recipe that uses fresh, ripe strawberries that are baked with a crumbly, crisp oat topping. It’s the perfect summer dessert for a get together with friends on a hot summer day. This is a warm, juicy, fruit filled dessert. It smells heavenly while baking. It’s…
Open faced mediterranean pita sandwich
This open faced mediterranean pita sandwich is an easy, tasty sandwich that comes together in minutes. It’s perfect for summer alfresco dining or an easy lunch that’s packed with fresh vegetables, hummus and tasty pesto. You start by topping a fresh pita with a little hummus and pesto. Next, layer on baby spinach, sweet cherry tomatoes,…
Pasta with Mushrooms Olives Feta and Pesto
This pasta with mushrooms, olives, feta and pesto is a quick and easy pasta recipe that works well either hot or cold. It’s an earthy, savory pasta dish featuring mushrooms sautéed to a golden brown. The pasta and mushrooms are tossed with an easy, lemony pesto sauce. Then olives, salty feta and tossed pine nuts are added to the pasta and…
Couscous Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Couscous salad with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella – an easy, colorful spring salad featuring couscous, cherry tomatoes and fresh mozzarella. This couscous salad with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella is a colorful, easy, spring salad. A mixture of baby spring greens are tossed with nutty whole wheat couscous. Next, sweet cherry tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, salty olives…
Kale and Walnut Pesto
Kale and Walnut Pesto. Any easy, flavorful, thick pesto that’s packed with kale and walnuts with a lemony, garlicky kick. I’m a big fan of making your own pesto. It’s quick, easy to make, adds a lot of flavor to your dish and you usually have most of the ingredients already on hand. Recently, I’ve…
Lentil and Quinoa Soup
A hearty, filling, vegan lentil and quinoa soup that is packed with protein, vegetables and is lightly spiced. We just had a rainy, blustery spell of weather here in Los Angeles – and it was the perfect kind of weather to make soup. This lentil and quinoa soup is a hearty, filling soup. It has a…
Brown Rice Salad with Asparagus and Spinach
Brown rice salad with asparagus and spinach – an earthy, filling salad with a touch of sweetness. A combination of chewy, nutty brown rice, flavorful asparagus, fresh spinach, golden raisins, walnuts and feta cheese. All tossed with a bright lemony dressing. This brown rice salad with asparagus and spinach is a hearty, flavorful combination of…
Chopped Salad with Roasted Chickpeas
Chopped salad with roasted chickpeas – A colorful, hearty, vegetarian chopped salad with roasted chickpeas and kale tossed with a garlicky buttermilk dressing. Vibrant, healthy and filling. I was going to call this chopped salad with roasted chickpeas a rainbow chopped salad because it is so colorful. This vibrant, filling salad is packed with fresh vegetables and crunchy roasted chickpeas. You start with…
Pasta with sautéed cherry tomatoes and spinach
Pasta with sautéed cherry tomatoes and spinach – a quick and easy pasta dish featuring sautéed cherry tomatoes and spinach. The pasta and vegetables are combined with kalamata olives and parmesan creating a fresh, easy pasta dish. I know I should be thinking about salads, now that it’s January and the holiday overindulgences are behind us, but…
Roasted Carrot and Parsnip Soup
Roasted carrot and parsnip soup – a tasty, filling soup featuring roasted carrot and parsnip. Very simple to make using just a few healthy ingredients. This roasted carrot and parsnip soup is an easy, healthy, winter soup. All you need do is chop up some carrots, parsnips and onions and roast them in the oven. Once they…
Tomato and Rice Soup with Grilled Cheese Dippers
Tomato and rice soup with grilled cheese dippers – a savory, sweet tomato and rice soup that’s filling and hearty. Grilled cheese dippers help scoop up every last bit of this delicious soup. Los Angeles has been hit with a cold snap – it was 35 degrees when I woke up this morning which is very…
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
For my Christmas cookies this year I’m going with double chocolate chunk cookies. These cookies are full of chocolate goodness – a combination of chocolate chips and dark chocolate chunks in a soft, chocolate cookie. The double dose of chocolate – plain chocolate chips and dark chocolate chunks – really ups the chocolate flavor in these cookies. A decorative chunk of…
Pasta with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
Pasta with green beans and cherry tomatoes – a quick and easy pasta dish with crunchy fresh green beans, sweet cherry tomatoes, olives, feta and walnuts – tossed with a lemony vinaigrette. I’m all about quick and easy pasta dishes especially now during the holiday season. With so much going on, it’s sometimes hard to…
Delicata Squash and Spinach Salad
Delicata squash and spinach salad. An easy fall salad featuring caramelized delicata squash, spinach, dried cranberries and walnuts. Now that the weather has finally turned here – it’s cool and rainy in Los Angeles – I’ve decided to make this delicata squash and spinach salad. It’s an easy, fall salad which features warm, caramelized delicata squash, baby…
Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Lemon
This red lentil and carrot soup with lemon is a wholesome, comforting soup. It’s simple, healthy and filling. It has a hint of sweetness from the carrots and an earthy depth from the red lentils and some cumin. The cumin gives it a hint of heat that’s not too spicy nor too mild – making it a…
Milky Way Walnut Cookie Bars
Oh, hi there – I made you some cookies, Milky Way walnut cookie bars to be exact. Why you ask, well, just because. Just because I like you guys. And just because everyone likes cookies, right? Everyone should have a just because cookie recipe and this one’s mine. You make them just because a friend is coming…
Potato Gratin
This easy, cheesy, flavorful potato gratin is a perfect side dish for the holidays. It has only 6 ingredients, takes 15 minutes to prep and makes a beautiful presentation when it comes out of the oven. Oh, and did I mention it’s just delicious.
Rice Pilaf with Roasted Broccoli
With Thanksgiving sneaking up on us, I wanted to share some recipes that can be served as side dishes for the holidays. First up is this recipe for rice pilaf with roasted broccoli. I love rice pilaf – it’s fluffy, tender and cooked with flavorful aromatics and herbal thyme. Adding roasted broccoli and toasted almonds makes the pilaf more…
Farro with Cherry Tomatoes, Spinach and Shaved Parmesan
This is a satisfying, nutty flavored salad using farro with cherry tomatoes, spinach and shaved parmesan. It’s tossed with some minced red onion, crunchy walnuts and a red wine vinaigrette with a garlicky kick. Farro is a hearty, chewy whole grain that has a nutty taste and is very filling. I’ve kind of missed out…
Apple Gouda Walnut Salad
This apple, gouda, walnut salad is an easy fall salad that comes together in minutes. Crisp braeburn apples, creamy gouda and crunchy walnuts are tossed with minced red onion, mixed greens and a white wine vinaigrette. This is a tasty combination of fall flavors and textures – crisp, tart, sweet, sharp and crunchy all at once.