Vegetarian Stuffed Collard Greens with Forbidden Rice, Pine Nuts, and Herbs
As any eastern European (or descendent thereof) knows, stuffed cabbage rolls are a delicious dish. Both my German and my Czech grandmother’s …
Chickpea, Chard, and Carrot Sauté With Greek Yogurt
This sauté creates a near rainbow assortment of colors on the plate. If you like the presentation, you are going to love …
Refreshing Sesame Cucumber Salad with Smashed Garlic & Ginger Dressing
This delicious salad makes for a wonderful summer dish. The contrasted pairing of the cool cucumber with the bite of the red …
How to Make a Shandy (a.k.a Shandygaff)
A Shandy, also known as a Shandygaff, is a refreshing summer drink that is a mixture of lemonade and beer. The resulting …
Mussels in White Wine Butter Sauce
As I discuss in more detail in my post for Mussels in Coconut Broth, I highly recommend using the green-lipped mussels from …
Summer Salad Recipe: Fig and Arugula Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Although dried figs are found year round, few things can compete with the sweetness and chewy texture of fresh figs. Figs are …
Making Broccoli That Even Kids Will Love: Roasted Broccoli (and/or Cauliflower)
Oven Roasted Broccoli and/or Cauliflower This is a very simple way of creating a very flavorful side dish that does not add …
Blackberry Kiwi Smoothie with Mint: A Recipe for The Ultimate Hydration Drink
The Blackberry Kiwi Smoothie Is Superfood This great tasting smoothie makes for a fantastic way to re-hydrate after exercise with coconut water …
Cucumber Velouté
Veloutés are french soups that are finished with cream. This one is a clean and refreshing soup that makes an excellent starter …
Dairy-Free Chocolate Almond Shake
This luscious chocolate almond shake is a delicious source of protein. The ground almonds and hemp seeds provide the frothy base that …
Goji Berry Chili
This delicious chili is super nutritious: packed with veggies that are known to have immune boosting vitamins, minerals, and phyto chemicals. The …
Easy and Healthy Red Lentil Curry With Fresh Curry Leaves
It’s Easy To Make Red Lentil Curry Despite the seemingly long list of ingredients, this is a simple dish to make. It’s …
Beet and Endive Salad: The French Classic
The Simple Marriage of Beet Root and Endive This classic French salad makes for a beautiful table setting as well as a …
Porcini Mushroom Sauce
Porcini mushrooms are in season in the fall, but this sauce it is made with dried porcinis which are generally available year …
Classic Buerre Blanc Sauce
This amazing french sauce is one of my favorites both to cook and to eat. It’s a classical french sauce made by …
Quick and Easy Summer Drinks: Fresh Mint Iced Tea
Iced tea is a staple of refreshing summer drinks. There’s no reason to purchase it off the shelf in the store packed …
Mashed Sunchokes (a.k.a Jerusalem Artichokes)
Sunchokes, a.k.a Jerusalem artichokes, are knobby tubers that have a mildly sweet and nutty flavor. The artichoke name is a misnomer as …
Mussels in Coconut Broth
Ingredients 2 lbs mussels (assume 1 lb per person) 1 cup coconut milk 2/3 cup sake juice of 1/2 lime 2 teaspoons …
Sweet Potatoes Versus Yams: The Difference, Nutritional Information, and a Simple Recipe
Yam or Sweet Potato: What’s the Difference? Although the terms are often used interchangeably in America, they are two different vegetables. Sweet …
Simple Hummus Recipe Variation: Beet Root Hummus
Cook Time Prep time: 15 min Regardless that a few of them side negative effects may be visible during initial period of its …
Quick and Easy Summer Drinks: Best-ever Limeade
This is a simple and refreshing summer beverages. Unlike most lime- or lemonade recipes, this one uses the whole lime–peel and all. …
Roasted Ginger Soy Salmon
This is one of the simplest and quickest ways to make a seafood dinner. Salmon is a naturally oily fish, so no …
Fattoush
This wonderful Lebanese salad makes a great summer salad with the fresh vegetables, parsley and mint, and the tangy dressing. You can …
Celery Root as a Substitute for Potatoes
Celery Root (a.k.a celeriac) is a great substitute for potatoes. It can be cooked in most of the same ways as potatoes, …
Roasted Celery Root: An Easy, Delicious Potato Alternative
This is one of our favorite ways to eat celery root. The roasting brings out the earthy, salty, parsley-like flavor of celery …