BLT Panzanella
Undoubtedly one of the very best things about the latter half of summer is the abundance of fresh tomatoes. Bonus flavor points if they come directly from the garden or farmers market. Certainly a...
View ArticleLet’s Do Lunch: Roasted Vegetable Chickpea Salad
Do you ever need to hit the restart button? Like maybe after a weekend of pizza and breadsticks and ice cream…so good at the time, but afterwards your body is just craving something…you know, healthy?...
View ArticleCaprese Pasta Salad
Well, it only took me a year plus a few months…today I’m finally sharing a recipe I first mentioned back when I posted about Andrew’s third birthday party. This caprese pasta salad was a sort of last...
View ArticleRoasted Berry and Brie Salad
Since having kids, our household goes through berries at a startling pace in the summertime. Mostly we eat them raw, since they are a low maintenance and healthy snack option. Sometimes we put them...
View ArticleRoasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
I know most of you out there are happily planning your Thanksgiving menus, or choosing what you’ll contribute to your family’s spread. Me, I’ve barely given it more than two minutes of thought. Well,...
View ArticleTwice Baked Potato Casserole
For as long as I can remember, my favorite dishes on the Thanksgiving table were of two varieties: potatoes and bread. Yes, carbs all the way. Well rounded? Not at all. But, it was what I liked...
View ArticleLet’s Do Lunch: Bok Choy Brown Rice Salad with Orange Sesame Dressing
I love the feeling after our weekly produce delivery and grocery shopping trip when the fridge is bursting with fresh produce. So many delicious possibilities. My goal is that by the following week,...
View ArticleLet’s Do Lunch: Quinoa Salad with Roasted Tomatoes, Broccoli and Feta
Most of the time I have no problem eating a healthy diet. But, I’m still human, and some days I come home exhausted wanting only grilled cheese-mac and cheese-cheese pizza-cheese anything. On those...
View ArticleSpinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette
What do you love best about the salad you see here? For most people, I’m sure the answer would be the bacon. While I do like the bacon (definite progress from a few years ago), I am all about the...
View ArticleMassaged Kale Caesar Salad
It’s the beginning of the week. The time when we start out with all our high expectations and all the best intentions. To work out every day, to eat good-for-you foods all week long, to organize...
View ArticleBlackberry Chèvre Salad
Did you all have a good weekend? Mine was full to the brim with good things. Lots of fun time with the kids, nice weather for playing outside, a beautiful wedding of a friend of many years, and time...
View ArticleSummer Veggie Tortellini Salad with Browned Butter
Summer is many things to many people, but one thing most of us can agree on is that it is time for backyard parties, barbecues and pitch-ins. Every year I tend to find one great recipe for bringing to...
View ArticleBlack Bean, Corn and Avocado Salad
So, remember a couple of years ago when, much to our collective dismay, Charlie Sheen was in the news almost daily for his latest shenanigans? And no matter how much you wanted to get away from it, he...
View ArticleCreamy Chive Potatoes
Like it or not, November has arrived. These days I would really prefer to skip right past November and move straight into December. (If you are a relatively new reader and don’t know the backstory, you...
View ArticleQuinoa Pilaf with Chipotle, Queso Fresco and Lime
I’m half beginning to wonder if I should rename my blog something about quinoa and desserts. We used to eat quinoa about once a week but lately it makes it onto the menu at least two or three times...
View ArticleButtermilk Cornbread with Chipotle Honey Butter
I have vivid memories of the first time I tried asparagus. I was about four at the time and it was billed to me as “a special treat with (my) lunch”. I’m imagining something spectacular and probably...
View ArticleHerbed Mushroom and Sausage Stuffing
It’s hard to believe I have been sharing recipes here for over seven years and somehow a stuffing recipe has never graced the pages of this site. I suppose it is because with all of the different...
View ArticleItalian Chopped Salad
A couple of my girlfriends and I meet up about once a month for a glorious evening of non-stop chatting, laughter and general hilarity. Our meetings move around to different restaurants on occasion but...
View ArticleShaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Cranberries, Apples and Gouda
It has only been in the past few years that I have come to appreciate brussels sprouts. It’s not that I ever had an aversion to them but I just simply was not exposed to them. They weren’t something...
View ArticleHarvest Kale Salad with Roasted Apple, Sweet Potato and Candied Pecans
Here we are again with another of those impossible to name recipes. With so very many good things in the mix, what makes the cut into the title? Even with that mouthful, I didn’t mention the dried...
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