Ripe, red tomatoes stuffed full with briny crab, lemon and basil? Yup, we love easy and delicious appetizers like this. This quick recipe fills up lots of small tomatoes – or for a yummy dinner on a hot night, stuff large tomatoes with this salad and place on a bed of...
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Spicy Tuesday – Parsley Soup – Parsley
If you’re a frequent reader of our blog – you know we LOVE herbs. They are flavorful and delicious, colorful and full of nutrition, we just LOVE our herbs! But just like you, we don’t often think of them as playing a starring role on our plate. Yes, there’s Basil...
Spicy Tuesday – Black Bean Bowl with Farro – Cumin
You’ve probably been to one of the “Bowl” restaurants – where you start with rice or noodles and then the rest of the ingredients are added as you choose them. It’s great fun to “have it your way”. That is, IF you choose healthy foods. Just like a salad bar, what you...
Spicy Tuesday – Avocado Dill Deviled Eggs – Dill
Nothing says spring like eating outdoors. Picnics at the park, lunch at the lake or just a simple dinner on the porch. We love eating “al fresco”. Anything that is served up outside just tastes better! This week, we’re sharing a delicious way to whip up a favorite...
Spicy Tuesday – Quick Pickle – Turmeric
Isn’t it fun to find new ways to use familiar foods? We love it. This recipe is full of ingredients you may buy in the store often, like cucumbers, Dijon mustard, and green onions. It also includes a few that you may not be purchase often, like toasted sesame oil and...
Rooibos Poached Pears with Ginger and Molasses
Don't you love a recipe that evokes oohs and ahhs from your guests? This one qualifies. Bright flavor from the fruit, rich flavor from the tea and a hit of ginger make it irresistible. Bonus! Its easy to make - even ahead of time. I had never tasted ROOIBOS (ROY-boss)...
Spicy Tuesday – Spectacular Salad (Stuffer) – Coriander
We love grain, bean and veggie salads! The versatility of these easy-to-make salads is rocking. Toss them together on Sunday and you have a week’s worth of lunches and dinners – all delicious and all super nutritious, too. Once these simple salads are made we can...
Spicy Tuesday – Greek Baked Fish – Oregano
We recently taught a fish class to a packed house of enthusiastic home cooks and eaters at Cancer Wellness. This recipe wasn’t on our menu this time – but will be on the next line up for “GO FISH”. More than a handful of good ingredients go into this easy to fix dish...
A Trio of Tapenades
What's better than three yummy-dippy-things to stick a cracker or carrot in? (I love to eat with my hands, I admit.) I also love the briny salty tang of olives, capers and OH! anchovies. I taught a class last week that totally agreed with me. (Don't you just love it...
Spicy Tuesday – Warm Gingered Pineapple – Ginger
Woo hoo! Its not often we get to share a recipe with two ingredients. You read correctly – only two! Those two ingredients are super stars in the world of flavor, though. Rich, sweet, juicy pineapple often stars on it own, but with the addition of a crystallized...
Spicy Tuesday – Touch of Thai Lime Salad – Parsley – 040814
Its that time of the year here in Atlanta. Flowers bloom and the weather is gorgeous, and full of the promise of spring. We break out our shorts and get excited for warmer weather. And then…days like yesterday. Rainy, gloomy and dark, fog filling the sky and putting...
Spicy Tuesday – Kale Chips – Smoked Paprika
Every time we serve these crispy treats we make friends! Although kale seems to be in the news all the time, it seems like many people haven’t made their own kale chips. Yes, you can buy kale chips in the store, but no, they aren’t as good as this easy-to-make,...
Spicy Tuesday – Cream of Asparagus Soup – Chives
It seems like we are on a soup kick lately – but there’s nothing like soup to warm up a chilly spring evening and get us ready for sunny weather. This soup is made with asparagus – a real harbinger of spring. Just because its thick and creamy doesn’t mean its made...
Spicy Tuesday – Tuscan White Bean and Kale Soup – Fennel
This is one of our favorite soups because it highlights a powerfood—KALE! Plus, it tastes so good that the whole family will love it on these cool spring evenings. Kale is a cancer fighting powerfood because of all its phytochemicals! FORTY-FIVE different types of...
Spicy Tuesday – Rooibos Poached Pears – Mint
We’re heading towards the end of pear season here in the US, and before it leaves, it's the perfect time for these luscious and super easy-to-make poached pears. The pears we buy in the grocery store are most likely from Northern California or Washington State....