Cold cucumber yogurt soup - garlic, walnuts, dill, fresh cucumbers and chilled yogurt make this soup super delicious and quite refreshing on a hot day. As the hot summer days are sluggishly dragging by, making a lazy bum out of all of us, I'm beginning to avoid the kitchen stove, or oven as much as possible, and making hack meals as often as ...
Marinated Grilled Vegetables with Whipped Goat Cheese
Marinated grilled vegetables with whipped goat cheese - eggplants, peppers, zucchini, asparagus, and onions, marinated and grilled till soft on the inside and charred on the outside, then doused in garlicky marinade, and served with whipped goat cheese on the side. With BBQ season in full force, this tried-and-true recipe of marinated ...
Eggplant dip
Eggplant dip - with only 4 ingredients, this dip is an easy and impressive summer appetizer, and dare I say, better than Baba Ganoush! Dare I say this eggplant dip is better than Baba Ganoush? Oh, yeah - and I fully assume the responsibility for doing so! This is one of my childhood favorites and I had to share it, as over the years I ...
Seeds and greens kaniwa salad
Seeds and greens kaniwa salad - this salad is all about the texture and fresh spring flavors - featuring 6 different seeds, including the superstar kaniwa seed, and crunchy green veggies, it's delicious and super nutritious. I dubbed this salad my 'bird food' salad. It has 6 different seeds (not counting the peas which are technically seeds ...
Carrot almond salad {fresh turmeric + coconut dressing}
Carrot almond salad - ribbons of rainbow carrots, doused in creamy, turmeric coconut dressing, topped with toasted almonds and fresh cilantro - an explosion of exotic flavors that will surely tantalize your taste buds! This rainbow carrot and almond salad is an explosion of colors, and flavors! It has the most exotic taste - bursting with ...
Roasted Jerusalem artichokes {feta + garlic dill butter}
Roasted Jerusalem artichokes - sprinkled with feta cheese and drizzled with garlic dill butter, they are simply finger-licking good! This recipe is a riff off my favorite way to eat French fries - sprinkled with feta cheese. That's how I've eaten French fries all my life, and to this day, I haven't found a better way. The only other thing ...
Kale salad with toasted coconut and sesame oil
Kale salad with toasted coconut and sesame oil - this fantastic salad has it all - it's crunchy, it's salty, it's satisfying, and feels like comfort food, yet is a health bomb. I've been really slow in catching up with the world's obsession with kale. I remember the first kale salad recipe I tried, instructed to massage the kale with your ...
Cauliflower risotto
Cauliflower risotto - 3 ingredients and 5 minutes to make, this creamy risotto tastes better than the real deal, and is so much healthier. 3 ingredients and 5 minutes to make, this risotto has no rice but it tastes better than the real deal. You don't have to slave half an hour at the stove, as you would, with a regular risotto, and you ...
Roasted cauliflower salad with hazelnuts
Roasted cauliflower salad with hazelnuts - warm, earthy, slightly sweet, and nutty - this fall salad is absolutely fantastic, and worthy of your holiday table. With Halloween successfully behind us, it's time to think about the next big holiday on the line. It's funny how lately, I've been seeing wild turkeys quite often in parks and ...
Sauteed Crab Over Squash Puree
Sauteed crab over squash puree - a lovely medley of flavors that come together as an elegant and delicious appetizer. This sauteed crab over squash puree is such a festive appetizer that's also easy to make, and quick to impress. The inspiration for it came from a recent vacation in French Polynesia. The chef at the private island resort ...
Eggplants in tomato garlic sauce
This is a favorite recipe that's very popular during the summer months in the Balkans. It is traditionally made by frying the eggplant pieces and serving them with the sauce on the side. My version is more of a skillet dish, with layers of eggplant smothered in tomato garlic sauce, and lots of feta cheese right before serving. Cooking the ...
Roasted Delicata Squash with Grilled Cheese {almonds + garlic}
Almond-crusted delicata squash, roasted in coconut oil, garlic and cinnamon to a golden delicious sweetness, then paired with mild grilled queso panela cheese for the perfect sweet-and-savory balance of flavors. It's officially the first day of fall today, and the weather is nice and hot in sunny California. We're still enjoying the toasty ...