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 ...
Kohlrabi and celery salad {walnuts + garlic aioli}
Kohlrabi and celery salad - made with toasted walnuts, and homemade garlic aioli, this simple salad is extra crunchy, delicious and super nutritious, light on calories too! This simple salad features a little-known winter veggie - the kohlrabi. I have vague memories eating raw kohlrabi as a kid - I remember my mom making a salad of grated ...
Cauliflower fennel soup {crispy basil + feta cheese}
Cauliflower fennel soup - loaded with crispy basil, feta cheese, toasted walnuts and spiced with paprika butter sauce - it's delicious, healthy, and perfect for a cold day. My friend texted me this soup recipe the other day. She had some left over mashed potatoes and steamed cauliflower, and it was literally a 5-minute affair, she ...
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 ...
Creamy spinach and okra soup {callaloo}
Creamy spinach and okra soup with crab meat and coconut milk - mild, perfectly balanced flavors in a thick, luscious broth - delicious and comforting! This is one of my favorite soup recipes ever, and therefore it deserves a place on the blog. It is from The Essential Caribbean Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes, With Step-By-Step Photographs I ...
Avocado grapefruit jicama salad
Avocado grapefruit jicama salad - this fabulous salad combines the freshest most delicate flavors in one bowl - crunchy jicama, crisp and cool cucumbers, bitter-sweet grapefruit and creamy avocado, with fresh lime juice and lots of cilantro. I couldn't wait to share with you this absolutely gorgeous and delicious salad! I've been making it ...
Fall superfood detox salad
Fall superfood detox salad - vitamin-rich, nutritious, and equally delicious, this is the perfect post-holiday detox meal. After last week of non-stop cooking, over-eating and over-drinking, I am ready for a post-Thanksgiving food break. At least for a few days ;) It takes all my will (whatever is left of it) to not succumb to all ...
Pumpkin coconut soup with walnut gremolata
Pumpkin coconut soup with walnut gremolata - delicious, heart-warming pumpkin soup, with crunchy, garlicky topping of toasted walnuts and coconut - it's fall comfort food in its best. November 1st brought cold and rain. It literally happened overnight, and we went from wearing short sleeves on Halloween night, to wrapping ourselves in our ...
Mushroom salad with lentils and caramelized onions
Mushroom salad with lentils and caramelized onions, topped with crunchy pine nuts and briny capers - it's a symphony of textures and fall flavors, and a fantastic meal in itself, this salad doubles up as the perfect potluck dish, or Thanksgiving side. Last weekend, we packed our bags, and headed for a 4 hour drive up north, to the Mendocino ...
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 ...
Roasted beet salad with caramelized garlic, walnuts and goat cheese
This is one of my tried-and-true recipes that everybody loves. It's hearty, flavorful and satisfying. It's the perfect fall salad recipe, as it not only features my favorite fall root veggie, but it also has a great comfort food feel about it. Plus, its vibrant hues are no less fall-ish than they are pretty to look at. I am using red and golden ...
Tomato feta panzanella salad {garlicky breadcrumbs + pesto dressing}
Tomato feta panzanella salad loaded with creamy feta cheese, lots of toasted garlic bread crumbs and a simple pesto dressing - easy, elegant, and absolutely delicious take on the traditional panzanella salad. This tomato feta panzanella salad is a summer favorite that I've been making almost every week now. It's a humble recipe at first ...