Showing posts with the label healthy

Vegan Cashew Date Energy Balls

I absolutely LOVE these vegan, protein energy bites. We keep them in the freezer for quick, healthy snacks and you can adapt them to your own taste with different add-ins and nut …

Smoked trout dinner salad

Smoked trout dinner salad with cucumber, celery, baby potatoes, pickled onions, marcona almonds and grainy mustard vinaigrette. This salad comes together in as long as it takes to…

Antipasti Chopped Salad

🇮🇹Ever just want salad for dinner? Enter my favorite antipasti chopped salad. The pictures salad is lacking olives because I was all out - I highly recommend customizing it to y…

Beet, mushroom, fennel and Parmesan salad.

This is one of the many salads I made up while cooking in Tuscany and it was a big hit so I’ve redone it and written everything down. Large button mushrooms are easier to slice, b…

Baked halibut with olives, radishes and lemon

An easy, beautiful and delish way to prepare fish. Here I used halibut but you can do this with cod, salmon, or any other thick fleshed fish. I posted a recipe a while back for fi…

Farro salad with beets, veggies, nuts, and a creamy green herb dressing

I love making versions of this farro salad. Lately I’ve been putting beets in it (red or gold) but you could leave them out if beets aren’t your thing! It’s full of veggies, nuts …

Fattoush Salad

Fattoush is a Northern Lebanese salad made with leftover pita, tomatoes, herbs, cucumber and other vegetables. It started as a way for people to use pita scraps so they didn’t go …

The Coziest Vegetarian Chili

I’ve been working on this vegetarian chili for the last month. It’s full of warm spices, lots of healthy veggies and protein packed beans. Don’t let the long looking ingredient li…

Pecan, Almond and Coconut Granola with Cardamom and Ginger

Don’t you love gifts you can eat?! Yesterday I was reminded about this homemade granola, which makes a great gift. Pour some into mason jars, add a bow and a label and you’re set.…

Ginger, Garlic and Sesame Meatballs with Mint and Lime

These ginger, garlic and sesame grilled meatballs are flavor bombs full of mint, ginger, garlic, chilies, scallions, sesame and lime. Maybe the best part about them is that you ca…

Moroccan Fish Stew with Citrus, Chickpeas and Olives

Spice things up with this Moroccan fish stew! It has a delicious, brothy tomato base filled with peppers, citrus, olives and chickpeas. You can use halibut, cod, Chilean sea bass …

Cauliflower Soup

This creamy and cozy cauliflower soup only has 5 ingredients! The recipe will work for most vegetables - so if you don’t have a cauliflower you could make it with carrots or sweet…

Roast Delicata Squash with Crispy Sage and Marcona Almonds

Roast Delicata Squash with Crispy SageHere’s a fall and winter side dish that will make (almost?) everyone happy and isn’t loaded with cream and butter (a few sides on the lighter…

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Cozy mushroom soup with thick cut bacon crutons! This is such an easy soup and you can really make it fun with garnishes. Regular old button mushrooms work great but you can add s…

Greek Salad

I forgot how much I love a good Greek salad! It’s simple, healthy and so delicious. Did you know a traditional Greek salad (horiatiki) doesn’t have lettuce??It’s just tomatoes, be…

Eggplant Parm

This is a summery, light eggplant Parm more that's much more like the traditional Italian version than the fried version you see in Italian-American restaurants (w…

Grilled Corn Salad with Peaches and Arugula

This grilled corn salad with peaches, arugula, tomatoes, hatch chili and lime is about as summery as salad gets.... Ingredients:5 ears corn, shuckedone hatch chili or jalapeño…

Turkey and White Bean Chili

So-Cal Turkey Chili with ALL the fixings! This healthy chili is packed with protein, fiber and veggies. It won a chili cook off in Budapest when I cooked at the US Embassy and was…

Roast Chicken with Garlic, Lemon and Thyme

I’ve probably roasted thousands of chickens over the years. My favorite way to do it, hands down (wings down??) is the way my mom taught me. All you need is fresh thyme, a head of…