Baby Kale Salad with Strawberry and Avocado
Baby Kale with Strawberry and Avocado When you live in a temperate climate, this is about the time you start to yearn for change. In this case…spring! Today, there was no sign of it what-so-ever!...
View ArticleMediterranean Chopped Salad with Seared Scallops…and a Giveaway!
Mediterranean Chopped Salad with Seared Scallops This salad is full of the flavors I grew up with. I’ve mentioned before, I’m an Armenian girl who grew up eating a lot of Middle Eastern and...
View ArticleShaved Broccoli Salad
Shaved Broccoli Salad Let’s start off with the name of this salad. Shaved? Ugh…I’ll admit, I hesitated over using that word. *Insert funny joke I had here…but, apparently my family thought was...
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French Mushroom Soup with Gruyere Toasts
French Mushroom Soup with Gruyere Toasts Have you ever had a great idea and patted yourself on the back…a little too soon? One of my son’s favorite soups is French onion. I wanted to use that recipe,...
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Red Quinoa and Mango Salad
Red Quinoa and Mango Salad With so much going on last week, I felt like I was walking around in a haze half the time. Both global and personal events had me preoccupied. So, in that haze, I made a pot...
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Lunchtime: Tuscan Toast with Goat Cheese, Pea Shoots and Blackberries
Tuscan Toast with Goat Cheese, Pea Shoots and Blackberries I love lunchtime. It’s kind of my time. It sounds so selfish, but I don’t have to think about what anyone else likes or doesn’t like…it’s all...
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Hummus…and a Giveaway!
Hummus If you’re at all familiar with the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, you must remember the “Mooscaca” scene! You can watch it here (@ 3:00 is the scene I’m talking about). That was my childhood!...
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Lunchtime: Mashed Fava Bean and Smoked Salmon Flatbread
Mashed Fava Bean and Smoked Salmon Flatbread This is the second of my “Lunchtime” posts. You may remember my first, Tuscan Toast with Goat Cheese, Pea Shoots and Blackberries. This is where I share my...
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Beluga Lentil Salad with Hearts of Palm and Avocado
Beluga Lentil Salad with Hearts of Palm and Avocado My son commented the other day that I’m kind of like those women who obsessively buy shoes, except, I buy food. I just looked at him blankly and...
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Chipotle Grilled Vegetable Tacos
Chipotle Grilled Vegetable Tacos I’ve got a thing for Mexican food. I love the spectrum of flavors, from the spicy peppers to the citrusy lime…and everything in between. The “in between” here,...
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50 Healthy Summer Salads and Five Tips for Creating the Perfect Salad
I could eat a salad for lunch and dinner every day. Salads are super versatile and with summer here, your options are endless with all of those beautiful fresh fruits and veggies in our markets and...
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Asian Kale Slaw
Asian Kale Slaw I love kale. I could eat it any way you give it to me. My family…not so much. They love baby kale (like this salad), with its softer and more delicate texture, but they just don’t seem...
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Chopped Antipasto Salad
Chopped Antipasto Salad I hadn’t planned on putting this salad up on the blog. I just figured it didn’t fit my “healthy” theme, but, I had made a big bowl of it the other night when we had our good...
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Butternut and Cranberry Freekeh Salad
Hang on, we’re about to get freekeh! OK, so it’s actually pronounced freek-ah, but I’m seldom funny, so let’s just go with it. Freekeh is an ancient grain, full of beneficial nutrients. It is high in...
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Forelle Pear and Blue Cheese Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
This all began for me in the produce section. I turned the corner to grab a bunch of pears when I spotted these cute little tiny Forelles! I couldn’t resist. When the checkout girl asked me if they...
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Mushroom Manchego Phyllo Galette
A galette is basically a very free form and rustic type of tart. It’s often made with very buttery pastry dough. As much as I’d love to tell you differently, there is nothing wrong with that. But, you...
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Vegetable and Quinoa Stuffed Zucchini
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything. January is one of the most hectic months for me. Most of my days have involved lots of numbers, too much paperwork, and just basically, trying...
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Italian Wedding Soup
I’ve always imagined a wedding in an old Tuscan villa, nestled perfectly between green hillsides dotted with rows of grapevines and gardens. The bride, wearing the dress of her mother’s and her...
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Red Quinoa Tabbouleh
My Mom doesn’t own a computer. She became so frustrated with the one she had, she threatened to throw it out the window. So, she only gets a glimpse of my blog every now and then when she visits my...
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Quinoa and Chickpea Burgers
When I was recently asked if I’d review Donna Hay’s newest book Fresh and Light, I have to admit to jumping out of my office chair and doing a little dance! I’ve been a huge fan of Donna’s for a while...
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