PrintLemony Chickpea and Parsley Salad Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes Yield: 6 (1/2 cup servings ) or 4 (2/3 cup servings) Ingredients2 cups celery, chopped 1/2 red onion, finely chopped ( about 1/4 cup) 3 lemons juiced ( at least 1/2 cup) 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 2- 16 […]
Mediterranean Tuna Avocado Wrap
Hello… Avocado! At this time of year, you become my very best friend. You provide comfort. You make everything look and taste delicious. You are genuine with no faults. Plus, I couldn’t live without you! How could I? I see you everywhere. In every grocery store, every restaurant, down the street and up the street growing […]
Warm Roasted Potato and Kale Salad
I am in love with side dishes that include leafy greens. This is because I have a vegetable garden abounding with kale. I had a New Years Resolution this year to make this the best garden ever! Is twelve kale plants too many? LOL. I may sound like an overachiever but I love kale so […]
Summer Couscous Salad
Growing up in the Midwest, we simply didn’t eat a lot of grains other than white rice. No couscous salad in sight. Just meat, potatoes and lots of seasonal veggies were our main staples (along with a whole lot of Pepsi to wash it all down). So, it’s been fun over the last couple of […]
Greek-Style Bulgur and Garbonzo Bean Salad
Last year my son Ryan asked me what to do with bulgur wheat. He had purchased a 5- pound bag of bulgur wheat at a local farmers market near his college campus in Santa Cruz and he didn’t know what to do with it. He just needed a little inspiration. All I have to say […]
Lentils, Black Beans, Cilantro – Oh, Yes!
I guess I’m stuck on salads lately – I promise to diversify soon, but you can obviously see I’m excited for summer to get here. Even though we get a lot of fresh produce in Boise year-round, the warm weather gets me fired up to put in a garden and start hitting our local weekend markets. […]
Greek Style Chicken Wrap
Do you leave your meal choices to what’s available on the road, at the airport or in your vending machines at work? Because Eric and I are in the middle of moving to a new home, my grocery shopping has been erratic lately. I keep thinking… why buy food if I only have to move it […]
Spinach & Marinated Mushroom Salad
As a very young girl, one of the greatest lessons I learned was to work hard and to be open to trying as many things as possible. As I got older, I made it a point to never be afraid to say “yes” to a volunteer or professional opportunity—even if I didn’t know what the […]
The Fresh 20 Inspired Hummus Tortilla Melt
This is the first of my “Fresh 20” (www.thefresh20.com) inspired recipes and the second time in my life I’ve eaten hummus, except this time I actually liked it. I think the other hummus “incident” occurred when I was with a Heidi few years ago and she suggested I choke it down with some carrots. Just […]
Perfect Split Pea Soup {Vegetarian}
Man, I love this split pea soup. It so rarely gets cold here in So Cal to serve up hot soup, but today is a heater-on-window-closed- soup-type-of-day. I’m in! Are you? I love to use split peas because they don’t require “soaking” before cooking like most beans. And if you use a rich vegetable broth […]
