Food & Recipes, Salad, Side dishes, Veggies |
So summer is coming and its time to make coleslaw. I wanted some thing with a bit more zing and decided that my summer coleslaw will be cabbage and radish coleslaw with chile lime vinaigrette. This is a bit of a copycat recipe for the Mexican radish slaw that my local...
Appetizer, Dips and Sauces, Food & Recipes, School Lunches, Veggies |
Cannellini Bean Hummus without Tahini Don’t ever reach for another tub of commercially made hummus in the deli case, yuck! I have served this to everyone from kids to wine snobs and they have all licked the bowl. The addition on the cannellini beans gives a...
Featured, Food & Recipes, Veggies |
I was recently invited by the Palm Beach Gardens location of the Spice and Tea Exchange to take part in a tasting party they were hosting to promote some of their spices. I created two dishes to give away at the party being held at the store. I wanted to focus on a...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Soups & Stews |
In the winter with the holidays behind us its time to eat healthy and enjoy every bite. This bean soup with both kale and chard is perfect for a chilly winter night but you won’t regret it come bikini season. This meal is a hearty enough to keep everyone full but...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Tis the season of heavy eating! Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties, and cookie exchanges it’s time to lighten up. This simple diner of chicken thighs and vegetables is the result of a quick trip to Whole Foods looking for inspiration for the defrosted chicken that...
Chicken, Featured, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
I love nectarines, they are by far my favorite stone fruit but buying them in South Florida is a bit like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get (sorry about the Forrest Gump reference). Many times they go from under-ripe to rotten, never getting...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood, Uncategorized |
Living in South Florida we are lucky to often receive gifts of freshly caught fish from friends and family that are successful fisher-persons. As a native Floridian I know that you graciously accept the gift then wait until you get home to see exactly what you have,...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
After a weekend of eating lots of bad-for-me-food to celebrate my birthday I am back and on the straight and narrow path of eating what’s good for me, and this Basil Chicken with White Cannellini Beans is the prefect meal. Most healthy dinners do not really entice the...
In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints, Uncategorized |
So excited!! Next week I am leaving on a girlie bonding cruise with my mom, aunt, and newest cousin: Rachel (she just married my favorite cousin Josh). I will be leaving my husband and the two girls to fend for themselves. I feel a little guilty that while I am...
Breakfast, Crockpot, Food & Recipes |
Most days everyone in the house has to be out the door by 7am. And we have a diverse set of appetites: a 13 year old looking for an early morning sugar rush we would rather she did not have, a chronically late 16 year old ballerina that needs calories for 6 hours of...
