Fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, basil, salt and pepper. Just assemble and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It’s fast, easy and delicious. Can a salad get any simpler than this? Continue reading Caprese Salad
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Kale, Leeks, and Thai Basil Frittata
With the addition of ricotta cheese, this frittata is delicious, filling, and packed full of good for you leafy greens such as kale and herbs.
Continue reading Kale, Leeks, and Thai Basil FrittataMexican Hot Chocolate Cookies with Chrysanthemum Petals
Think Mexican hot chocolate with cayenne pepper and cinnamon but in a cookie form.
Continue reading Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies with Chrysanthemum PetalsSpicy Vegetarian Arabiatta Pasta Sauce
Arabiatta sauce is a spicy marinara sauce that literally means “angry sauce” in Italian.
Continue reading Spicy Vegetarian Arabiatta Pasta SauceSimple Tomato Bruschetta
What makes this version of bruschetta so easy to make is you can use whatever bread you have in the pantry and garden fresh tomatoes. Continue reading Simple Tomato Bruschetta
An English Style High Tea. Cranberry Scones. A Menu Worth Replicating
Here is another scone recipe from my friend Rose for sweet Cranberry Scones. Serve these scones warm out of the oven with some jam, accompanied by hot tea and fresh cut fruit, and you will surely have a perfect Sunday afternoon English style High Tea! Continue reading An English Style High Tea. Cranberry Scones. A Menu Worth Replicating
The Dawa Cocktail
With a few simple ingredients – lime juice, honey, brown sugar and vodka – the dawa is the perfect drink on a balmy summer evening.
Continue reading The Dawa CocktailSoft Tacos with Shishito Peppers, Mushrooms & Potatoes with Coriander Pickled Onions and Spicy Bread and Butter Pickles
What gives these tacos their unique flavor are the shishito peppers and homemade coriander pickled onions and spicy bread and butter pickles.
Continue reading Soft Tacos with Shishito Peppers, Mushrooms & Potatoes with Coriander Pickled Onions and Spicy Bread and Butter PicklesHistory of Paella + A Vegetarian Paella Recipe
There is something about paella that makes it such a fun summertime meal. Could it be because it is the favored dish of always-sunny Spain?
Continue reading History of Paella + A Vegetarian Paella RecipeSuper Easy Super Delicious Super Quick Vegetarian Tacos & Taco Salad
On warm summer days tacos piled high with fresh vegetables and packed with well-seasoned kidney beans is a positively satisfying meal for lunch or dinner. This is the easiest recipe to pull together with the most stupendously delicious results. These tacos are packed with good for you legumes such as kidney beans, chock full of leafy greens, fresh tomatoes, delicious salsa, sour cream, and a dash of shredded cheese.

These vegetarian tacos are so good that you will have not just one or two, but three or four. However if you are like me, you will find that this dish tastes even better without the taco shell, as a taco salad. Try it. Here is the recipe. Continue reading Super Easy Super Delicious Super Quick Vegetarian Tacos & Taco Salad