I can’t believe summer is only a few week’s away, and I am so ready for some easy, healthy summer salad recipes. Summer is too precious to waste indoors and for anyone who enjoys food and cooking, summer offers the finest produce. The key is to keep it simple and just enjoy the fresh, fragrant…
Pea Salad with Oil-Free Miso Mint Almond Milk Dressing Happy spring everyone! I love when spring rolls in because it makes me feel so optimistic. Spring also brings so many vibrant fruits and vegetables like this pea salad with english peas, sugar-snap peas, watermelon radishes, butter lettuce, and fresh mint. Yum! I also choose to make a fresh and…
Summer Salad with Citrus Oil-Free Vinaigrette When it’s too hot to turn on the oven, no worries. There are plenty of delicious no-cook options during the summer. My favorite go-to meal is a simple summer salad. Just combine your favorite greens in a large bowl. Top the greens with your most-loved fruits and vegetables. Then…
I grew up outside Boston in a small blue-collar town called Winthrop. Winthrop is full of contradictions. At times, its natural beauty overtakes me and I long to live there again. Other times its darkness engulfs me and I can’t breathe. Yin and Yang. I left Winthrop at 18, and fled the small town like…
Summer Salad with Grated Vegetables, Candied Pecans & Oil-Free Dressing Salads don’t have to be boring especially if you are willing to use some imagination and some experimentation. Salads can also be 100% healthy when you eliminate the oil heavy dressings and replace with a fresh oil-free dressing. I love raw shredded vegetables in my…
What Is Your Unique Purpose In Life & Kale Salad with Dates, Hemp Seeds & Avocado Dressing “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” ~~Joseph Campbell: American mythologist, writer and lecturer When I was going through a difficult stage in my life, I spent many hours…
Top 5 Foods For Beautiful Skin and Grilled Watermelon Salad with Charred Beets & Tomatoes One of the greatest benefits you get from removing meat and dairy from your calorie intake is a better complexion. That’s because fruits and vegetables have a higher water content than meat and eating foods with high water content hydrate…
Asian Rice Noodle Salad with Tofu Today I made this delightfully light and refreshing Asian rice noodle salad with tofu. It took about 30 minutes or less to prepare and worth every minute. The best thing about this salad is how it comes together in no time at all. Asian rice noodles generally cook more quickly…
Cashew Cheese, Tomatoes, Basil & Watercress I wanted to try something new and challenging this week. So, in an effort to expand my vegan cheese repertoire, I made a cashew cheese recipe from Tal Ronnin’s new book The Conscious Cook. I won’t say this vegan cheese isn’t some work because it was, but I will say it was worth it.…
Vegan Caesar Salad with Avocado Vinaigrette I listened to an interesting talk by Joseph Campbell the other day and it got me thinking about our evolution from hunters to our current food chain. Dr. Joseph Campbell was a highly regarded American mythologist, writer and lecturer. Campbell’s usage of the word “myth” does not denote falsehood,…
