I’m often inspired to prepare dishes based on something I’ve seen others make, or from something we’ve ordered out to eat. More often it’s a dish I’ve seen prepared on television because I’m hooked on the Food Network channels. Recently during a segment on the morning “Today Show” Giada de Laurentiis was talking about a […]
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Quinoa Salad with Sugar Snap Peas
Quinoa Salad with Sugar Snap Peas The nice thing about Costco is that they have such great produce at a value. The downfall, is that you have to come up with dishes to use up all the fresh veggies before they spoil! I’m still on my Quinoa kick, so I created this dish based mostly […]
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Fresh Basil is in abundance and so ’tis the season for Caprese salads! Caprese is a simple salad, made of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil. In Italy, it is usually served as an antipasto, which means that it’s a starter. Around our house we prefer ours with balsamic […]
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Ok, so we’ve all heard that spinach is healthy. Most everything you read on the Internet refers to spinach for the Super Food, calling it the healthiest food of all time. I loved Popeye growing up and he made himself super strong by eating spinach! I am always trying to incorporate the best ingredients into […]
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The first time I recall ever enjoying Quinoa, was in an interestingly delicious salad served at Continuum Winery during a special lunch event that we attended a few years back. I had taken notes and actually had to go look it up following our lunch! It seems like I start noticing the “foodie trends” while […]
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