Seasonal, Adventurous Home Cooking
I do hate to be the bearer of bad news, especially after a nearly two-year-long pandemic, but cold and flu season is upon us. Because of this, it is necessary for all of us to have an easy peasy chicken soup in our back pocket …
This glass of healthfulness is known as my Ultimate Juice as it provides several servings of fruits and veggies including beets, carrots, and spinach along with apples, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. This super healthy juice is much easier to digest than would be a smoothie. …
This salad is a complete meal in a bowl. It is filled with sauteed onions and peppers which become soft and lightly charred, roasted sweet potatoes, creamy avocado, salty feta, and a zesty lime vinaigrette. Nonetheless, you could easily serve this salad alongside grilled chicken or steak, if you like. This recipe is also endlessly adaptable. It is entirely vegetarian, and could easily be vegan with the exclusion of honey and feta. It has definitely become a staple in our house. We almost always have sweet potatoes and avocadoes on hand and I have become addicted to the sweet, slightly spicy lime vinaigrette.
Sweet Potato, Avocado, and Feta Salad with Lime-honey Vinaigrette
Serves: 4
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I first learned of Tsimmes from the Barefoot Contessa herself- Ina Garten. A traditional vegetable stew which is often served on Jewish holidays, Tsimmes traditionally has carrots, sweet potatoes, and butternut squash. I’ve adapted her recipe, adding spicy parsnips and sweet apples to the mix. …
I love a good chicken Caesar salad, but unfortunately, there are a lot of bad recipes out there and people often get nervous that most recipes use a raw egg yolk. This one makes everything from scratch. The chicken is marinated in a Greek seasoning …
This smoothie is aptly named as it includes nearly everything but the kitchen sink itself. This smoothie has plenty of green vegetables, several servings of fruit, and several good-for-you seeds and nuts. It’s also incredibly easy to assemble: just chop everything into large pieces and throw it in the blender and you’ll have a frothy, healthy powerhouse of a way to start your morning. I use 1 frozen and 1 regular banana to help chill the smoothie and to make it creamy. Almonds add protein and the chia seeds are packed with essential nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and fiber. Here’s to good health! Slainte! (Cheers in Irish)
Kitchen Sink Smoothie
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I always have these glorious ambitions of making spinach smoothies for breakfast every morning and being super healthy, but that rarely pans out. As a result, I have a surfeit of spinach that needs attending to by the end of the week. Recipe searching ensues. …
This Greek-Inspired Power Bowl is full of protein and veggies and it can easily be doubled to serve the entire family! The healthy vinaigrette and marinade are entirely home-made. Crispy chickpeas substitute the typical croutons- cook for 20 minutes and they’ll be crispy on the …
Upon reading the ingredients in this sandwich, you may be surprised to hear me boast of how truly delicious it is. It may sound just a little too healthy to be tasty, but this combination of vegetables layered on warm naan bread is absolutely out of this world! This sandwich makes excellent use of the bounty of late summer vegetables available this time of year including ripe Jersey tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers and julienned carrots, and creamy avocado. Please do not exclude the lemon zest. It lends a brightness and freshness that gives this sandwich its character. Warming the naan is also a must, along with adding plenty of salt and pepper. Please be warned- this is a very messy sandwich if you aren’t conscientious about holding the whole thing together, but it’s so delicious that I doubt you will mind very much. Perhaps you could opt to eat it outside, soaking in those last glorious days of late summer sun!
Lemon-Infused Vegetable Sandwich on Warm Naan
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