Spring vegetables and fruits always look so fresh and innocent. They make you feel young at heart. It's a time for new beginnings and that inspired me to create a Spring Salad with Strawberries and Peas to bring in the season. Enjoy this recipe! The stores are stocked with mixtures of pre-washed baby greens making it easy to throw together a quick salad. I … [Read more...]
Baby Beet and Quinoa Salad
I love making the Baby Beet and Quinoa salad recipe featured below. It's not only beautiful to look at but amazingly nutritious as well. The Ancient Romans used beets as an aphrodisiac. They contain the mineral Boron, which is related to the production of human sex hormones. Beets also purify your blood, and will naturally cleanse and detoxify your body. Enjoy this … [Read more...]
Garbanzo Beans Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
One of my go-to potluck dishes that everyone raves about is the tangy Garbanzo Beans Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes featured below. It's super easy to make and wonderfully tangy. Enjoy this Recipe! If you love chickpeas, as I do, you may also want to try my Tuscan Garbanzo Bell Pepper Soup. The health benefits of garbanzo beans Garbanzo beans are always a healthy … [Read more...]
Radicchio and Arugula Salad
After my trip to Italy and a visit to the Campo di Fiori open produce market in Rome, I was inspired to create a Radicchio and Arugula Salad. It's simple but contains Italian favorites like Gorgonzola cheese and fennel. Enjoy this recipe! Salad isn’t served before a meal in Italy, but rather after the meal as a digestive. You won't find it soaked in dressing … [Read more...]
Fig Salad with Mozzarella with Raspberry Dressing
I attended a #figology fest and my contribution to the potluck was this simple Fig Salad with Mozzarella with Raspberry Dressing. It was so much fun to see what recipes everyone came up with using figs. Enjoy this Recipe! The Fig Board rep, Karla J. Stockli, was on hand to tell us all about figs. Some of the fig recipes attendees came up with included Boozy Fig … [Read more...]
