Lately I’ve been topping off my soup with pesto to eat more greens and add some additional flavor to it. I recently discovered I was making what is essentially a Provençal version of minestrone soup. Unlike my classic Minestrone Soup and my Smokey Minestrone Soup this recipe uses fresh tomatoes and no tomato paste or …
Shaved Apple Salad
The base of this salad is the shaved apple and red cabbage. The arugula provides a slightly peppery, bitter flavor to balance out the sweetness of the other ingredients. The rock star of this recipe though is the dressing. Shaving apples here means either slicing them very thin with a sharp knife or slicing them …
Thumbprint Cookies {almond flour}
Thumbprint cookies are so much fun to make. Mix a few ingredients together, shape the mixture into a large ball of dough, and roll out little dough balls on to a baking sheet. Press your thumb in each ball to and place a bit of jam in the thumb indent. Then bake and eat. My …
Pecan Sesame Granola {grain free}
Granola is great to have around for snacking or adding to yogurt, fruit, and smoothie bowls. Here’s my latest granola combination, using pecans, sliced almonds, sesame seeds, and shredded coconut. I go through phases where I make a granola recipe for several weeks and then I move on to another version or forget about it …
Thai Coconut Soup {Tom Kha Gai}
There are some recipes that are best when made with coconut milk, and this is one of them. Coconut milk creates a creamy, tangy, slurp-worthy soup. If there were one coconut milk-based broth or soup I would recommend for anyone new to cooking with coconut milk, this is it. Don’t be intimated by the more …
Raspberry Jam
Jam on the spot. I do this with all kinds of berries and it’s a great way to make a small batch of jam. I have a similar recipe for strawberry jam, and I do the same for blueberry jam. I keep the seeds in the jam, but if you prefer not or can’t do …