Earlier this week, I shared my recipe for Spicy Sesame Sweet Potato “Tots.” Every tot needs a sidekick, right? I call this avocado dip “light and easy” because it so easily complements just about any light summer dish that I’d be silly not to share the recipe with you. I’ve been making this exact dip  [Continue reading...]

Is there anything that can’t be done with the humble but oh-so-versatile sweet potato? You can turn them into chips, you can turn them into dips. You can slurp them through a straw, you can even eat them raw. You can toss them in some curry, you can hash them in a hurry. You can  [Continue reading...]

I think I love apples a little too much. They are definitely one of my desert island foods that I can’t live without. So I’m always trying to come up with new ways to enjoy them, although that’s not too hard because I will eat them in just about any way, shape, or form. There  [Continue reading...]

I used to love couscous slathered with melted butter back in the day. What kid wouldn’t? After all, couscous is nothing more than tiny semolina pasta, so it was really just buttered noodles that I was eating in a different form. When I grew up and my palate became more refined, I put my buttered  [Continue reading...]

I love myself a nice juicy grapefruit anytime of day, not just for breakfast. We’re still on the tail end of citrus season, so with that in mind I’ve been getting my grapefruit and orange fix while the produce lasts. Most of the grapefruits I’ve bought lately have been incredibly juicy and sweet, but that’s  [Continue reading...]

Ghost. Nuclear bomb. Shark. Some words just have a way of striking fear in our hearts the moment we hear them, don’t they? Beets. Scare you? If they do, don’t high-tail it out of here just yet. Because if you give beets a chance, you just might come around and warm up to them like  [Continue reading...]

I cook and eat pretty simply on a day to day basis. As much as I love spending time in the kitchen, the reality is that life is busy, weeks are full, and I just don’t have the time to spend hours in the kitchen tinkering with recipes for dinner. With more light in the  [Continue reading...]

What would the third day of January be without some kind of kale salad, right? If one of your New Year’s intentions is to eat more leafy greens, I’ve got you covered! Nothing is more alkalizing, detoxifying, liver loving, cell satisfying, or just plain delicious as a big bowl of kale salad. This one packs  [Continue reading...]

Have you woken up from your food coma yet? If you’re reading this, I guess that means you survived yesterday’s big Thanksgiving feast…but maybe you’re in the mood for something a little lighter this weekend and next week, yes? How about an immune-boosting, nutrient-rich, easy to make super salad? I’ve got just the thing. This  [Continue reading...]

A perfect summer meal to me is a giant salad with garden-fresh produce and homemade dressing. But in the cooler months, nothing could be further from the truth! While I’ll happily eat salad year round, a bowl of soup or stew is the epitome of comfort on chilly days. What’s even better than soup? The  [Continue reading...]