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...]

A few weeks ago on my Facebook page, I mentioned that I threw together some amazing veggie burgers for dinner one night on a whim. I told folks that I’d be happy to make them again if they’d like the recipe. And the answer was a resounding YES! So to the kitchen I went to  [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...]

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...]

I’m all about colorful food right now. Spring is sloooowwwww in coming to the Midwest, so it’s up to me to bring a little color into the kitchen with every chance I get. To beat the late winter blues, I whipped up this smoothie last week and savored every last drop! You’ll be glowing from  [Continue reading...]

I’ve been making smoothies for years with all kinds of fruits: cherries, peaches, bananas, mangoes, oranges, even grapefruit. But it didn’t dawn on me until a few weeks ago to try tossing a kiwi into the mix. A little sweet, a little tart, and the perfect complement to green smoothies, kiwis are wonderful smoothie fruits!  [Continue reading...]

I don’t know about you, but I am physically craving sunlight, warm breezes, and colorful scenery these days. If you live somewhere where all of this exists, can you please bottle it up and send me a case?! This winter has not left me in a place of complete gloom like some winters have in  [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...]