What is it about Greek salad that I love so much? The salty olives, feta, crisp refreshing cucumbers? What ever it is, it’s one of my favorites and I love that it’s so easy to make at home. In fact, I like mine better than most of the ones I get at restaurants. Almost 6…
Baby Greens with Pear & Brie and an Apricot Balsamic Dressing
Once you get a chance to make those yummy nuts I previously posted, you can throw this simple salad together in no time. I had very little vegetables on hand when I made it, but I kind of like the simplicity of the 4 ingredients. Even a fancy salad can come together in minutes. Why…
Candied Pecans
I am not sure if you know this, but I am a big salad fan. I guess it started from growing up with a family that liked it as well- my memories of childhood are that we ate salad at almost every meal (whether we really did or not, we definitely had a lot of…
What I’m Craving: Seared Ahi Salad with a Sweet & Spicy Asian Dressing
Yup, you always want what you can’t have….and I want sushi….seared tuna, spicy tuna, sushi (yes I am repeating myself). I keep thinking one of these days the pregnancy rules will change and I’ll hear from my Doctor- “oh now you can drink wine and eat sushi and not worry about laying on your back”…
20 minute meal: Salad with Seasoned Salmon
Since I talked about the importance of Vitamin D yesterday, today I will share a simple meal with you starring salmon which is naturally high in Vitamin D. I found this pre-seasoned salmon from Costco. We have a hard time finding wild salmon at our local grocery stores and since farm raised salmon is higher…
Apple, Feta salad with a Garlicky Lemon Vinaigrette
I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving! We sure did. We stuffed our faces, enjoyed the beautiful Hawaii beaches and were thankful. I was very thankful this year for stuffing and the turkey (that I didn’t cook !). Be ready though, I plan on doing a lot of cooking next month to get you prepared…
