What’s the perfect salad on a hot summer day? My traditional Italian tomato salad with fresh tomatoes, sweet onions, the crunch from the celery and cucumber.
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Spinach with Garlic – A Super Easy Side Dish
Ever wonder why ordering spinach in a restaurant is so expensive? Let me explain using my spinach with garlic recipe as an example.
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Gluten Free Quiche with a Yam Crust!
Gluten free foods have been such a craze here in California it’s also been more of a challenge when inviting friends as pasta and bread has been a huge part of my life. Today I am sharing a gluten free quiche recipe using yams as the crust, I know you will love this recipe!
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Roasted Potatoes with a Secret Twist
Roasted potatoes, with yams, sweet potatoes and baking potatoes, tossed with an oldie but a goodie seasoning pack will become your family favorite side dish…I promise you!
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Quinoa with Grilled Vegetables – Paul Martins
I love quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah), I have shared a few quinoa recipes here on my blog with you like healthy quinoa salad, roasted vegetable salad with quinoa and my quinoa and black rice cakes (one of my first posts ever). Today I am sharing a new quinoa recipe combining two of my favorites, quinoa and grilled vegetables. I was inspired to creating this recipe because of a visit to Paul Martin’s in Westlake Village, the manager, Paul, brought out the dish which I fell in love with…click here to read my review on Paul Martin’s.
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Oven Roasted Broccoli…my favorite!
Have you ever roasted broccoli in the oven before? I just love any roasted vegetable in the oven, especially broccoli as when the broccoli roasts, it caramelizes and becomes sweetened!
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Acorn Squash Stuffed with Sausage and Cranberries
For those who subscribe to my site you will notice a very common theme in the past few posts, yams…yams…and acorn squash. I love this time of the year when rooted vegetables and squash are in season, the best part is baking the vegetables as it warms the house and creates a savory sweetness smell (is that even possible)?
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Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts
I love when things happen by accident when it comes to creating a new recipe…this recipe for butternut squash with brussels sprouts is one of those recipes. This is a perfect fall side dish and even great for Thanksgiving, it will be my new addition this year as it was super easy and so delicious!
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Baked Fennel
Do you know what fennel is? I grew up eating fennel so it was not foreign for me to see it on the table or for us to just snack on it and I always loved the flavor of fennel. That being said, 5+ years ago most of my friends stayed away from fennel, even my ex husband was not a fan of it…so I had to get sneaky on adding it to my recipes.
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Noodle Kugel / Family Recipe
Noodle kugel is a traditional Jewish dish made for Rosh Hashanah and I have to admit that the first time I tried noodle kugel, 22 years ago, I didn’t like or understand it. Being Italian I only understood pasta to be savory not sweet and with noodle kugel you are definitely getting a sweet, pudding type of a casserole recipe.
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