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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Avocado Toast with Tomatoes and Mustard Seeds
Mango, Cucumber, Avocado Salsa
Here is the perfect salsa on a hot summer night…the mangos bring in sweetness, the cucumber adds the crunch, and the avocado creates the perfect dressing!
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Oven Roasted Vegetables – Perfect for the Summer
Don’t you love summer? Especially living in Southern California where the BBQ’s are getting hot, the drinks are pouring freely, no mosquitos and today roasted vegetables are being served!
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Creamy Chicken with Mushrooms
If you are looking for a recipe to knock the socks off of your guests, my chicken with mushrooms, shallots and Boursin cheese will become your new best friend!
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Easy Spicy Chicken in a Crock-pot
I love these recipes using a crock pot…basically I can dump everything in the pot and come home to an easy and amazing dinner. This recipe for spicy chicken in the crock-pot is so delicious and diversified as you can make the chicken and eat it in tacos, on a salad (like my photo), as nachos or even just on its own.
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Baja Chicken…A Healthy Alternative
I love my sister, she has always been there for me, all my life and I don’t know what I would do without her. She’s also an amazing cook, who shares her favorite recipes with me, including this recipe for baja chicken.
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Mandarin Orange Cake with Pineapple Frosting
I have not been baking lately as my oven has not been working…I was blessed with a new oven from my landlords and was itching to bake a cake. My friend Susan came over last week and was going on and on about a mandarin orange cake that she just loved, it had pineapple, whipping cream “frosting.”
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One Pot Chicken with Artichoke and Fettuccine
What a treat for you all…recently I was looking through old recipes and stumbled upon an oldie but a goodie, one pot chicken with artichokes and fettuccine. I was given this recipe over 20 years ago, when I lived in Portland, Oregon and I made this chicken dish all the time, especially when I was entertaining.
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Chicken Piccata with Artichokes
It has been almost 2 years since my girlfriend Susan and I did a catering job for a friend of ours. We did baby shower luncheon menu with a cheese platter, hummus, vegetables, rice, salad and my famous chicken piccata with artichokes. I have been reluctant to share this recipe for chicken piccata as it was something I remember my mom making and really it’s not an exact measuring type of a recipe for me so keep that in mind when you make it. Also when using fresh lemons in cooking, remember you never know how tart the lemon is or juicy so you may have to modify the quantity for that as well.
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