Perfect summer dessert for serving a large group. Easy easy prep, serves large groups easily and inexpensively, delicious way to use up those strawberries that are sitting in your fridge going bad. Great for casual outdoor dinner parties. A dessert pizza is a modern and fresh crowd pleaser. Also looks BEAUTIFUL!

( You will fall in love with this dessert. )

It happens to everyone. We're tooling through the produce section on a hot summer day and - oooohhhh! - a special on fresh strawberries! Now, what could possibly taste better than that on a summer evening? But, you overestimate your love for fresh fruit, and now, several days later, you're left with 3/4 of a box of questionable-looking strawberries ( Read more... )

I'm a huge tea drinker. Iced, hot, flavored, straight...tea is wonderful. In the summer months, iced tea is ideal.

I know a lot of people who buy bottled iced tea. Personally, I'm not a fan. Too sweet, too artificial...whenever I see someone holding a bottle of that Arizona Green Tea crap, I have a hard time controlling my gag reflex. For some ( Read more... )

I mentioned this dish in my previous post. I just made it for the family dinner and boy was it a success! I took one bite and thought, "this might be the best thing I have eaten in a very long time." The goat cheese really brings out the flavor of the peppers. Yum!

A frittata is kind of like a quiche minus the crust...just as delicious and a lot ( Read more... )

I'm in the midst of preparing an awesome veggie dinner! Roasted red pepper, onion and goat cheese easy quiche and Kasha Salad with Mexican sweet bread from a local Hispanic bakery. While I wait for this pot of water to boil, let me tell you about my intense love for Hispanic bakeries ( Read more... )

Healthy vegetarian comfort food? Oh no! Really?

Yes...it exists. I've been munching on this recipe since I could walk. And let me tell you, there's nothing quite like it. Perfect on a cool fall day.

Other recipes recommend you use sticks upon sticks of butter and a lot less cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg. I think this is ridiculous and unnecessary, ( Read more... )

Lots of beginning veggie chefs find tofu a bit daunting. This is the first tofu recipe I ever attempted. It's great for converting the non-believers and works well as an appetizer.

( If your friends STILL say they don't like tofu, they're lying. )

Yum! I made this for Mother's Day breakfast with very good reviews. A fun twist on a classic.

( Fantastic ideas abound! )

A bit busy lately, but I have time for a bit of an update!

A few years ago, I discovered Peace Cereal. If you've never tried it, you're really missing out. It's probably my favorite breakfast cereal ever!


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Not so much a recipe as a photo log! Using some old favorites (the hummus recipe and the Dr. Praegers California Burgers from previous posts), I threw together a dinner for myself tonight.


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