lunch

      This Creamy Chipotle Pasta Salad is one of my new favorite meals!  I ate it every single day for lunch last week.  I make a very similar dressing in my cookbook that I use for a delicious veggie wrap.  I was craving the […]

      Is it spring yet?   I’m so over winter.  I HATE the cold…..and it’s not even that cold where I live.  I spent the majority of my adolescence growing up in Hawaii, so that’s probably a major reason as to why I […]

      I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’m so glad my website is back up!  I finally switched my website from Squarespace to WordPress and let me tell you…….ugggghhh. Oh my goodness.  This was a learning experience.  Boy oh boy,  I don’t […]

    This Tomato Salad with Cucumber-Peanut Dressing is a very light and refreshing salad.  The dressing is made with cucumber, peanuts, cilantro, and garlic.   I honestly DO NOT like cucumber, but when blended with other ingredients into a sauce I must say it […]

      If you want a loved one to start eating more vegetables…….roast them.  Don’t sautè them, don’t boil them, please don’t microwave them!  Roast them.  The veggies go in the oven normal….and come out caramelized, sometimes sticky from the natural sugars that have formed […]