A healthy, creative take on salmon salad with spiced walnut-salon and a delicious cilantro-mint dressing.
I know, I know, it’s getting a little awkward so let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I’ve got a thing for roasted red peppers in a major way and this Red Pepper Sambal Muhammara Dip is why. I’m not sure why but muhammara has taken backseat to hummus in terms of Middle Eastern dips and I th...
We're of the belief that tostadas make anything better -- the salty, crunchy goodness means you can raise your favorite foods up high on a sort-of flavor pedestal. And in the realm of tostada hierarchy, this Thai shrimp tostada is major. And I should know because I pretty much never met a tostada...
Garlic is our go-to when we have a cold, and this soup is the best way to eat it. The key is in the broth, which is loaded with garlic and flavor. Then you can add in the slow-roasted tomatoes, eggs, and avocado as we did here or alter it to your personal preference, say with wilted spinach, potatoes, and herbs.
It seems I brought the heat with me back from Cuba — at least to Los Angeles. For the past 48 hours, it’s been blazing hot here with temperatures north of 90°F and it’s made me so lazy I can barely lift a finger, never mind cook. Enter this Spicy Watermelon Gazpacho from Tess Master’s cookbook, The Blender Girl.
I love to get away. If there’s a trip to be had, I can be packed and ready with suitcase in hand within minutes. Like that one time my coworker casually invited on a last minute trip to Europe and showed up at the airport a day later with luggage and ticket in hand. True, it was slightly awkward...
Ok, I'm going to have to be a bit cagey for the next day so please forgive me, but I absolutely pinky promise to tell you why come this Friday. You see, I'm traveling but its best I dont tell you where I'm headed until I'm actually there. Any guesses? Have at it I just can't confirm or deny u...
I don't have a particularly clingy personality, but, if there's one thing that I'm close to in love with, it'd be cheese. I'd surely have to go to Cheese Lovers Anonymous.
I mean, I was eating it for every meal when I was in culinary school. But, hey, thats what you do when you live in France, r...
Lets pretend - lets pretend our family dinners are Donna Hay perfection. Let's pretend our family meals arent at the mercy of whatever Im testing that week. Lets pretend my family are not my culinary guinea pigs and I'm not asking them for feedback every 2.5 milliseconds.
But, seeing as I d...
Never mind that anyone can peer right into that private world anytime they roll up next to you at at stoplight, we Angelenos become oblivious to the outside world so we do all sorts of forms of living in our cars from false eyelash application and hair...
Avocado toast certainly isn't anything new and there are as many versions as there are avocado varieties. But that doesn't mean it gets any less delicious each time you make it. I like texture of crisp toast with mashed avocados, spicy greens, and perfectly soft boiled eggs, but make it your own and mix it up as you please.
Sometimes I need a vacation from my vacation. I was only in Mexico for 72 hours but I felt like I had been gone eons when I returned. It was like Baja abducted us and ten years passed during the weekend -- and I blame it all on my sister's friends. They may be 10 years my senior but that only mad...
A perfect salad has all the things: it's sweet, spicy, salty, crunchy, and, ideally, also healthy. This Mango, Avocado, Feta Kale Salad is a winner.
You know that person, right? The one who would eat chickpea hummus all day long. Maybe that person is you? Well, sometimes you gotta mix it up, which is when we turn to this Toasted Garlic Edamame Hummus.
Say hello to this meatless spaghetti and “meatballs” dish, made with spaghetti squash and quinoa. I know, all my Italian relatives are slapping me silly from an ocean away. But, really, they shouldn’t knock it ’til they’ve tried it.
