Market Salad with Avocado, Corn, Radishes and Lime Vinaigrette Recipe

 

Photography by Victoria Wall Harris

 

This is my new salad of the season!  I have had friends over on several occasions over the last few weeks and I keep making this salad.  It’s BEYOND delicious!  Lime speaks to me.  I actually like it and use it more than lemon.  It reminds me of summer because my parents used to have epic summer parties in the backyard and my dad always served up gin and tonics with lots of lime.  I love lime in water with mint or fruit, with yogurt and fruit, on fish (ooooh, so good on fish!), on avocado toast, and of course with tequila!Continue reading

Blueberry-Lemon Olive Oil Quick Bread with Corn Streusel Recipe

 

Photography by Carolina Korman

 

Who is ready for a bread that is not made from bananas??? Weird how certain recipes trend, don’t you think? During the quarantine, it seemed as though banana bread, sourdough, and more complicated recipes, like babka, were everywhere.  I for one, saw the writing on the wall with all the dessert baking:  it’s all fun and games until your jeans don’t fit.  Continue reading

Cookware 101

This blogpost is updated from one I wrote many, many years ago.  I want to be able to have a place where I can direct the same questions I receive over and over again. I am happy to answer those questions, but it is more helpful for people in my community to be able to have a reference. 

A very important element in cooking is the equipment you use.  The quality of your cookware, the materials your cookware is made from, as well as knowing which skillet or saucepan to choose for the job are all factors which will affect your food, and even your health, for better or for worse.  By arming yourself with a little knowledge, you can steer yourself towards safer options and away from cookware that can compromise the quality of your food and your health.Continue reading

Blackened Wild Salmon Tacos Recipe

Photography by Carolina Korman

Most people think of produce having seasons, which it does.  But wild salmon has a season too, and it just started!!!  I do buy frozen wild salmon in the “off-season,” but I prefer it fresh.  So from now until late summer/early fall, I will be indulging once a week at minimum in my favorite fish.  Now to get more specific, I am most fond of Copper River Salmon, a variety of wild salmon that is even more flavorful, more luxurious, and more rich than regular wild salmon.  Copper River Salmon has a shorter season of about 3 weeks, and it is just getting going.Continue reading

Egg-less Spring Vegetable Frittata Recipe

Photography by Carolina Korman

One of the most common substitutions I am asked about is eggs.  Many people are plant-based/vegan; others are avoiding eggs because their doctors told them to; and eggs are one of the most common food allergens.  When I offer a sub for eggs, I consider how the eggs are used in a recipe.  Are they binding a batter together?  Are they adding lift?  Are they the bulk of a dish, like a scramble or a frittata?Continue reading

Orange Juice Sherbet Recipe

 

This post is sponsored by the Florida Department of Citrus. All opinions are my own.

 

I am not normally organized enough to coordinate my recipe posts with national food days, but when I saw it was National OJ Day on May 4th, I knew it was time to share my favorite OJ recipe!  Someone asked me on Instagram Live the other day what my favorite guilty pleasure is and it’s definitely ice cream and frozen desserts.  I certainly have my favorite flavors, but I would take a good quality ice cream over a chocolate chip cookie any day.Continue reading

Avocado Chocolate Pudding Recipe

I made this avocado chocolate pudding on Instagram Live today and it took me 4 minutes to make.  Thank goodness all of you showed up and had a lot to chat about, otherwise it would have been the quickest IG live ever!  I joked that I should have included this recipe in “Quicker Than Quick“!Continue reading

Big Cluster Granola Recipe

I had so many requests for this BIG CLUSTER GRANOLA that I created a blogpost for it.  It’s so much easier to find recipes on my website than to try to find them on Instagram, trust me!  But since I was not prepared to post here, I have no prep shots.  Sorry!!!  This is very similar to my original granola of many moons ago, but there are a couple of differences.  Let’s discuss.Continue reading