HAPPY SPRING! 2021 

                   First crop of the year harvested today! 

                Eruca Versicaria~    Arugula                   

KETO BLT~SUMMER FOOD!

BE BRAVE,  ADD SOME FRESH DILL

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots,
or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat;it was a thousand
colors in a parched landscape;

but most of all, summer was DILL."

-Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird. 

Endless uses for Kale! Summer salads are just the beginning...

Crisp Apple Kale and Quinoa Salad

Toss with  fresh lemon, feta, olive oil, oregano, honey and a bit of  fresh mint leaves....so refreshing!!

Sorrelishious! ok, not a word...

Its sour taste comes from oxalic acid, which also gives rhubarb its tartness. ... Personally, I like sorrel's tangy taste in salads.

Sorrel is a small edible green plant from the Polygonaceae family, which also includes buckwheat and rhubarb. The French translation of sour (“sorrel”) is spot-on: These leaves have an intense lemony tang. In Vietnamese cuisine, sorrel leaves are known as rau thom (fresh herb), and it's called gowkemeat in Scotland. 

Uses:   Sorrel is used for reducing sudden and ongoing pain and swelling (inflammation) of the nasal passages and respiratory tract, for treating bacterial infections along with conventional medicines, and for increasing urine flow (as a diuretic).

Sweet Potato Hash

Sweet potatoes, chicken breakfast sausage, pecans....Drizzle with  maple syrup to serve!

Change it up!!

Life Well Lived: BROCCOLI CASHEW POWER SALAD~ KETORAGIOUS!!

Life Well Lived: BROCCOLI CASHEW POWER SALAD~ KETORAGIOUS!!: Fresh Organics:  Raw Salad with a Yogurt Cashew Yellow Curry Dressing Broccoli, Red Cabbage, Kale, Carrot, Raw Sunflower Seed, C...

BROCCOLI CASHEW POWER SALAD~ KETORAGIOUS!!

Fresh Organics:
 Raw Salad with a Yogurt Cashew Yellow Curry Dressing

Broccoli, Red Cabbage, Kale, Carot, Raw Sunflower Seed, Chopped Cashews,

and white Raisins!! Delicious and Crunchy 

"Leche de tigre" Tiger's Milk ....Peruvian term for Ceviche! A Popular International dish delish!!

A zesty taste of summer in your mouth! Crisp Cool and Clean eating.

Raw seafood Cured in citrus juices such as lime, or lemon. This dish is savored by many cultures around the world .

This is Shrimp Ceviche just starting to cure, with added fresh carrot, onion, jalapeno, cilantro and later I will add fresh diced grape tomato.  

ENOUGH Winter!

 Winter soups, stews, and venison Chili have been wonderful however.....let's savor the taste of Mediterranean salads that wake our palette from its winter hibernation.....Remember to Dream!!

Quinoa mango salad

Citrus Kale Salad

Garlicky Tortellini Soup For a Cold Winter Day!

I love this soup! Top it off with fresh Kale and Grated Asiago Cheese.....

More Simple Eats!

I SAVE MY CARBS FOR WINE. IT'S ALL CALLED "PRIORITIES".

Roasted Red Pepper Lettuce Wraps!

Organic Mini Sweet Peppers with Garden Veggie Cream Cheese. The options are endless!!

Maple Bacon Brussel sprouts....Heavenly flavor!

Spring 2018~ I Can't Wait To Smell Like Dirt Again!!

 Spring Greens and a new find! Chayote....

Chayote Squash ~ Belonging to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Also known by other names, Sayote, Pipinola, Pear squash, Cho-cho, and Choko.

This is an amazingly high in potassium and other essential vitamins and minerals!! Roasted and added to any dish is a delightful and slightly sweet.

Fresh fruit and wild rice salad with light citrus dressing!

Tuna and avocado lettuce wraps. Simple bites!

Finishing up winter squash~ Quinoa, ground turkey, roasted peppers, cauliflower and onion. Glazed with local honey. Sweet & Savory!

Sweet or Spicy~

Micro Greens added to enhance the beauty, taste and freshness of their dishes with their delicate textures and distinctive flavor!

  

Invasion of the Micro Greens!!

The shoots of salad vegetables such as arugula, Swiss chard, mustard, beetroot, etc., picked just after the first leaves have developed.

The Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science reported that young lettuce seedlings, harvested 7 days after germination, had the highest antioxidant capacity as well as the highest concentrations of health-promoting compounds, compared with their more mature counterparts.

Spring Asparagus

Roasted Chicken & Asparagus with Cream Cheese Mushroom Sauce!

Delightful flavors....

More Spring Greens

Lobster Salad, Heavenly!

2015 Years End

May your Heart be light and full of Love & Compassion. 
Enough to Radiate to all whom ye gather with!!

Free Hugs

It's the touch that gives you comfort,

It's the touch that makes you feel,

It's something that no one else can ever steal.

It's the sweetest human contact for the body and the mind,

It's the connection where two bodies link and bind.

It's what we search for when we feel all alone,

It can be so meaningful, the emotion is deep to the bone.

It's what makes us realize that someone else is there,

It's the touch that says, "Just know I'll always care."

It can say hello, it can say goodbye,

It can leap out when you're happy, or make you want to cry.

It can say "I love you" or "I'm really glad we're friends,"

It can be the last spark in a story that ends.

All you need is another soul to make you feel this snug,

It's the connection in our life...

Everyone needs a hug.

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Winter Greens

Winter Greens with Blue Cheese, Pear & Walnuts splashed with a zest of

orange peel vinaigrette! Refreshingly tasty..... 

Maine Lobster!

Live Lobster Yummmmm...

    Fresh Salad Greens with a Touch of    

                                                                                                                      

                                                        Micro Greens, delicious!

                                  Leftovers make a great pot of Seafood Chowder.

SAVOR!

Caprese Salad, Always a delight!

Earthy Fresh Beet Salad with Sweet Corn

Looking forward to fall crop of SPINACH! 

Spring was heavenly....

~Artful Dining~

The flesh of the pimiento is sweet, succulent, and more aromatic than that of the red

Picholine Olives with fresh garden pimento, roasted garlic,and red onion

tossed in olive oil, vermouth, white balsamic vinegar! 

Served with crusted sourdough bread or toss with tortellini.