I love a good salsa, especially ones that meld the tangy sweetness of ripe mangoes with creamy avocado, salty tomatoes and the heat of serrano peppers. Put a big dollop of this salsa on chili, tacos, eggs, baked salmon, in chicken salad and even eat it by the spoonful all by itself because this salsa […]
Real Food Recipes
Seriously Delicious Spaghetti Sauce
As a child I can remember sitting on the kitchen counter watching my grandmother make this spaghetti sauce almost completely from scratch. Her movements were rhythmic, her trusty kitchen knife carefully but expertly chopping vegetables and herbs. She was always able to chop everything the same size too, uniform and perfect. I remember calling her […]
Energizing Orange Carrot Juice
Today I was doing tons of blog maintenance; editing photos, updating links, answering comments, working on posts. It felt like hours when really it wasn’t even noon yet. How did I get so tired? I felt drained and ready to go back to sleep…NOT good! So I thought to myself, what’s an easy way to […]
Astragalus Chai Tea Panna Cotta
There are few desserts in my book more comforting than panna cotta. It’s smooth, creamy, and downright decadent. It’s also very simple to make unlike its creamy cousin crème brulee. No blowtorch needed. For this dessert I decided to add some herbal immune enhancing elements to make this dish give colds and flus a run […]
Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding
One of my favorite breakfast foods has been chia seed pudding. It’s fast, simple, and super customizable, not to mention really healthy. Chia seeds have the interesting ability to gel up when mixed with liquid and become almost tapioca-like in texture, it’s really quite good actually! If you haven’t discovered the wonders of chia seeds, […]