Our family has a thing for octopus. As in we love it, tenderly so. In a salad or a stirfry, roasted on the barbecue, name it, one look at those tentacles and we are primed for a group hug. From the Sichuan Octopus at Chinatown’s Chuan Xiang Qing (top photograph but maybe closed?) to the
Category: Tree-Nut-Free
Avocado Lime Fruit Salad
Hiiiiii. How are you on this fine June day? Wait… fine June SUMMER day! It’s summer! Break out the tequila and bikinis and tiki torches. Throw a party and invite me! I’ll bring the margarita supplies. Since it’s summer, I really need you to do two things. Like… today. You really need to do these
Super Simple Summer Shrimp Salsa Salad
Ingredients: 1-½ pound Large Cooked Shrimp, Peeled, De-veined And Tails Removed 1 pound Peach And Mango Salsa (or Fruit Salsa Of Your Choice) 1 pint Grape Tomatoes 1 whole Cucumber, Peeled, Seeded And Diced 3 whole Avocados, Diced
Christmas Kale Salad with Chestnuts &
Ingredients: 1 cup butternut squash, cubed 1 cup sweet potato, cubed 1/4 tsp cumin, ground 1/4 tsp turmeric, ground 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1/4 tsp mild chilli powder, ground
Easy 5 Ingredient Tomato Salad
You know it’s the end of summer when you eat tomato salad everyday. My Easy 5 Ingredient Tomato Salad takes less than 5 minutes to make. The perfect light and fresh end-of-summer appetizer. Hope you all had a wonderful long labor day weekend. I basically did what I said I would in a previous post
Last Minute Basil Cauliflower Salad
Ingredients: 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil 2 cups cauliflower riced 1 cucumber diced 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved 1/2 lemon 3 tbs balsamic vinegar 2 tbs fresh basil chopped 1 tsp sea salt 1/4 tsp black pepper
Salsa Criolla (Chopped Tomato Salad)
“This simple dish, from El Bordo de las Lanzas, looks like a salsa but is usually eaten as a side dish with grilled or roasted meats.”
Honey-Lime Sweetened Fruit Salad
Whenever I get towards the end of July I start clenching my fists. Trying with all of my might to enjoy every day left of summer. It’s the downhill slope and I can easily get caught in the ‘ohmygosh summer is flying by too quickly’ slump. I won’t have it! We’ve still got lots of
Turkish Chopped Salad
Free of gluten, corn, (including xanthan gum & sorghum flour commonly used in gluten free products), milk, soy, yeast, & peanuts. All GMO (genetically modified organisms) & chemicals. Only halal which includes not consuming intoxicants such as alcohol & nutmeg. I also do not buy cream of tartar as it is a product of the
