Summertiiiiiiime, and I’m sweaty and LAAAY-ZEE……
Bugs are bitin’……..and humiditys’ hiiiiiigh.
Still I’m hungry……and I gotta make DIN-ner,
this one is a winner, eas-y as piieeee.
(OMG, that was horrible, I must be suffering from heat stroke) 😬
Super D-Raw Cauliflower Salad
D is for DETOX . . . but mostly plain old D-ELICIOUS.
Holy mother of munch-worthy-ness, I am insanely obsessed with this salad right now. I want to eat it every day of the week. I want to feed it to everyone I know. I want this to be the official salad that shows up at every pot luck and BBQ that you (or I) attend any time of the year from this day forward.
FOREVER.
Oh, and it will I tell you – because it is so stinkin’ easy, and EVERYBODY will love it. No lie.
AND it’s wildly good for you! I can’t even stand it….too many wins.
Is that even possible?
Super Simple Tomato Tart
I know we have some time (and unpredictable weather) to muddle through before it’s actually tomato season, but since SPRINGING FORWARD we ARE officially one hour closer, right? Lose a little sleep, gain a different perspective, (#tradeoffs) I for one am too excited for the lighter later days ahead.
Soothing Cauliflower Soup with Mushroom “Bacon” Crunchies
When I was a kid the only way I can remember ever eating cauliflower was bland and boiled, generally alongside some sad and soggy broccoli (I think it came that way, you know in those freezer bags?) – and I hated it. Once I got a little older and discovered the charms of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, I somehow decided that cauliflower wasn’t so bad after all. But of course it had to be raw.
Then again maybe I just liked ranch dressing. 😬
How times have changed, amirite? Cauliflower has catapulted from uninspiring side dish to the darling of the dinner table, and this pristine white work horse can seemingly do it all. You can mash it, roast it, put it in a salad, coat it in hot sauce, disguise it up like rice; even drug yourself with the stuff, and we cannot get enough. Don’t even get me started on how good it is for you.
Cruciferous Crack, aka Cauliflower and Broccoli you can’t stop eating!
I officially OD’ed on this stuff, and I feel pretty good about it.
Broccoli and cauliflower, two of my favorite cruciferous crusaders (disguised by day as plain old boring, borderline bland vegetables) duet together in this bright and flavorful, glucosinolate-packin’ conglomeration.
Full of those cancer cramping compounds found so copiously in this particular lineage of the cabbage family, this stuff is so good for you…..so full of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals – that you will WELCOME the fact that you CAN’T STOP (won’t stop) eating it!
I’m telling you what. Seriously.
Garlic infused veggies roasted with crunchy slivered almonds until everybody is bronzed and toasty, splashed with an invigorating squeeze of lemon and kissed with a dash of grated cheese for a satisfyingly salty finish. Oh, YUM.
Spin-roccoli (aka) Spinach Broccoli Soup
This is a re-post from a while ago…but I just made a big pot and boy was it good.
Green thumb. Green light. Green room. Greenback. Greenhorn. Green with envy. Green around the gills. Greener pastures.
Lean Green fighting machine. Oh wait a second, did I get that one wrong? 😏
No matter, because that is exactly what you will be if you eat more, yeah, you know what’s coming here: GREENS.
One Pan Crispy Gnocchi with Roasted Onion, Tomatoes and Bell Pepper
I really can’t decide what is the better point to make about this one pan wonder.
That it is SO stinkin’ good (and I am talking, so good you’ll make a plan to serve it to company good),
or SO excruciatingly easy (in that it actually pains me to share the beauty of this genius dish).
But seriously, before you label me a drama queen, you have to know the details.
One Pot Spinach, Sun Dried Tomato and Artichoke Pasta
I have only ONE recipe on this site that actually includes any form of pasta in its list of ingredients.
Can you believe that? Just One. Okay two, if you count this.
Now I have plenty of recipes that you could use with pasta, or sub in some pasta….but for the most part, my claim to a steadfast breakup with all things noodley and comforting has remained pretty consistent. I love you pasta, with all of my heart, and although it was tough to walk away you were making me fat around the middle and frankly sorta unhappy about it.
Okay then I admit it, we still sneak around occasionally (usually out at dark restaurants), and then there are those times that I just can’t avoid you in public (dinner parties, or somebody nice cooks for you, how can you say no?) but for a pasta prima donna such as myself….I think I did really well for a really long time, you know, shunning your starchy advances.
But this one? This one is such a keeper, I couldn’t keep my guard up another minute.
Black Bean Breakfast Bowl
Yum-ta-DUM! I’m telling you what.
Make now – eat later….this bountiful bowl of black bean benevolence just made me all around better: at breakfast.
Take a scrumptuously slow sauté of onions, garlic and peppers, toss in some chopped fresh spinach (because that shiz is GOOD for you) and mix it all together with a can of black beans (cans = easy). Sock it away in the refrigerator and when you’re ready; heat it up and let it be the nest for a perfectly cooked egg. Or two.
Just the ticket when you want to put out a decent bite of brekkie without waking up at 5am to do it (hahah, yeah, no), this pot of subtly spiced black beauties will save your sanity when you have a number of people to feed, or you just want to do something nice in the a.m. for someone……….like Yo-Self!