Delightfully spicy, this crispy rice is lovely to snack on, and is the perfect crunchy addition to a salad. I was making a winter citrus salad the other day, and it had every element I wanted except for a crunch. It was almost perfect. I thought about different types of nuts and seeds and I just wasn't feeling … [Read more...]
Coconut Cilantro Rice
Coconut Cilantro Rice is a vegan side dish that is almost too good to be true! It's subtly sweet with the fresh flavor of cilantro throughout -- and the pairing possibilities are endless, as it would be delicious with just about everything!This rice would be so perfect along side a spicy chicken dish. I should … [Read more...]
Smoky Chipotle Pumpkin-Sage Risotto Recipe
This Smoky Chipotle Pumpkin-Sage Risotto is the ideal dish for fall. It's full of fall flavors, warming spices and is of course incredibly delicious! It finally feels like fall where I live. It's a little bit grey outside, I've dusted off my UGGS and the couch is adorned with cozy blankets. All of this is an … [Read more...]
Lemon Black Rice Spring Salad Recipe
This stunning and delicious spring dish is packed with gorgeous colrs and healthy ingredients. Sometimes selecting different foods to put together in a recipe, is like selecting different paint colors to put together in a house. If you're not sure what I mean, follow my thought process in creating this … [Read more...]
Kotosoupa Augolemono Recipe (Greek Chicken Lemon Soup)
This Kotosoupa Augolemono recipe is a comforting, delicious treat! Though Kotsoupa, a Greek chicken lemon soup, is warm, cozy and delivers incredible, fresh flavors, it's a light and healthy meal. Move over Chicken Noodle, here comes something a little more interesting, and perhaps even more comforting. No joke! What … [Read more...]
Roasted Garlic-Basil Brown Rice Recipe
Roasted Garlic-Basil Brown Rice is an excellent fresh, and flavorful side dish, and it's also perfect to sit beneath stews to soak up the delicious flavors.The flavors in this bowl of comfort are a culinary transition from summer to fall. The last of my dad's beautiful, summer, garden basil blended with warm, … [Read more...]
Summer Peach Marinated Salmon and Avocado Rice Bowl Recipe
Ever since I made Coconut Sticky Rice for the Ghost Pepper Jolokia Caramelized Pineapple, I've been having it at the ready, using it in meal after meal. It's the perfect hearty, sweet vehicle capture all sorts of complementary flavors and textures. And much like the Meyer Lemon-Black Quinoa Plum and Avocado Salad … [Read more...]
Mango Ginger Chicken Recipe
Sometimes when I bite into a perfectly ripe mango with my eyes closed, I feel like I'm in the tropics. The flavor and perfume of the mango takes me to Hawaii, the Caribbean, Tahiti -- really, anywhere tropical. And now I'm sitting on the beach!Certain foods often bring our minds to different places, moods, or … [Read more...]
Hatch Chile Shrimp Sauté with Coconut Rice Recipe
Is bragging always a bad thing? What if it's about something really fantastic you've done? Like say, cooking one of the most delicious meals you've ever tasted? I'm just going to go ahead and say that this Hatch Chile Shrimp Sauté with Coconut Rice is exactly that -- one of the best meals I've ever I've ever … [Read more...]
How To Make Risotto: Brown Sage Butter Mushroom Risotto Recipe
Typically I try not to drone on about technical cooking terms or techniques that I find exciting -- for fear you might not. Today however, I'm going to teach you something you might not know -- and if you don't, I know you'll love the little lesson! I'll never forget when I learned that Risotto wasn't actually the … [Read more...]
