Be Inspired: To Cook, To Laugh, To Dream
I wanted to start the new year with a delicious healthy recipe to set the tone for me this year and ongoing. For a long time, I didn’t believe healthy and delicious were two words the belonged together. Most good-for-you food tasted like sawdust or worse. Today, I know that is not true. Many healthy recipes taste phenomenal and I’m on the hunt to make and devour them.
I love, love, LOVE tomatoes. Growing up, I looked forward to gorging myself on the tomatoes from my Mom's garden every summer. I will full-on confess that I did not enjoy working in the garden, but man — did I love eating what it produced, especially those juicy, sweet tomatoes. One of my favorite ... [Read more]
My Mom has a pretty big garden, which I didn't appreciate enough when I was growing up. Sure, I really enjoyed devouring those fresh, garden tomatoes (boy, do I miss those), but working in the garden was a pain. In my defense, I'm not super outdoorsy and I was kid. I'm pretty sure there is a rule ... [Read more]
I tease many of my native California friends for being cold-weather wimps. And I don't feel bad. They are wimps! They wear winter coats and scarves when it's 60 degrees outside while I'm in shorts and flip-flops. Wimps! But don't worry, they get their revenge. ... [Read more]
