Spinach with Lemon and Pine Nuts

Tender and crisp, warm spinach leaves tossed in hot olive oil and fresh lemon juice. The flavors are absolutely perfect together. I've ...

Picadillo – Cuban-style Hash

Picadillo has been on the list of things I wanted to try making for a couple years now. Just the word “Picadillo” is enough to make everyone...

Blood Orange Pineapple Spinach Smoothie

We had several blood oranges in our Chow Box this week. I was excited to try them and see how the flavor might be different from regular na...

Blueberry Banana Kale Smoothie

Blueberries are always a toss up with smoothie making. Sometimes they turn your drink bright blue and other times, more of a brown or purple...

Blueberry Carrot Top Smoothie

Did you know that you can eat the green leafy carrot tops? I'm not sure I'd want to dive right in and take a bite of a carrot top, b...

Roasted Baby Carrots

Rich in flavor and even more delicious when roasted, these beauties came in my Chow Share box this week. These are true baby carrots (not t...

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apples and Bacon

Salty bacon, sweet apples and caramelized Brussels sprouts all came together in a truly outstanding side dish. This was one of those dishes ...

Meatloaf with Balsamic Glaze - Guest Post for Chef Dennis

When I was a kid, my mom made meatloaf that consisted more of fillers than meat. With 10 mouths to feed, we joked freely that it was often ...

Italian Tomato Stew with Fennel, Mushrooms and Spinach

When I discovered how frequently fennel is used in Italian cooking, that was all the reason I needed to put together another variety of Ita...

Sweet and Spicy Glazed Salmon with Spicy Broccoli

Salmon topped with a spicy, sweet, and slightly tangy glaze was a great match for the spicy broccoli. The adults who tried the broccoli all ...

Overnight Chinese Daikon Radish Pickles

Once again, my Chow Box contained a vegetable I hadn't seen before. As I seem to be saying every week, I am really enjoying playing wit...

Eggs with Peacock Kale

I had a lot of fun playing with the peacock kale in this week's Chow Box .  My visiting sister was a willing taste tester for me and we ...

Peacock Kale Smoothie

I couldn't resist making a smoothie with some of the fantastically purple peacock kale that came in our Chow Box this week. Who can res...

Fennel with Mushrooms

Have you cooked with fennel before? Or eaten it? Do you love it? Hate it? I have avoided it for years, due to an assumption that it would ta...

Kids in the Kitchen

This afternoon we had a full house. With a dozen kids and almost that many adults, there was just a bit of chaos in my kitchen. I had four o...

Swiss Chard Chicken Soup

Don't you just love steaming hot bowls of soup in the wintertime? We had quite the cold snap here in the desert last week. (I'm pret...

Coconut Cashew Chocolate Chip Blondies - Gluten Free

Chewy blondies, loaded with chocolate chips, cashews and coconut, these are a huge hit with everyone each time I make them. I've been m...

Bacon and Egg Garden Salad

Bacon and eggs are two of my very favorite foods. When I saw just a few slices of bacon left in the fridge, I decided to cook them for my lu...

Sweet and Spicy Roasted Chickpeas

My kids went nuts over these chickpeas. Between the three of them, they ate the entire batch (about two cups worth) in less than 10 minutes....

Berry Cherry Smoothie

When the toddler is pulling your blender pitcher out of the cabinet and carrying it into the other room, that's a pretty good clue that ...

Rainbow Chard and Mushroom Stir Fry

Garlicky sauteed mushrooms, tender onions along with crisp and colorful Swiss chard made the perfect lunch when topped with leftover lemon c...

Banana Notes

I stumbled on this idea via Pinterest earlier today and I couldn't resist writing these for my kids to see first thing in the morning....

Hungarian Mushroom Soup

This is one of my favorite new soups I've tried lately. I've had it on my list of recipes to try for quite a while now and the othe...

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Several years ago, a sweet friend of mine requested a Flourless Chocolate Cake for her birthday. I’d never heard of it before, but she told...

Bacon Wrapped Dates with Balsamic Reduction

Have you eaten dates before? This was another first for my family as we received an entire box of fresh Medjool dates from the Agritopia Far...

Peppery Dill Ranch Dressing

Packed full of crushed pepper and loaded with fresh dill , this dressing is a great addition to our usual dressings and dips for our raw veg...

Spicy Pork with Asian Greens

Asian greens and cauliflower sauteed until tender and crisp, then topped with bite size pieces of pork tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce. Th...

Italian Red Wine Roast Beef

The aroma of this roast slow cooking throughout the afternoon is so fantastic, it's almost the best part of the meal. I could hardly wa...

Roasted Romanesco

Have you tried Romanesco yet? It is a variant of cauliflower and broccoli both, the color is a vivid electric green and there are bizarre sp...

Bacon Spinach and Sweet Potato Frittata

On the weekends, I love making a special breakfast when I have a little more time to play in the kitchen. Bacon, Eggs, Spinach and Sweet Pot...