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Beet and Couscous Salad with Micro greens and Pistachios.
I am a beet lover, yes I love love beets!! I am about to share a secret with you. Are you ready….here it is, this salad will make you one too. 😆. It’s so simple and the flavors just love each other. Beets, pistachios, mint, orange and a balsamic glaze, just says, Family. I love…
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Sweet and Spicy Chipotle Avocado and Arugula Salad
Salad? Boring. Well here’s a quick salad you can whip up that’s loaded with flavor and you can make it in minutes. What makes it so awesome is the Chipotle dressing. You guys will want to put this stuff over everything! Like everything, well maybe not ice cream, hmm…🤔 . All you would need is…
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Penne Pasta with Sweet Peas Roasted Tomatoes Mint and Lemon Zest with a Green Apple Mint Salad
Yes! It’s winter and our bodies are craving those wonderful comfort foods, like l a big bowl of chili with jalapeno and cheddar cornbread or some creamy mac and cheese, but it’s good to give the digestive tract a little rest, even in the cold wintry months. Today I was missing summer, so I decided…
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Tuscan White Bean Pasta Salad
This is for my Williams Sonoma customers! Thanks for coming out today and learning how to eat healthy plant based foods in 2018. Here is the recipe for that delicious salad. It will make be great with the Three Bean Vegan Burger with Triple Berry Srirachi Sauce . Enjoy! Photo coming soon! Ingredients * Kosher salt *…
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Three Bean Vegan Burger with Triple Berry Srirachi Sauce
Here is what we will be making at Williams Sonoma on Saturday, for my “Plantiful and Healthier You” in 2018. I did a cooking class and these burgers were a hit, even the meat eaters loved them. The thing about this recipe, is you can add different beans and legumes to give change the texture…
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Healthy Alternatives for Chips ~ Roasted Red Curry Chickpeas
So the biggest thing that gets me when I am trying to eat healthy, is having that crunchy and salty experience of a potato chip. I must have the crunch! I am slave to the crunch. The great thing is there is so many other alternative out there, that is so much more healthy for…
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Vegan Coconut Curry Sweet Potato Soup with Spicy Chickpeas
It is sniffle season and we all are looking for ways to keep the yuckies away. I love to use food to help my family stay healthy and to get us back on our feet when the household is being raided by a stubborn cold. My go to is a good clean, healing soup. I…
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Vegan Sloppy Joes Stuffed in a Sweet Potato
Growing up as a kid. I absolutely loved eating sloppy joes. They were one of my all times favorites, but not the healthiest. So what does a girl do when she is taking on a 30 day vegan challenge and craving sloppy joes. No problem, add beans, instead of meat. This recipe has everything in…
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Millet and Red Quinoa Balls
I love this dish, because it is one that brings beautiful memories of me sitting in my friend’s garden, enjoying a nice glass of Pinot Noir, along side her olive tree, with yummy crusty bread on the side, lots of laughs and a few tears. One of my favorite memories, is just watching the hummingbirds…
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Guacamole Stuffed Zucchini Cups
This week I am sharing recipes from my cookbook, Set the Table with Love. I hope you enjoy these recipes and share them with your family and friends. I had so much fun doing this shoot with my friends and eating all the yummy food afterwards. Photography credit: ROB POLANCO. Art Design by: KEEGAN LEIBA.…
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WHEW! Life has been an Adventure! Food. Birthday Celebrations. Cooking Demos for Charity. Cover Girl. WOW!
Wow, May was a month of major surprises and lots of fun adventures. So, forgive me for just now posting. Boy, I did miss you guys, but let’s sit down for a moment. Do you have your favorite cup of tea? Great, because I have so much to talk about! Well, where do I begin?…
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Raw Carrot Cake bites for Easter. How to use up your carrot pulp from juicing.
Tuesday is my day to get refueled from the weekend and a super busy Monday. Mondays are one of my busiest times of the week, very rejuvenating but I am moving from one thing to the next. I have an early morning Life coaching and Reiki session and right after, I teach my yoga class…
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S3 ( Smoothies, Salads and Soups) For A Happy Healthy Summer
Today on my Facebook Live post I talked about something I love sharing with my clients. Most of them have super busy schedules, but want to incorporate a healthier lifestyle and perhaps lose a few pounds, but do not need all the fuss. I like to call this my S3 plan, Smoothies, Salads and Soups, we…
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If life gives you Lemons, Make Meyer Lemon Confit
I love trying new things. My new love outside of poaching white fish in butter, is this making confits. What does confit mean: Confit (/kɒnfi/, French pronunciation: [kɔ̃fi]) comes from the French word confire which means literally “to preserve,” a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time…