Set the Table with Love

Category: set the table with love

  • Valentine’s Day Chocolate Heart Shaped Quinoa Coconut Macaroons 

    This is one of my favorite holidays. I am such a hopeless romantic. I love Love.❤❤❤ Valentine’s Day can be decadent and nourishing. We usually see quinoa used for savory dishes, but this is one of my favorites. You guys know how much I love quinoa. Check out all the delicious recipes here on my…

  • Pear and Beet Salad 5 under 30

    I am so excited about cooking and sharing on Fox 5 Good Day Atlanta, how you can stay Fit and Fabulous for 2017, using 5 main ingredients under 30 minutes. This salad was inspired by that simple challenge. We can do it and we can do it deliciously, with hardly no effort at all, using…

  • Harissa Roasted Chickpea salad with acorn squash, mint and pumpkin seeds

    Harissa Roasted Chickpea salad with acorn squash, mint and pumpkin seeds

    This recipe is so delicious and full of exotic flavors, well at least I think so. LOL. This salad will fill you up and give you tons of plant based vegan protein. You do not have to be a vegan to enjoy this salad. It’s important to incorporate more plant based foods in our diets,…

  • Mediterranean Kale, Chard and White Bean Salad with Artichokes and Gluten Free Toast with Olive Tapenade

    Mediterranean Kale, Chard and White Bean Salad with Artichokes and Gluten Free Toast with Olive Tapenade

    There is nothing like a beautifully delicious salad, but sometimes it’s really hard to eat salad during the winter. So I opt out to making warm salads. Yes, salads can be warm, you still get your greens and veggies but sautéed a bit. Here is one of my favorite salads. I love mediterranean ingredients, like…

  • Roasted Purple potatoes on top of lemons with thyme and mediterranean sea salt

    Roasted Purple potatoes on top of lemons with thyme and mediterranean sea salt

    Who says that vegan food cannot be beautiful and elegant? Well you haven’t tried my roasted purple potatoes with lemon and thyme. This makes an excellent side dish or main course with a side salad. The recipe is super easy. All you would need to do is preheat your oven at 35o. Roasting time 1…

  • Raw Chocolate Ganache Three Ways, inspired by a journey HOME.

    Some encounters bring you back home to what your soul is yearning for. This year has done that for me and my family. I have been around people and places that have made me feel like, I was coming home. One of those encounters inspired me to move my culinary creative juices back to Raw…

  • Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese 

    Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese 

    I love Mac and cheese. It is definitely a holiday favorite .  This year I wanted to do something different .  I wanted to see if I  could make my mom’s incredible mac and cheese recipe and make it a little healthier. My mom made the best mac and cheese ever, buttery , cheesy, creamy…

  • Veggie Plate Special of the Day ~ Roasted Eggplant, Charred Okra, Lemons and Sautéed Northern Georgia Candy Squash.

    Veggie Plate Special of the Day ~ Roasted Eggplant, Charred Okra, Lemons and Sautéed Northern Georgia Candy Squash.

    I remember growing up and going to those cafeterias with my family, that served the, Blue Plate Special, which included one meat, two veggies, bread and a drink. My family loved these deals, they were inexpensive and you got a good amount of food for the price. It was a great deal for a family…

  • Quinoa two ways ~ Toasted and Roasted

    Quinoa is one of the only complete protein grains in the vegan/vegetarian circle of life. Quinoa is considered a whole grain, but in actuality,  it is a seed, from a leafy plant that is related to the spinach family. I do enjoy a good bowl of sweet or savory quinoa, but I love to explore…

  • Brussels Sprouts and Avocado Salad for Breast Health

    Brussels sprouts can be one of those, either you love them or you hate them. The truth is if they are done right you might just fall in love with these little sprouts that remind you of mini cabbages. Actually brussels sprouts are in the cruciferous family such as cabbages and cauliflower. They hold a…

  • Leftover Sangria Fruit ~ No Prob! Ginger Peach and Green Apple Crumble

    So, yesterday I had some ladies over for a luncheon. It is one I have been wanting to do for awhile. Life can get very busy and we can run from one thing to the next, but the busyness of life has to take a back burner sometimes, so you can connect and show appreciation…

  • Two sides of the coin ~ Toasted Pearl Barley Salad

    When I competed on Food Network’s All Star Academy season 2, I was blessed to be mentored by Iron Chef and Food Network guru, Alex Guarnaschelli.  She looked at me and my teammate Lee Abbot and said, “You will never look at cooking the same,ever again.” She was right. Competing on Food Network’s All Star…

  • Vegan Quinoa Protein Bowl with a little Thai flavor

        I love peanut butter. I can eat it by the spoonfuls, but the best part about eating peanut butter for me is, the high plant based protein and antioxidants it has in it. Yay me. Good for my body and my skin. I actually came across an amazing peanut butter a few weeks…

  • Coming Home to You Birthday Luncheon

    Coming Home to You Birthday Luncheon Dee this one is for you. I love my friends. I am even so grateful that God put some incredible women in my life. I have women that have been in my life for over 3 decades. They have celebrated life with me and some of my most tragic…

  • Tuscan White Bean Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette

    Summer is around the corner, but honey if you live in Georgia, it is already here sitting on our backs like a monkey. LOL. In the Summer time my go to is salad. I love to use vegetables and fruits that are in season to make super flavorful and refreshing salads. This salad here is…