This recipe is an easy one, I promise! It’s true that oftentimes the simple things are the best things in life. We metalled up these unassuming skewers with a cool name, and a super easy spicy balsamic vinaigrette. Cut up your veggies, impale them on your skewers, slather them with the vinaigrette, and pop ’em…
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Kicked up Tabbouleh with Isralei Couscous
Spring is starting to peek out behind the big bad winter that everyone (except California) seems to be having, and it’s exciting! This past weekend, we even spied our hummingbird mama who had two babies last spring. She returned to her nest, and it looks like we’ll have even more babies this spring!
Quinoa Watermelon Salad – A Song to SUMMER!
HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE, Rock Star! That is RIGHT! Today is the first day of summer. I hear the birds singing, the crickets chirping, the grasshoppers hopping, and see the (almost) full moon overhead as the cool evening air gently caresses the skin. The highs here in Southern California have been parked in the low 90’s…
Turkey Shepherds Pie
The first time I had shepherds pie, it was at Nine Fine Irishmen at the New York New York Hotel and Casino. Unlike most kids, I grew up in Las Vegas, and when I got out of my late-night manager shift, the staff and I would all go out on the strip, and dine at…
Spicy Peanut Noodles
This past weekend, I participated in my very first timed race of any kind – the Survivor Mud Run! I have been preparing for this for months, though perhaps not as rigorously as I should have. The day came, and I got WORKED! So much mud, so many obstacles, so many participants – it was…