This smooth and creamy, made from scratch hummus tastes so much better than store-bought! All you need is a few pantry staples: dried chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and lemon juice. Serve with pita bread or veggies for dipping! Making your own velvety, creamy hummus is easier than you might think! Homemade hummus is much healthier and…
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Quinoa Fried “Rice” with Crispy Garlic and Ginger
This light and healthy faux fried rice is made with fluffy quinoa, golden brown, crispy garlic and ginger, caramelized shallots, scallion, soy sauce, and a touch of sesame oil. Serve this easy to make, totally customizable, side dish along with shrimp, chicken, steak, or tofu for a complete meal! I have to tell you I…
Easy Edamame Salad
Fresh and crunchy edamame, snap peas, cucumber and sesame seeds tossed in a rice vinegar and soy sauce dressing! The best part? Its super healthy and takes about ten minutes to make! What I love about this edamame salad is that while it’s great served alongside a main dish like grilled meat or fish, it…
Corn and Arugula Salad with Tomatoes and Blue Cheese
A light and fresh summer salad with corn, arugula, tomatoes, tangy vinaigrette, and creamy blue cheese! This corn and arugula salad with tomatoes and blue cheese screams summer to me! There’s nothing quite like the flavor of sweet peak-season summer corn and tomatoes. Serve this flavorful salad with your favorite grilled meat or roasted fish…
Pan con Tomate
The summer before my senior year of high school I conned my parents into sending me to Spain for a Spanish language immersion program. The experience was one I’ll never forget! Spanish people know how to live! They have the best taste in music, dancing, food, and wine. Not to mention; I could really behind…
Tagliatelle with Pea Pesto and Creme Fraiche
Light and fresh tagliatelle with lemony pea pesto, mint, and creme fraiche is the perfect spring pasta. This simple recipe delivers big on bright flavor and gives you a good excuse to use up that bag of frozen peas in your freezer. You only need eight simple ingredients and about thirty minutes to make this…
Roasted Baby Turnips with Garlic and Za’atar
Savory roasted baby turnips with their tops! Seasoned with Za’atar spice, garlic, and olive oil. The perfect side for any Middle Eastern dinner. I feel like turnips are an often over-look root vegetable. Mostly because people don’t know what to do with them. Well, I am here to tell you, they are in fact delicious…
Avocado Panzanella with Snap Peas + Feta Cheese
This is not your traditional Panzanella salad! This twist on an old classic is made with crisp, sweet snap peas, creamy avocado, and feta cheese, all tossed with toasted bread and basil vinaigrette! Panzanella salad is essentially a salad that replaces lettuce with toasted bits of bread, aka my dream salad! This version is made…
Lemon + Basil Vinaigrette
This super-versatile lemon and basil vinaigrette is made with four simple ingredients and can be used as a salad dressing, marinade or sauce to be poured over roasted veggies, or grilled meat and fish! I can think of twenty ways to use this lemon basil vinaigrette right off the top of my head! It goes…
Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad
On hot Los Angeles summer days when the temperature rises above 80, the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven. That’s why I love this Vietnamese rice noodle salad! Everything about this recipe is cool and refreshing. Cold rice noodles, crisp veggies, and fresh herbs tossed with a sweet and sour…
