Raw Corn & Avocado Salad

I really love eating raw food. I love eating cooked food too. But, I am always on the look out for quick and easy raw food recipes. Maybe it is because I don’t really like to spend time in the kitchen cooking. So to take advantage of some sweet white corn that I’ve seen popping [...]

Oat Raisin Balls

I used to love baking. And when I baked, I only used pure butter and real sugar. But then I stopped baking, mainly b/c I would gain too much weight from sampling all the treats I would make! So it was either all or nothing for me. Lately, I have been in the mood for [...]

Kale Chips

A yummy, crispy, light-as-air plate of baked kale. If you’ve ever tried roasted nori, these kale chips taste very similar. There are so many variations on how to bake these, but I just tear up bit sized pieces of kale, spray lightly with oil, sprinkle with salt, and bake @ 425 until they are a [...]

Green Tea Cookies

These are the easiest cookies in the world. This recipe uses boxed cake mix (minus the water) and voila…you get cookies. I originally saw this recipe (using lemon cake mix) on allrecipes.com. You can use any box cake mix..the lemon cake mix kinda tasted like fruit loops….not sure if that is good or bad. I [...]

Fresh Strawberry Sauce

What do you do if you have too much of a good thing? In this case, we had too many strawberries (1/2 flat) and CB decided to make a quick preserve. Step 1 – wash and remove the stems. I think it was Alton Brown that mentioned to wash berries before removing the stems so [...]

Blueberry Slushy

One of the easiest and good-for-you desserts is a very simple mix of frozen blueberries and fat-free almond milk. I discovered this accidentally one morning while I was eating cereal. I added some blueberries that weren’t sufficiently thawed out, and my almond milk turned deliciously slushy. To make this quick dessert, fill a bowl with [...]

Mini Green Tea Cakes

The overcast weather put me in the mood to bake today. I pulled out Trader Joe’s Green Tea Cake Mix. Trader Joe’s has great cake mixes…the mixes bake up dense, just like homemade ones, and they don’t have that artificial aftertaste or that odd fluffiness of other boxed mixes. Also, read the labels on the [...]

Broccoli & Sundried Tomato Pasta

When I’m making basic pasta at home, I like to make it uncomplicated, fresh and use whole-wheat pasta. The health benefits of the whole wheat make it almost impossible for me to chose the regular white pasta. I had a craving for broccoli so I threw together a quick pasta dinner. 12oz Broccoli Florets 1 [...]

Lemony Blueberry & Almond Greek Yogurt

Greek Yogurt is one of my favorite desserts. It’s tart, thick and creamy. I get the Fat Free 0% Fage Greek Yogurt from Trader Joe’s. It’s so easy to dress it up and make a healthy dessert. Tonight I was in a Blueberry/Almond mood: Tub of 0% Fage Greek Yogurt Blueberries Slivered Almonds Lemon Currants [...]

Poached Pears & Puff Pastry

I like the simplicity of Poached Pears. They are casually elegant and yet so simple to prepare. Poached Pears are wonderful plain, but to make them a little more fancy, puff pastry is a great complement. I always keep a box of puff pastry dough in the freezer because it’s great for a last minute [...]