Youthful, Active, Healthy

I know I’m bragging here, but I made some really awesome hummus the other day.  It was so good that I had to make a second batch and within 3 days, everything was gobbled up by my husband, daughter and myself.  It was so good [...] Read More

I get a lot of pleasure from cooking vibrant food.  Creating a meal in the kitchen is a stress reducer for me – it’s even meditative.  I also love preparing food with my family and friends.  It is a great way to socialize, co-create, and [...] Read More

I happen to LOVE the taste of chai.  It’s a cozy flavor that is great in tea, smoothies, sweets and more.  And even better is that chai is super good for you.   I want to share my chai recipe so that it’s really easy for [...] Read More

I was inspired to make a southwest chicken salad and thought a creamy avocado dressing sounded like just the ticket.  OMG – did I ever score with this one – if I do say so myself.  This dressing is so rich and creamy.  And versatile [...] Read More

This is so tasty and easy to make.  We serve this sauce with chicken, tacos, fish, with eggs, with blue corn chips, anything that you would put tomato salsa on is fair game.  The cilantro and lime flavor bring out [...] Read More

Sometimes you just crave the taste of an Asian salad.  I love the ginger-soy-sesame flavor combination and serve it over many different types of salads.

Serve this Asian Salad Dressing  over a salad of field greens, chicken tenderloins, avocado, and mandarin oranges.  Or try this with avocado, [...] Read More

We are a family of lemon lovers.  My daughter Claire had gotten a large bag of lemons for a different recipe but didn’t need all of them and I was looking in the fridge for salad dressing that would go well with the baked cod that [...] Read More