I love to roast broccoli, but I’ve been putting it on the grill this spring. I realized how quickly it cooks compared to the oven and just as delicious. I’ve combined it with a few go-to salad items that I usually have on hand and here’s my favorite way to enjoy grilled broccoli. This is…
Category: Grains
Greens & Quinoa Salad with Fennel, Oranges and Avocado
Happy New Year! Ring in 2020 with this healthy, delicious salad. It has everything you need to start out the day, and is filled with greens, quinoa, fennel, cara cara oranges, dried apricots, pistachios and avocados. I finished it with an apple cider vinaigrette. This salad is a meal. I took it to a New…
Mediterranean Quinoa Wraps
I’ve been loving adding quinoa to salads, substituting it for wheat based grains and adding it to grain bowls for a long time. This week my new favorite way to use a batch of quinoa is in a Mediterranean lettuce wrap. I have romaine and all kinds of greens spilling out of my veggie drawer….
Grain Bowls
This past month, March 16th, I created a variety of grains, beans and other items for our second “Women on Wellness” event. I fell into a Fresh Mexican theme and added warm spices, fresh lime juice and pickled onions to bring a fresh way of making a grain bowl. Try this recipe, let me know if you like…
Kale & Farro Salads
Who doesn’t love a tasty grain-based salad? They fill you up and give you energy all day long. This recipe is genius because you can switch out the grain, the greens and add all sorts of items in your fridge. Toss with a vinaigrette/dressing of your choice, and like magic, a delicious and healthy meal….
Spicy Pumpkin Couscous
It’s Halloween and why not make something with pumpkin? I made a sauce a few years back that incorporated pumpkin and a spicy garlic sauce. Probably Sriracha. This was a recipe I pulled from Food & Wine. Here is the link to the original recipe. www.foodandwine.com/recipes/spicy-cheddar-and-pumpkin-orzo-arugula. The recipe called for orzo, but I found if…
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