This cilantro steak wrap is a great left over recipe. Spinach tortilla wrap, slathered with pine nut hummus and filled with leftover grilled steak, pico de gallo, string cheese and a generous helping of fresh cilantro. It’s been a month of moving about on the road in our Converted Van now,and I’m finding a need…
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Beachside BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Chicken drumsticks are smothered with BBQ sauce and beer, then sealed in an airtight ziplock bag to lock in flavor. Grilled beachside, and served with a tortilla napkin, Beachside BBQ Chicken is a quick, low-mess fix for beach days. I know, everyone does chicken wings, but the large drumsticks are so much better and heres…
Lemon Gold
A fresh explosion of citrus, with the natural sweetness of dates, Lemon Gold is the Holy Grail of sauces. Turning boring steamed broccoli into a delicate treat, plain salad into a sensation of bursting flavor, or grilled chicken into a finger lick’n good time. Try it over rice and green beans, steamed broccoli, roasted cherry…
Toasted Chicken & Avocado Sandwich
Pan seared juicy chicken breast, covered in Montreal seasoning and sandwiched with raw red onion and spinach, melted pepper jack, and delicious avocado smashed right into the bread – lunch is up! Serves 2 1 chicken breast Montreal seasoning 1 avocado 3 handfuls spinach 1/4 raw red onion 3 slices pepper jack cheese 6 slices…
Apple Sugar & Spice Holiday Cookies
Apple Sugar & Spice Holiday cookies start as a traditional butter cookie. Then they are spiked with warm cinnamon and pumpkin spice, and finished with little slices of tart green winter apple. #fbcookieswap “Yay-Yum!” (Feel free to use that) Oh, the holidays! Baking concoctions of cookies and pies, truffles and spiced nuts, so many to try- so short of…
Pesto Naan Pizza & Kale Ceasar
Soft garlic Naan, drizzled with pesto, sliced tomatoes and golden bell peppers, sprinkled with cheese and topped with cilantro, oh yes. Recently I haven’t had enough hands free to slowly sip cold beer and create hour (or 2) long meals of splendor, like normal. Now that baby is here, everything takes twice as long…
Simple Cilantro Parsley Pesto
I make pesto a variety of ways, but this simple cilantro parsley pesto my go-to version. It’s simple, quick, totally vegan, and more affordable than the traditional pesto. Traditionally, pesto is made with basil and pinenuts, but can be made with any green and any nut. I usually add a chile for spice, because…
Toasted veggie & pesto Sandwich
This is a little bit of a veggie yardsale, but thats ok, veggies are good for us! Tofu is a surprising blank canvas, and with a little seasoning can pretty much be transformed into just about anything. Although I wouldn’t say it tastes like chicken, it did place a nice addition in texture to this…
Cucumber Nectarine Crudité
Slice it pretty, serve on a teak cutting board and voila! Cucumber Nectarine Crudite is a complete meal. Vegan challenge is fully on. Ingredients Sliced Cucumbers Raw Cashews Toasted Naan Your favorite Hummus Sliced Kalamata Olives
Spinach Salad and warm Lemon Caper Vinaigrette
Pulling open the refrigerator door, I am immediately welcomed with an abundance of fresh delicious veggies just waiting to be turned into something magical. This veggie rich spinach salad with savory lemon caper vinaigrette is the magic your dinner table has been waiting for. Selecting a choice amount of salad fixings, I strew them…